Describe Burris Ewell's attitude toward school.

Burris Ewell is not a fan of education and hates school. Burris, along with the rest of his family, only shows up for the first day of school each year because their truancy officer forces them to come. Burris confirms this fact by bragging that he has been coming to the first day of school for three years. Since Burris is in a first-grade class, and he has been coming for three years, he technically should be in the fourth grade. On the first day of school, Burris is asked to leave and go home to wash his hair. The Ewells are a notoriously dirty family with low moral standards, and Burris is no different. After giving attitude to Miss Caroline, he is asked to leave. Burris insults Miss Caroline as he is leaving the school. Since Burris' father, Bob Ewell, is an uneducated alcoholic, it is more than likely that Burris will travel the same path.

What are some industrial applications of aluminum?

Aluminum is useful in many industrial applications because of its high strength and low density. Aluminum is also quite malleable, which allows the metal to be cut, molded, pounded, stretched, welded, and otherwise changed into many different shapes. Industrial uses of aluminum are listed below.

• Aluminum is used for packaging purposes, such as for cans, foils, and bottle tops. Aluminum is used in the packaging of foods because it is nontoxic.


• Because of its light weight, aluminum is used in the construction of many airplanes.


• Because of its ability to conduct electricity, aluminum is used in electrical transmission lines.


• Aluminum is used in the construction of sidings, door frames, bed frames, gutters, railings, staircases, and roofing.


• Because aluminum is not corrosive, it is used as a film that is sprayed over other surfaces.

What important event is the whole Younger family looking forward to?

The Younger family is waiting on a large life insurance check. The patriarch of the family has passed away.

"Lena’s husband dies and leaves his family $10,000 in insurance money." (eN0tes)

While $10,000 may not sound life-changing by today’s monetary measures, it was a much larger amount in the 1950s. 

The scale of this check for the Younger family is illuminated in an early episode in the play. Travis asks his mother, Ruth, for school.

“Well, I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning.”

The financial situation of the family is not very good, despite the fact that Walter has a steady job and Ruth also works. Not only can $10,000 pay for the down payment on a house, but it can also lift the family from its current state. Thus the insurance money represents a very potent sum.

The money also represents a wide array of opportunities, yet there are distinct limits to what the money can achieve. The amount of $10,000 is not enough to do everything the family would like to do.

Beneatha hopes to go to medical school, using some of the insurance money to pay her way. Walter wants to become his own boss and open a business. Lena/Mama wants to buy a new house for the family in a nicer neighborhood.

These goals are each within reach separately but cannot all be achieved together. (The scope of options also becomes narrowed when Walter lets himself be swindled out of some of the money.)

So, what are the Younger’s waiting for? They are waiting for a check that will give them the power to pursue certain dreams. But they are also waiting, unwittingly, to be tested and to put their values to the test. The arrival of the check will give the family a chance to define itself (instead of being defined by others) and this is true on an individual and a collective level.

In Night by Elie Wiesel, how did the Kapos treat their prisoners?

During the Holocaust, as depicted in Night by Elie Wiesel, some kapos were Jewish prisoners themselves. Kapos treated the other Jewish prisoners cruelly because if they did not, they would be punished or killed by the Nazis. Any kapo who was easy on the prisoners was quickly removed from his/her duties. The Nazis picked the biggest, strongest, prisoners for the job. Gypsies were also often chosen to be the kapos for the prisoners, and they were said to be even worse than the others but because the camps were filled with more Jews than anyone else, there were kapos who were Jewish. Probably the most memorable kapo in Night was Idek, the man in charge at the electrical warehouse where Elie and his father were sent to work. He was known for his fits of brutality, and Elie's father and Elie suffered greatly at his hands.

I have chronic colitis. I am quite comfortable at home, but when I get in my car to go shopping or to go somewhere, I immediately feel as if I...

CogniMag is a scientifically researched hypoallergenic dietary supplement that claims to have a positive effect on cognitive functioning. Being hypoallergenic is important because various allergies can aggravate colitis, worsening symptoms that are already very worrisome and painful. You certainly would not want to take a supplement that can make your medical condition worse. It is also purported to have a strong impact on improving overall learning, concentration and strengthening memory.  CogniMag contains a form of magnesium that crosses the blood-brain barrier which is why this supplement is supposed to work so effectively. 

If you do not have symptoms at home but begin to have symptoms when you leave the house it could be caused by stress (worrying that you are not where you can easily get to the bathroom) so it is certainly possible that improving cognitive functioning may help your problem. When you are ale to think more clearly you may feel less stressed, therefore alleviating some of these symptoms you have when you leave your home. It is certainly always your best bet to contact your healthcare provider and he or she will be able to explain to you exactly why they suggested you use CogniMag. 

In "To Kill A Mockingbird," who uses the 'N' word ?

Just about everyone in the book uses the 'N' word at one time or another. Miss Maudie doesn't at any point, and neither does Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, Boo, or Mr. Dolphus Raymond. Most of the black people don't use it, either, with the exception of Tom Robinson himself when he says in the trial to Mr. Gilmer, "It weren't safe for a nigger like me to be in a--fix like that," and Lula, when Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to church with her one Sunday, who says, "I wants to know why you bringin' white chillun to nigger church." 

Even Atticus uses it a couple of times, but each time he points out, overtly or subtly, that it's a word they don't use. When Scout asks him, "Do you defend niggers, Atticus?" He responds, "Of course I do. Don't say nigger, Scout. It's common." 

Mr. Gilmer doesn't actually say it, either, but he uses all the language cues that suggest he would in other circumstances (outside of a trial), calling Tom Robinson "boy," for example. 

The men from Old Sarum who surround the jailhouse the night Atticus is sitting watch to hopefully prevent a lynching don't actually use the word, but they clearly use it in normal circumstances--since they're clearly there to lynch Tom. 

Mrs. Dubose accuses Atticus of "lawing for niggers," and Bob Ewell accuses Atticus of being "nigger-lovin' trash," and Mayella uses the word when she says that "that nigger took advantage of me." 

Just because a person doesn't use the word in the novel doesn't make them non-racist, though. 

What are some things from Chapters 1-10 that show Lyddie is intelligent?

Lyddie shows intelligence and courage when the bear comes into their house, and when their mother leaves them.  She has to look out for the family and get a job.

Perhaps the greatest example of Lyddie’s intelligence and problem solving skills is the bear incident.  A bear comes into their house, and Lyddie is the one who takes charge of the situation and protects everyone.

"Don't nobody yell," she said softly. "Just back up slow and quiet to the ladder and climb up to the loft. Charlie, you get Agnes, and Mama, you take Rachel." She heard her mother whimper. "Shhh," she continued,her voice absolutely even. (Ch. 1)

Lyddie remains calm, and gets everyone out of harm’s way.  A bear would scare most girls, but she knows that she has to act because her mother is not fit to protect them.  She has not been the same since her little sister was born and her father left four years earlier.

Another example of Lyddie’s resolve and aptitude is in the selling of the calf.  Lyddie and her brother mated their cow without their mother knowing because they realized they would need the money.  They did not tell her about selling the calf either, because she would just give away the money.  She simply wasn’t in her right mind.  Lyddie sells the calf to a neighbor.

Lyddie gets a letter from her mother telling her that the land has been lent to pay debts, and the horse and cow sold.  Her mother doesn’t know about the calf, so they sell it anyway.

"She's letting out the fields and the horse and cow. She's sending you to be a miller's boy and me to housemaid. She's got us body and soul.  We got no call to give her the calf." She set one hand on her waist and straightened her aching back. (Ch. 2)

Charlie wants to give their mother the money, but Lyddie tells him that they are not obligated to.  She is protecting herself and her brother, even when her mother sold the farm out from under them and sold them too.

Despite all of these challenges, Lyddie still succeeds.  She goes to the pub where she has been told to work, but she stands up for herself.  When she gets fired, she finds another job as a factory worker.  Lyddie never gives up.  She succeeds at everything she does, and she maintains an attitude of absolute persistence.

How can you explain the poem "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

In the first stanza, the speaker announces he will be going on some voyage ("out to sea"). He notes (to himself and perhaps the reader) that he will not moan about the "bar" as he leaves on this voyage. He notes that he is being called to this voyage. The setting sun suggests an end to something and the mention of the evening star (a bright star that is like a guide) suggests that he is being guided. 

In the third stanza, we see notions of darkness and night. He hopes there will be no sadness when he makes his exit ("embark"). Given the notions of a voyage, the end of something, and the hope for a peaceful transition of "crossing" a bar, the poem's metaphor emerges as a transition from life to death. 

The speaker notes that this transition is peaceful and without sadness. The idea here is that death is a natural transition and not something to be feared. Therefore, "crossing the bar" is akin to saying "crossing over" from life to death. 

In the final stanza, he notes that the water ("flood") will carry him far from the place he was born. He concludes with the hope that he will see the "Pilot" when he crosses the bar. Since "Pilot" is capitalized, it is an allusion to God. The only clear Christian reference is the "cross" in the title. But overall, the poem is not about a particularly Christian afterlife, nor is it about being judged by God. Rather, it is about death being a natural, peaceful transition with broad notions of meeting a "Pilot" after the crossing. 

How did Mrs. Clonkers punish the children at the orphanage in The BFG?

Before Sophie is kidnapped by the BFG, she lives at an orphanage run by a mean old lady named Mrs. Clonkers. She had very strict rules that included folding your clothes and not getting out of bed at night, even if you had to use the bathroom. Sophie tells the BFG that she hated living there because Mrs. Clonkers punished them if they broke any of her rules. For breaking a rule, the punishment was being locked in the cellar.

'It was horrid,' Sophie said. 'We used to dread it. There were rats down there. We could hear them creeping about.'

As bad as the orphanage was, though, when she first gets to giant country Sophie thinks it is even worse! The BFG feels terrible about how Sophie was treated, and even worse for bringing her to giant country. Of course it all turns out well in the end, and Sophie and the BFG get to live next-door to one another in London.

How is Mercutio presented in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet?

Mercuito is a very entertaining character. He is full of puns, ribald sexual allusions, and florid speeches like his famous "Queen Mab" speech. He is clever, witty and serves as a sort of foil for Romeo, who, at least before meeting Juliet, is morose and lovelorn. Mercutio mocks Romeo as he pines away for Rosaline, and it is clear that he is only really interested in physical love, not the kind of emotional, romantic love that characterizes Romeo. He is completely oblivious, as are most of the characters, to Romeo's love for Juliet. Mercutio is also impulsive and hot-blooded. When Tybalt comes searching for Romeo, Mercutio, despite having spoken at lengths about Tybalt's skill with a rapier, challenges him to a duel, deliberately provoking him when Tybalt tries to get out of it. And, of course, it is his death that leads Romeo to kill Tybalt. 

What deepens Aibileen's bitterness toward white society in The Help?

The first chapter is told by Aibileen. It is here in the second section of this chapter that she talks about losing her 24-year-old son, Treelore. He had been working a night job at a mill, loading lumber onto a truck. It was dark and raining. He slipped off the loading dock and was accidentally run over and killed. (In the movie version, this story is slightly different and is tied more closely to the racial divide. The white foreman took the boy to the black hospital and just dumped him there. They could do no more for him, so Aibileen brought him home to die.) Aibileen was devastated. She finally picked herself up five months later and went to work at the Leefolt household, after Elizabeth had baby Mae Mobley. She admits,

But it weren’t too long before I seen something in me had changed. A bitter seed was planted inside a me. And I just didn’t feel so accepting anymore.

Treelore's death, followed by clashes between the races on the streets of Jackson, had embittered Aibileen, in spite of her commitment to her faith and her church.

What is the outcome of the bid in Chapter 3 of Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson?

The outcome of Chapter Three's private slave auction is that both Isabel and Ruth are sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lockton.  

Mr. Robert is attempting to get rid of Isabel and Ruth as quickly as possible.  He didn't pay for them, so any price that he can get for them is a profit.  Mr. Robert has a possible buyer for Ruth and Isabel in Mr. and Mrs. Lockton.  He offers the two girls as a two for the price of one buying option.  Mrs. Lockton isn't that terribly interested, but she knows a good deal when she sees one.  Right before the deal is concluded, Jenny blurts out that she would like to buy both Ruth and Isabel instead.  Madam Lockton may not desperately want the two slaves, but Madam Lockton hates losing.  Jenny's offer is seen as competition, and Madam Lockton doubles her offer on the spot.  Jenny can't top the offer, so Isabel and Ruth are sold to the Locktons.  

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, describe the things Scout says to Walter Cunningham during his visit to their house for lunch, after Scout...

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Walter Cunningham comes home with Scout and Jem at lunch on the first day of school. Scout had tried to explain Walter's reason for refusing to borrow a quarter from Miss Caroline for lunch, and was eventually punished because the teacher did not understand the situation or what Scout was trying to say. As they leave school, Scout jumps on Walter, blaming him for her difficulties in the classroom. Jem stops his sister and invites Walter home for lunch.

First, as Atticus and Walter speak, the boy describes why he has never passed the first grade—

"Reason I can't pass the first grade, Mr. Finch, is I've had to stay out ever' spring an' help Papa with the choppin', but there's another'n at the house now that's field size."

"Did you pay a bushel of potatoes for him?" I asked, but Atticus shook his head at me.

Scout understands that poorer folks (e.g., farmers) sometimes must pay for services with goods, as Walter's father paid Atticus for legal services. Atticus has also mentioned that other people are paid the same way, including doctors—hence, Scout's question as to whether or not the family had to pay the doctor for the baby's delivery with a bushel of potatoes. This child, Walter notes, is now "field size," or rather, able to work in the fields.

The next thing that Scout has to say is about Walter's use of syrup on all of his food:

He would probably have poured [syrup] into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing. [...]

"But he's gone and drowned his diner in syrup," I protested. "He's poured it all over—"

Calpurnia calls Scout away from the table to speak to her privately in the kitchen about her manners.

This scene demonstrates the difference between the economic status of the Finch family and others in the community. While the Finches are able to afford a nice house and Calpurnia's help with the cooking and raising the kids, Atticus has told them that they are poor.

In this instance, Calpurnia wastes no time telling Scout that the Finches are no better than their neighbors. While Scout understands the concept that there are differences between her and others (and has difficulty keeping her opinions to herself), she is not a snob. Her father explains the economic and social disparities around them and Scout generally takes people for who they are—not based upon their wealth or social standing, but based upon how they act, especially with her and her family. 

While Aunt Alexandra sees these gaps, Atticus makes certain that his children are down to earth, being kind to, and tolerant of, others.

Cells that are non-reproductive undergo mitosis. Which are the reproductive cells?

Reproductive cells are also known as gametes. Unlike the non-reproductive cells that undergo mitosis, reproductive cells undergo the process of meiosis. Mitosis is asexual reproduction, whereas meiosis is a form of sexual reproduction. There are two different types of gametes or reproduction cells (in case of heterogamy). These are called sperm cells and egg cells. The gametes are haploids and contain only half the chromosomes as compared to the parent cell (which are diploid), and thus have only half the genetic information as compared to the parent cell. Two haploids interact with each other and fertilizes the egg cell. This interaction results in fusing of haploid cells and sharing of chromosomes, which results in a complete set of chromosomes (same in number as the parent cell).

Hope this helps. 

What spin is Tim O'Brien putting on the war in the chapter "Spin?"

In the chapter "Spin," O'Brien is putting a few different "spins" on the Vietnam War, and war in general. The chapter begins with the assertions that war has a sweet side to it too – it's not all violence and death. O'Brien launches into a series of stories meant to demonstrate this sweeter side of war: Kiowa teaches a rain dance to Rat Kiely and Dave Jensen, Mitchell Saunders mails his body lice to the Ohio draft board, Ted Lavender even adopts a puppy! Of course, then Azar strapped it to a mine and blows it up. Even though O'Brien is putting a sweet spin on the war, the horror is still at the edges. 

Another insight about the war in this chapter is when O'Brien compares it to the checkers games that Norman Bowker and Henry Dobbins play every night. O'Brien observes that checkers is orderly and relaxing, with two armies and clear-cut rules. Real war, however, is the opposite of that. O'Brien shows readers this through his disjointed story telling, in "Spin" and in the rest of the novel, with moments of great kindness and beauty juxtaposed with moments of horror and grisly acts. 

What was the character of Abigail created to represent in The Crucible?

Although Abigail Williams was a real person, historical documents say she was only eleven at the time of the witch trials, so it is unlikely she actually had an affair with John Proctor (although young girls did sometimes marry at that age in those days). Her character serves an important purpose in Miller's dramatization of these historical events. Abigail embodies the theme that the witchcraft accusations were not only born of fear and paranoia, but of self-centered behavior driven by peoples' personal agendas, as occurred with the McCarthy hearings (also the basis for The Crucible).

Abigail's cunning and self-centered behavior make her a manipulative individual who uses the witchcraft hysteria to try and get what she wants (in this case, she wants John Proctor to leave his wife for her). She is a strong example of someone who accuses others of witchcraft without worrying about what the repercussions will be. Just as the witchcraft accusations tore Salem Village apart, and had repercussions throughout New England, the McCarthy hearings had a widespread impact in America, particularly in the entertainment industry.

The Earth's radius is 6378.1 km. Its average distance from the Sun is 1 AU=149,598,000 km. Because the Earth is tilted, one of its poles will be...

You can think of this as a geometry question disguised as an astronomy question!

For these purposes, we can assume the Earth is a sphere. (Technically it's a slightly-lumpy oblate spheroid, but it's actually very close to a sphere.)

If we imagine the Earth titled even further on its axis (about four times as much as its present 23 degrees, all the way to 90 degrees) so that the North Pole is pointed directly at the Sun and the South Pole is pointed directly away, the distance between them is simply the diameter of that sphere.

We're given the radius is 6378.1 km (ridiculously precise by the way; the variation in Earth's radius is more than the 100 meter precision this is giving us, as anyone in Colorado will attest); the diameter is simply twice that, 12,756.2 km.

If we compare this to the size of 1 AU, given to us as 149,598,000 km, we can see that the ratio is 0.000085; that is, the North Pole is only 0.0085% closer to the Sun than the South Pole.

The difference in temperature, however, would be quite large; in this extreme scenario the North Pole would always been daylight and the South Pole would always be in darkness, so they could easily differ in temperature by 100 C.

What did Ponyboy think happened the night of the killing and what was Randy’s response?

In Chapter 11, Ponyboy tells Randy that he killed Bob in the park and that Johnny was innocent. Randy shakes his head and says, "Listen to me, Pony. You didn't do anything. It was your friend Johnny that had the knife..." (Hinton 165) Ponyboy maintains that he was the one who killed Bob. Ponyboy has been traumatized by the recent violent events. He has convinced himself that Johnny is still alive and that he was in the fact the person responsible for Bob's death. Darry enters the room and tells Randy it is time for him to leave. Darry warns Randy never to mention Johnny's name in front of Ponyboy ever again. Darry knows his brother is still shaken up by the recent events and is not thinking straight.

Construct an argument to support or refute the likelihood of finding DNA within fossil dinosaurs. ( be sure to include a discussion of earth...

DNA could be found within a fossil if the entire organism was fossilized. However, if the fossil was a mold or a cast, then DNA could not be extracted.

Most fossils are formed within sedimentary rocks. Once an organism dies, it falls to the ground. Sometimes organisms are slowly covered by sediments that fall and settle to the bottom of a liquid such as a pond, stream, or river. Over time, the sediments thicken and harden around the dead organism. The remains of the organism will naturally decompose over time or become mineralized. If the organism decomposes, then an impression of the organism may be left behind. This impression is classified as a mold fossil. If the organism is mineralized, then a 3D cast fossil of the organism may be created. Because the biomolecules and tissues of the organism are not preserved in either casts or molds, DNA cannot be extracted from such fossils.

However, sometimes the entire organism is preserved. This may occur in either amber (tree resin) or ice. In this case, the tissues of an organism may be preserved in such a way that DNA could be extracted.

In "Thank You M'am," what did one of the characters want?

I think you are wondering what Roger wanted to buy when he tried to steal Mrs. Jones’ purse at the beginning of the story. Like many young people, Roger wanted the newest, coolest thing—a pair of blue suede shoes.  The artist, Carl Perkins, recorded a song called, “Blue Suede Shoes” in 1956, and later, the song became popular when Elvis Presley recorded it.  I think owning a pair of blue suede shoes would be similar to wearing the newest Air Jordans today.

In an act of kindness after teaching Roger about the consequences of stealing, Mrs. Jones gives Roger $10.00 for the shoes. That was a hefty sum back then, and the expense of the shoes might explain why Roger needed to steal to get what he wanted.  Hopefully, however, Roger learned his lesson, bought the shoes, and when out dancing that night.

How would you describe Jim and Della's relationship in "The Gift of the Magi"?

There is no evidence in the text to suggest that the relationship between Jim and Della, in O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi," is anything but an ardent love between two very devoted and charming young people.

After all, they each sell their most prized material possessions in order to express their love. Della sells her beautiful hair to buy Jim a watch chain and Jim sells his watch to buy Della tortoise shell combs for her hair. While the story is ultimately ironic it is also a comment on the adoration which exists between the young couple. 

True expressions of love are usually marked by selfless consideration for the loved one. We might think of the ultimate sacrifice made by Romeo and Juliet as the consummate statement of love. The story is named as it is because the Magi came to bring presents to the baby Jesus. The Magi were said to be "wise men." O. Henry comments at the end of the story that even though Jim and Della may have been impetuous, their gifts of love were ultimately "wise." O. Henry ends his story by saying,

And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.  

I need a good hook sentence for my speech topic. My topic is "What makes you beautiful?"

First, the word “you” is ambiguous. Does the assignment call for a general discussion about the nature of personal beauty, or a discussion of your (the writer’s) own beauty. If the former, you might want to begin with a provocative hook statement, such as “Beauty is never in the eye of the beholder. It is generated from one’s own self-respect and vision of one’s place in the universe.”

If the latter, you might want to make a strong hook statement about your personal attitude toward your attractiveness to others, such as “When people try to compliment me, they direct their comments toward my physicality, not toward my inner self. While it is true that I am "bilaterally symmetrical," I want people to see the beauty of my attitude toward others, toward life, toward the universe.”  A speech on your own personal beauty (much the better topic) should immediately tell the audience that you are not going to speak about physical beauty (unless you are some kind of beauty queen and want to discuss your career as such).

How is the loss of innocence presented in Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet?

Act Two is one of the most significant acts of Romeo and Juliet. In the act, the love between Romeo and Juliet is developed. The prologue sets up their romantic encounter and the two lovers first see each other at the Capulets' party. The famous balcony scene is in this act (Act Two, Scene Two), Romeo decides he wants to marry Juliet, and the two lovers ultimately marry. Indeed, the plot advances more rapidly in this act than perhaps any other act in the play. Despite being teenagers, Romeo and Juliet meet, fall in love, and marry in only one act. 

If a "loss of innocence" is located in the second act - and it can be argued that Romeo and Juliet lose their innocence in a different act - then it probably occurs around the marriage of these characters. Friar Lawrence suggests the two wait in their marriage ("These violent delights have violent ends," II.vi.9), but Romeo and Juliet do not listen to his warnings. Instead, they rush firmly into marriage. By the end of the act, it can be argued that the two have progressed into being adults, and their actions will have mature consequences. If the loss of innocence is presented in this act, then it is presented as something that can be easily cast off.

What made Richard Cory a hero model before the people downtown, and what made him a tragic hero in the end?

We all have images of what we would like to be, how we would like to look, how much money we would like to have.  Richard Cory had all those things.  People looked at him admiringly.  He dressed correctly.

"He was a gentleman from sole to crown" (line 3)

In other words, he looked good from toe to head.  He was slim, and he was 

"...always human when he talked." (line 6) 

This meant that he could talk to everyone.  He didn't put on airs that he was too good.  The girls liked him because he "fluttered pulses".  But, on top of it all, he was rich!! 

"....yes, richer than a king ..." (line 9)

His manners were also impeccable.  The people of the town just admired the man.  They all wanted to be like him. He was a role model to them. 

But money doesn't buy you happiness.  Richard Cory was not a happy man.  He went home one day and shot himself in the head.  The people thought that the man had everything, everything they wanted and worked to attain, but he didn't.  Something was very lacking in his life, and it was enough for him to end it. That is the tragedy. 

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 3, why does Walter Cunningham drown his food in molasses? Is it symbolism?

If this is deemed to be symbolic, it shows how behavior can symbolically represent class distinctions. Walter's family is much poorer than the Finch family. There may be a suggestion here that poorer families have different eating habits. Poorer families eat whatever they can get, so drowning food in maple syrup is not a big deal. Or, because Walter's family is so poor they may not always have food to eat. So, when Walter gets the chance to eat a lot of food, he eats ravenously. On the other hand, Walter's father is a farmer, so they probably usually have some food. But for someone like Walter, maple syrup might be a luxury. Like a kid in a candy store, Walter seizes as much syrup as he can. Any of these suggestions could be the case. Cal scolds Scout for criticizing Walter because she knows this is simply the way Walter eats or he is just a kid who is eager to eat something he doesn't normally get. 

“There’s some folks who don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain’t called on to contradict ‘em at the table when they don’t. That boy’s yo’ comp’ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?” 

If you want to get more symbolic, note that molasses is sweet. Maybe this is a statement that poor people are deprived of some of the sweeter things in life. With a farmer for a father, Walter probably eats a lot of meat, potatoes, and vegetables. Walter covers his food with sweetness. Perhaps this is symbolic of an attempt to cover a poor, bland life with sweeter, richer flavor. 

Evaluate the indefinite integral.

You need to use the following substitution  , such that:

Replacing back  for u yields:

Hence, evaluating the indefinite integral, yields

What is something similar about the Federalists, the Republicans, the Democrats, and the Democratic-Republicans?

There are some similarities with the four political parties listed in your question. I will highlight some of the ways each political party is similar.

The Federalist Party tended to be supported by businesses. They advocated for a stable financial system and supported the concept of having a national bank. The Republican Party today also has a lot of support from businesses and from the banking industry.

The Federalist Party believed in a looser view of the constitution. They believed the federal government should have a lot of power. Many members of the Democratic Party share these views today.

The Democratic-Republican Party wanted to limit the power of the federal government. They supported having low taxes and a smaller federal government. They believed the states should have a lot of power. They also supported a strict view of the constitution. The Republican Party today shares similar views.

In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, why does Montag becomes angry with Mildred?

There's a passage early in Ray Bradbury's classic depiction of a futuristic dystopian society, Fahrenheit 451, in which the author, emphasizing the passionless nature of his protagonist's existence, save for joys of executing his mission of burning books, depicts Montag's arrival at his home at the end of his shift only to encounter the familiar sight of his wife, Mildred, tuned out of reality:

"Without turning on the light he imagined how this room would look. His wife stretched on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling by invisible threads of steel, immovable. And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind. The room was indeed empty. Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning. There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea, had not gladly gone down in it for the third time."

With this introduction to Montag's home life, it is unsurprising that, once this repentant fireman has evolved into an opponent of everything in which he had earlier believed, he grows increasingly angry towards his wife. As Montag, having witnessed the woman deliberately burn herself to death in the fire that consumes her books, and having begun to question the nature of his existence as one of those tasked with carrying out the burning, he grows more and more intolerant of Mildred's almost robotic dedication to living under the government's rigid strictures. Mildred, as depicted in Bradbury's novel, is the consummate good citizen. 

In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury has conjured up a fictional society in which an autocratic regime denies the populace under its control access to all sources of information and knowledge. Books, as Professor Faber and, most significantly, Captain Beatty enlighten Montag, contain knowledge -- knowledge that could raise inconvenient questions in the minds of the public with potentially unpleasant ramifications for the government. A pliable populace is essential to the regime's ability to survive with unquestioned authority. Mildred is the very embodiment of what the regime wants of all of its citizens. Her's is an emotionless, empty existence. She stay's permanently tuned-out of the world around her, evident in the following passage describing Guy and Mildred's typical morning:

"Toast popped out of the silver toaster, was seized by a spidery metal hand that drenched it with melted butter. Mildred watched the toast delivered to her plate. She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away. She looked up suddenly, saw him, and nodded. "You all right?" he asked. She was an expert at lip-reading from ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear-thimbles. She nodded again. She set the toaster clicking away at another piece of bread."

So brainwashed is his spouse, that Montag is compelled to attempt to conceal even from her his possession of the book he has secreted away. That Mildred does discover his secret, and uses it against him, including holding her husband up to ridicule before her friends:

"Guy's surprise tonight is to read you one sample to show how mixed-up things were, so none of us will ever have to bother our little old heads about that junk again, isn't that right, darling?'

"He crushed the book in his fists. "Say

"Yes."

Mildred snatched the book with a laugh. "Here! Read this one. No, I take it back. Here's that real funny one you read out loud today. Ladies, you won't understand a word. It goes umpty-tumptyump. Go ahead, Guy, that page, dear."

Montag becomes angry with his wife before Bradbury's story even begins. Their marriage has clearly been little more than a formality for some time, as the early reference to Mildred lying in her own bed suggests. His break with the regime he has loyally served, however, expands the chasm between husband and wife astronomically. A once passionless relationship has evolved into one of hostile antagonism. His growing disdain for the system he once served cannot coexist with a wife who is the embodiment of that system. 

What is the role of Caesar's ghost in Julius Caesar?

Many readers have questioned why Shakespeare's play should be called Julius Caesar when Caesar dies halfway through his play and the real tragic hero seems to be Brutus. Shakespeare was aware of that problem, and he seems to be trying to show in various ways that Caesar may have been dead but his spirit and indomitable will prevailed until the end. One of the ways Shakespeare reminds the audience of the spiritual presence of Julius Caesar after his death is by borrowing from Plutarch and dramatizing the scene in which Caesar's ghost appears to Brutus in his tent before the battle of Philippi.

BRUTUS:
Art thou any thing?
Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil
That makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare?
Speak to me what thou art.

GHOST:
Thy evil spirit, Brutus.

BRUTUS:
Why comest thou?

GHOST:
To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi.

BRUTUS:
Well, then I shall see thee again?

GHOST:
Ay, at Philippi.

BRUTUS:
Why, I will see thee at Philippi then.

[Exit Ghost.]                         IV.3

At the end of the play, both Brutus and Cassius state that Caesar was instrumental in their defeat at Philippi. When Brutus commits suicide by running on his sword in Act V, Scene 5, his dying words are:

Caesar, now be still;
I kill'd not thee with half so good a will.

Earlier, in Act V, Scene 3, when Cassius commits suicide by having Pindarus stab him, Cassius' last words are:

Caesar, thou art revenged,
Even with the sword that kill'd thee.

In that same scene Brutus comments:

O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords
In our own proper entrails.

All of this is to maintain the thesis that this play is about Julius Caesar and that he is still present in spirit even though he may have been assassinated in Act III, Scene 1, approximately the middle of the text. When Antony is speaking over Caesar's body in Act III, Scene 1, he predicts that Caesar will come back from hell.

And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.

So the role of Caesar's ghost in the play is to demonstrate that Caesar is still very much present and influential in political and military affairs even though he may be dead. He is such a powerful person that even death cannot stop him from enforcing his will. He may not become a king himself, but his successor Octavius becomes an emperor and a god, and Caesar initiates a whole line of Roman rulers who use his name as a mark of highest honor.

From a practical standpoint, Shakespeare gets some extra work and additional exposure out of the actor who plays Julius Caesar. Shakespeare does something very similar with Banquo in Macbeth. Although the actor playing Banquo is seen being murdered in Act III, Scene 3, he reappears as a ghost at the coronation banquet in Act III, Scene 4 to horrify Macbeth and assert his presence as his murderer's nemesis. The actor playing Hamlet's father's ghost makes a reappearance in Queen Gertrude's bedroom in Act III, Scene 4 of that play. Shakespeare obviously liked using ghosts for stage effects. 

What are features of plant that separate them from fungi?

Fungi and plants are two different kingdoms of multicellular eukaryotic cells. Being multicellular means that fungi and plants are made of many specialized cells. Being eukaryotes implies that the cells of fungi and plants have nuclei and membrane-bound organelles. However, fungi and plants share some distinct differences as well. These differences are identified and briefly explained below.

Cell Structure

• Plant cells contain chloroplast, while fungi cells do not.


• Plant cells contains a carbohydrate called cellulose for added support. The carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fungi is called chitin.

Method of Obtaining Energy

• Fungi are heterotrophic and plants are autotrophic. This means that fungi consume other organisms in order to survive. Plants make their own food.


• Fungi undergo external digestion. Fungi have small fibers called hyphae that extend into the ground. The hyphae release enzymes that break down matter that is located in the ground. Once decomposed, the matter is absorbed by the fungi. In this way, fungi receive energy.


• On the other hand, plants undergo a process called photosynthesis to obtain energy. A green pigment called chlorophyll is found inside the chloroplasts of plant cells. During photosynthesis, chlorophyll captures sunlight energy. The energy from the sun is then used to convert carbon dioxide and water into a sugar called glucose and oxygen. The glucose is used by the plant for energy.

Who founded Carolina Colony in 1663?

Carolina was named by the Frenchman Jean Ribualt after King Charles IX of France.   Carolina is the Latin pronunciation of Charles.  In 1663, the English King Charles II rewarded the loyalty of eight individuals for helping him to maintain his position as king.  The group was called the Lord Proprietors. They were Edward Hyde, George Monck, William Craven, John and William Berkeley (brothers), Anthony Ashley Couper, George Carteret and John Colleton. The proprietors were given rights to the lands south of Virginia.  The Lord Proprietors established a feudal type system of law called the Grand Model.  This system was flatly rejected by the colonists that refused to abide by it.  One of the more enduring ideas of the Lord Proprietors was the idea of religious freedom.  The progressive attitude of Carolina towards religion brought many people from the other colonies.

What are some examples of figurative language in the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?

The first line of the poem advises the hearer to "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may" (line 1).  Here, the narrator assumes a youthful audience, and he cautions her to symbolically collect lovers (rose-buds) now.  Time passes quickly, the narrator says, and, soon, this lover will be growing old too. 

The narrator uses a metaphor to compare the sun to a celestial lamp (5), personifying the sun as well by calling it a "he" and comparing his course across the sky during the day to a "race," another metaphor (6, 7).  Here, the day is being used as a symbol of a human lifespan: sunrise is birth, sunset is death.  Youth passes quickly, and, before we know it, we are near the end of our "day," and we grow old and die.

The narrator says, then, that youth is best, that "blood [is] warmer"; this is figurative as well because our blood isn't actually any hotter when we are younger.  He is referring to passion (substituting warmth by using a device known as metonymy); we are more passionate when we are young.  Then, as our passion fades, we age, and things get worse and worse for us.

Ultimately, there is quite a bit of figurative language in the poem: symbols, metaphors, personification, and metonymy. 

Can you list the moral values ("we must," "we should") in the poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake?

In terms of the categories "we must" and "we should," the poem says we should talk to a person when he or she makes us angry. This way we can work out our problems and get over our anger. As for a "must," we must not hold on to anger or it will grown into a hateful and destructive force. The moral values the poem upholds are forgiveness and honesty (telling a person when they make you angry).

The poem illustrates the "should" when the narrator makes up with a friend who has wronged him: "my wrath [anger] did end."

The poem illustrates the "must not" with the narrator's example of nursing his anger against an enemy who hurt him. He compares the anger to a plant that he "water'd" with his "fears" and "tears," and "sunn'd" with smiles and dishonesty ("wiles") by pretending to like his enemy. This anger grows into a poisoned apple that kills.

The poem says that our inward, bottled-up anger, fear, and dishonesty will eventually become outwardly destructive if we do not control it, so to build a less destructive (poisoned) world we must cultivate forgiveness.

What is a character trait of Professor Faber from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451?

In Fahrenheit 451, one of Professor Faber's strongest character traits is his cowardice. Faber is very open about this trait, as he tells Montag when he visits his apartment:

"Mr Montag, you are looking at a coward."

Faber believes himself to be a coward because he witnessed first-hand the development of academic censorship and did nothing. He did not speak out, for example, nor did he encourage people to continue to read books. Once the fireman system was established, Faber "grunted a few times," but it was already too late to reverse this process.

This cowardice does have one redeeming feature, however. It leads Faber to create his own communication device which looks similar to the Seashell Radio. This device enables Faber to keep in touch with Montag when he meets with Captain Beatty and is in great need of emotional and intellectual support. 

What is an important theme found throughout the novel Monster?

An important theme that Walter Dean Myers explores throughout the novel Monster concerns identity and perception. The protagonist, Steve Harmon, is viewed as a "monster" by the prosecutor while he is on trial for the robbery and murder of Aguinaldo Nesbitt. This label seriously damages Steve's self-esteem, and he begins to question his own identity. He also fears that he will not be able to distinguish himself from the other minorities who are on trial. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's attorney, informs him that it is her job to make him appear different in the eyes of the jury from the other defendants. While Steve is on trial, he questions his morals and struggles with his conscience. He wonders if he is fooling himself and obsesses over being called a "monster." Although Steve is found not guilty, he continues to struggle with his identity and makes films that help him discover his true self.

In The Bronze Bow, who is Daniel's leader?

In the beginning of The Bronze Bow, Daniel is living with a group of bandits led by "Rosh the outlaw." Daniel gives all his allegiance to Rosh and tries to recruit others to join Rosh's band. Daniel believes Rosh is "a good man" because he found him when he ran away from Amalek and because Daniel believes Rosh is raising an army to fight against Rome. Daniel tells Joel that Rosh is "the bravest man in the world." As the story unfolds, however, we begin to see that Rosh is not worthy of Daniel's respect and loyalty. Rosh supports himself and his band of men by robbing individuals and caravans that go past the mountain they live on. Daniel tries to justify these actions as being for the greater good--that they will result in freeing Judea from Roman rule eventually. After Daniel meets Jesus, who some think will be the one to save the Jews from Roman oppression, and after Rosh and his movement disappoint Daniel, Daniel begins to consider following Jesus rather than Rosh. At the very end of the book, Jesus comes to Daniel's house and heals his sister. At the same time, Daniel is healed from the trauma of losing his father and from his fierce hatred of the Jews. He starts to go after Jesus, and we infer that his loyalty has shifted from Rosh, the false savior, to Jesus, the true Savior. By the end of the book, Jesus has become Daniel's leader.

How can I connect media works (a poem, film, or painting) to this passage from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? "Those people ....well... they're...

This is a very interesting assignment.  I have found some interesting sites for you to investigate.  As far as paintings are concerned, there are two paintings that I think will support the passage that you have chosen.  One is "Arrival at Birkenau" and the other is "In the Gestapo Cellar".  Both paintings are by Ella Liebermann-Shiber.  I found them at the web http://art.holocaust-education.net/home.asp?langid=1site (Listed below)  There is other art there also.  I went into explore and then into the Auswitz site.  You may want to do some more exploring to see if you find something more to your liking. 

Poetry was found on another site.  The poems I thought would support your passage are "Holocaust" by Barbara Sonek and another titled "Holocaust" by Sudeep Pagedar.  I found these at http://www.auschwitz.dk/id6.htm. (See below) 

For films, you might look at Life is Beautiful, a 1997 film in which a Jewish father tries to make a game out of their imprisonment for his young son.  This could be used as a comparison of the two boys.  The other one you might look at is Auswitz, which was made in 2011 and chronicles the short period of time Auswitz was in existence.  

What are some heroic traits that Jonas shows in Chapters 19-23 of The Giver?

Jonas faces the truth about his community and refuses to accept it, escaping from the community to save Gabriel.

Jonas had no idea what was really going on in his community until he began his training as Receiver of Memory.  When he viewed the recording of his father killing the newborn twin, his entire world collapsed.  Jonas had to face the fact that the community he thought was perfect was full of monsters.

Jonas shows an extreme amount of courage just in facing his father and mother again after he knows the truth.  At first he can’t go home, but he knows he eventually will have to.  The Giver tries to explain to him that people simply do not know any better.

"Listen to me, Jonas. They can't help it. They know nothing."

"You said that to me once before."

"I said it because it's true. It's the way they live. It's the life that was created for them." (Ch. 20)

The Giver shares with Jonas that they are not without hope.  Jonas’s one chance is to escape, and return the memories to the people.  The Giver lets him know that if he leaves, he cannot come back.  Jonas accepts this.  He wants to help.  He has to go alone because the people will need The Giver.

"I think that they can, and that they will acquire some wisdom. But it will be desperately hard for them. When we lost Rosemary ten years ago, and her memories returned to the people, they panicked. …” (Ch. 20)

The Giver and Jonas plan an escape meticulously.  It involves Jonas escaping during the Ceremony with The Giver’s help.  Jonas shows a lot of courage in planning the escape, but the unthinkable happens.  When Jonas does go home, he finds out that Gabriel is scheduled to die.

Jonas shows courage through determination and resourcefulness at this point.  He remains calm, and then makes his move at night.  He takes Gabe, some food, and his father’s bicycle and runs, by himself, with no help from The Giver.

During the journey, Jonas also shows bravery. He realizes that he is risking his own death, but he steadfastly continues through unfamiliar territory as search planes repeatedly try to find him.  Jonas uses memories to sustain himself and Gabe, and never gives up.

From the time he sees the baby die to the moment he finally reaches Elsewhere, Jonas displays many heroic traits.  He is determined, resourceful, and brave.  If Jonas had not been so strong, he and Gabriel would have both been dead.

How did the geography of Greece play a role in their political structure?

The geography of Greece played a very important role in Greece's ancient political structure. Greece is a very mountainous peninsula. The mountains were very difficult to travel so it acted to separate pockets of people in different areas. The end result of the isolated populations was that the various areas developed independently of one another. This is known as regionalism. As the populations slowly grew, city-states developed that were autonomous of one another. This was very different than how Egypt developed many centuries earlier.

Another consequence of the barren geography of much of Greece is that farming was difficult. This meant that populations remained relatively small. Representative governments grew in many city-states that otherwise may not have been possible in largely populated states. Athens was able to develop a direct democracy, which would have been very difficult if it had a similar population as Rome.

How can I write a two page paper defining Human Resources Management? I need to: Include the three competencies of an HR Manager. Include a...

As far as competences are concerned, different textbooks and courses will probably have different "lists" of competencies for human resources managers, but three primary competencies they should all have are legal competence, competence in dealing with people, and competence in technology.  I have no way of knowing what kind of organization you work for or what kinds of examples you will be able to offer, but I can provide some examples of the kinds of situations you could write about. 

There is a huge body of law that deals with human resources activity.  Just a few examples are the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and unemployment and workers' compensation statutes.  A human resources professional who is not knowledgeable about this body of law cannot do his or her job properly. It impacts at least 75% of human resources activity.

Being able to deal properly with people is an essential competency. Human resources managers must deal with every kind of person in the organization, from the top to the bottom. They must deal with people who have problems, for example, an employee who has been sexually harassed or someone who is very ill and needs time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.  They often terminate employment, as well.  This is not to say that every person who comes to the human resources department is a troubled person, but many are, and even in day to day dealings for routine matters, it is imperative that the human resources manager act professionally and helpfully.  This requires excellent people skills. 

Technological competence is important because in today's world, most record-keeping is electronic, and record-keeping is a vital aspect of the human resource manager's job.  Good record-keeping, from planning to recruiting, from hiring to firing, is an organization's best defense against problems, up to and including lawsuits.  A human resources manager who is technologically inept cannot perform properly for his or her organization. 

Now, you are expected to discuss a change that was implemented.  Some typical changes in organizations are reorganizing departments, the introduction of new technology, or the opening of a new branch or facility.  Human resources managers are usually responsible for making such changes go smoothly, for example, addressing staffing needs for a reorganization, providing training for a new technology, or recruiting to man a new facility. You need to consider a change in your organization and address how it was handled, well or poorly, with good supporting details.

As far as reactive and proactive changes are concerned, an example of a reactive change would be to implement a sexual harassment policy after someone complains of sexual harassment, while a proactive change would be to have a sexual harassment policy in place before any such problem arises.  Human resources people are expected to be as proactive as possible, not simply reacting by putting out fires as they occur. It is up to them to keep the fires from breaking out in the first place. Was the change in your organization reactive or proactive? You need to address this as part of your assignment and explain why the change was reactive or proactive. 

There is no organization that does not experience some change, so you should be able to offer a good example and then discuss it, after you discuss your three competencies. Write an introduction that explains what the paper is about, then add body paragraphs for each competency, along with a body paragraph on a change example and a body paragraph on whether that change was reactive or proactive. Then you can wrap it all up in a conclusion that reviews the points you made in your body paragraphs.         

Why should a person not stand under a tree during a thunderstorm?

Thunder is the result of lighting. Lighting is a result of electrical charges. Lighting is attracted to the tallest tip of a conductor. Trees are often the tallest objects within an environment. Therefore, trees make great targets for lighting. However, trees do not contain as many ions as humans do. Thus, humans are better conductors than trees. If the tip of a tree is struck by lighting and a person is standing under the tree, then the current from the lighting may travel down the tree and jump towards the human conductor. Therefore, it is not wise to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm.

Lighting is an electrical current that is a result of positive and negative charges that build up in a cloud. The water drops that make up a cloud are constantly moving. Therefore, they collide into one another. This causes the particles to become charged. Eventually, the positive charges within a cloud move toward the top of the cloud. The negative charges migrate towards the bottom of the cloud. Eventually, opposite charges within the cloud, or between the cloud and the ground, attract one another.

The air that surrounds the lighting experiences a rapid increase in pressure and temperature. This causes the air to expand quickly. This “pop” of the atmosphere is what we hear as thunder.  

How would you characterize Emily and her father's relationship?

Emily and her father have a very strange and strangled relationship.  In the story, Faulkner mentions how "the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were," thus "None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such."  He had such a stranglehold on Miss Emily that she never in fact married, though the closest she came was in being courted by Homer Barron.  However, that courtship came after her father's death.  Homer would not have been the type of man that Miss Emily's father would have approved of because he was "a Yankee--a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face."  The people in the town even comment, "'Of course a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer.'"  When Homer disappears later in the story, the reader believes that Miss Emily has dismissed him.

However, while Miss Emily's father may have been overbearing, she also had this strange connection to him.  When he dies, "She told them [the ladies calling] that her father was not dead.  She did that for three days, with the minsters calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body."  Without her father in her life, Miss Emily did not know how to behave because he had controlled every aspect of her life.  This same scene is repeated with Homer Barron.  When there are rumors that he is going to leave Miss Emily instead of marrying her, she poisons him with arsenic and lays him out in an upstairs bedroom:

The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him.  What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay...

Emily decides to keep Homer in her clutches, in a way that she could not with her father.  

The number of _____ in an atom determines what type of element it is. A. molecules. B. neutrons. C protons. D. electrons

The number of protons in an atom determines what type of element it is. Therefore, the answer is (c).

An atom is the smallest unit of matter. An element is made of three smaller subatomic particles. The subatomic particles are protons, neutrons, and electrons. The protons and neutrons make up the center of an atom, which is known as the nucleus. The electrons travel around the nucleus within either electron orbitals or electron clouds. The electrons travel at extremely fast speeds. Thus, it is impossible to determine the location of an electron at any given time.

The modern periodic table is arranged by atomic number. The atomic number of an element is the number of protons within that element’s nucleus. Each element has a unique atomic number. Changing the number of protons within an element also changes the atomic number. Thus, changing the number of protons also changes the element that is being referenced.

Changing the number of electrons and neutrons within an atom does not change the type of element. Changing the number of electrons within an atom creates an ion. Changing the number of neutrons within an atom creates an isotope.

Each subatomic particle has a different charge. Protons are positively charged. Neutrons are neutrally charged. Electrons are negatively charged. Therefore, a neutrally charged atom that has no charge will have equal numbers of electrons and protons. When an atom gains or loses electrons, it becomes an ion. When an atom gains a negatively-charged electron, it becomes negatively charged. A negatively charged atom is called an anion. When an atom loses an electron, it becomes positively charged. A positively charged atom is called a cation.

When an atom gains or loess neutrons, an isotope is formed. The atomic mass of an element is the number of protons plus the number of neutrons within the nucleus of an element. Thus, isotopes of the same element have different atomic masses. Sometimes, the nuclei of isotopes become too large. Thus, they seek to stabilize via radioactive decay.

In summary, the number of protons within an atom determines which element it is. Atoms of the same element may have different numbers of electrons and neutrons. Ions are atoms of the same element that have different number of electrons. Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different number of neutrons.

What views does Pauline Maier express about Thomas Jefferson, in American Scripture, that may be contrary to what the average American knows about...

Americans typically remember the Declaration of Independence as an individual work of genius, authored by Thomas Jefferson, who himself has become a sort of avatar of American liberty. Maier argues that the Declaration was really more of a statement of ideas that many Americans already held than an original document in its own right. As Maier points out, Jefferson himself said that it was intended to be "an expression of the American mind," and she notes that most of its ideas had been expressed in resolutions issued from several colonial assemblies, which Jefferson had surely read.

Maier's basic argument, which is very provocative, is that the Declaration of Independence was not a "solo performance," but rather a "production with a cast of hundreds, many of whom must remain nameless."  On top of the resolved issued on the colonial/state level, there were many "'other' Declarations of Independence," to quote the title of one of Maier's chapters. Town meetings, revolutionary Committees of Safety, and individual essayists (Thomas Paine, for example) issued a blizzard of calls for independence in the months preceding the summer of 1776. Most of these revolutionary documents were based on traditional English notions of liberty, ideas that dated back to the English Civil War and even the centuries-old Magna Carta. These "other Declarations," according to Maier, were the "voice of the people," and deserve more attention than they have received from scholars and ordinary Americans.

The Declaration, Maier argues, is only significant "insofar as it restated what virtually all Americans...thought and said in other words in other places." So according to American Scripture, Jefferson's role in "writing" the Declaration of Independence is perhaps less crucial than most Americans imagine.

What does Ponyboy tell Cherry while standing in line for popcorn in The Outsiders?

In Chapter 2, Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny sneak into the drive-in movies. Johnny and Ponyboy meet two Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia, and become fast friends with them. Ponyboy shares a connection with Cherry, and she asks him to walk with her to get popcorn. While they are waiting in line, Cherry comments that Johnny has a scared look in his eyes, and she can tell he's been hurt badly. Ponyboy tells her the story about when Johnny was beaten badly by a group of Socs four months earlier. He tells Cherry that he, Steve, and Sodapop were walking home from the DX station when Steve noticed a jacket lying on the road. The jacket belonged to Johnny, and there were blood stains around the collar. They followed the trail of blood across a field and heard Johnny moaning. When they reached Johnny, he was bleeding profusely and had deep cut from his temple to his cheekbone. Johnny tells the boys that four Socs driving in a blue Mustang jumped him. One of the Socs was wearing rings, which caused a lot of damage. Ever since Johnny suffered the brutal beating, he acts nervous and carries a switchblade with him at all times. Johnny refuses to walk anywhere alone and vows to kill the next person who attempts to jump him.

Explain the conflict between the narrator and her grandmother in To Da-Duh in Memoriam.

The main conflict between Da-duh and her granddaughter is generational.  Da-duh represents tradition and life as it used to be in Barbados.  The granddaughter, however, lives in the modern city of New York City and knows very little about her roots.  Da-duh and the granddaughter banter back and forth about the attributes of both places.  Barbados has beautiful palm trees, and New York City has tall, beautiful skyscrapers.  Da-duh and her granddaughter are two opposites representing the old and the new in their family, and that is where the conflict begins.  Da-duh tries desperately to teach the narrator about her past and the sugar cane fields that surround her home. And, the granddaughter does the same telling Da-duh about how a black girl at her school hit a white girl. Da-duh is in disbelief at some of things she learns from her granddaughter, and it is only when the granddaughter becomes an adult that she understands the beauty of Barbados that Da-duh showed her. 

The conflict between the two was not in anger or disrespect but simply a clash in culture and generations. 

I need help getting started with a literary analysis of a short story, "How to Date A Brown Girl, Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie" by Junot Diaz...

In "How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)" by Junot Diaz, the main character, Yunior, creates both mood and meaning for the story as he describes his apartment and the surrounding neighborhoods.

The reader feels the embarrassment Yunior feels as he prepares the apartment. Yunior defines the steps he takes to ready the apartment for his date. He cleans the bathroom, removes pictures from the wall, and hides the government issue cheese. The reader can see he does not want the girl, no matter what her race is, to see the signs of poverty or the attachment to the past. “Take down any embarrassing photos of your family in the campo, especially the one with the halfnaked kids dragging a goat on a rope leash.”

He has rules for preparing for the date depending on which neighborhood the girl is coming from, and which race she is. Yunior describes the appropriate restaurant to take the girls to for dinner. He describes how a girl’s home neighborhood or race will create expectations for a restaurant whether it is Wendy’s or the local diner, El Cibao. The description of the various settings brings the reader into the mind of Yunior.

Construct an argument for how earth's interior layers may have formed, and how the layers contribute to earth's processes.

In the beginning, the earth was a part of the solar nebula, which was a huge gas and dust cloud.  Earth was formed by a process called accretion, which basically is the accumulation of bits and pieces of dust and gas together.  Earth took about ten to twenty million years to form, then was relatively molten with lots of volcanic activity, due to all the collisions that were taking place. Due to the fact everything was molten, the denser, heavier elements, such as iron, settled to the center, while the lighter, less dense elements stayed in the outer layers.  This would explain why the earth has an iron core, then a less dense molten mantle, and then a lighter, least dense rigid outer crust.  The iron core is divided into an outer core, which is liquid, and an inner core, which is solid.  This two-part core tandem is responsible for generating earth's magnetic field, which protects the earth from harmful particles in the sun's solar wind.  The outer crust is fractured, or broken, into large and small pieces called tectonic plates.  Part of the processes of the earth involve these plates pushing into each other, pulling apart from each other, or sliding past each other.  All these processes produce volcanic and seismographic events on a recurring and regular basis.  The crust has new crustal material added and old crustal material subducted into the mantle, where it is melted down and recycled again.  All these processes result in the earth producing volcanoes and earthquakes as a general rule.

Laws should never be broken how far do you agree with this statement please write 3 paragraphs

In a general sense, we expect people to follow laws. Our society is based on the concept of law and order. We expect people to not kill others. We expect people to not steal. We expect people to obey orders given by the police. Religious leaders expect their congregants to follow religious laws. In our society, if people do what they want and don’t follow laws, chaos results.

Yet at times, we believe it is okay to break laws. For example, if a couple were racing to the hospital to give birth to a child, we would overlook the driver speeding or running a red light. If there is an injustice occurring, such as with the Jim Crow laws, some people would say civil disobedience is acceptable. However, in these instances, we expect those who break the law to accept the punishment that follows.

Since this question is posted under religion, I’ll share a religious example where not following laws is acceptable. In the Jewish religion, there are laws regarding the Sabbath. However, in order to save a life, it is acceptable and required to transgress the Sabbath laws. Thus, it would be okay to use the phone or drive a car if it would be necessary to save a life.

Therefore, while we generally expect and insist that people follow laws, there are instances where we consider it acceptable to break some laws.

Why would Ponyboy rather accept someone's hate than their pity?

Ponyboy is depicted as a rather self-conscious individual throughout the novel The Outsiders. He is well aware of how people see him in a negative light and resents the fact that he is judged for his Greaser persona. Ponyboy mentions that it doesn't matter whether or not he steals, drinks alcohol, and participates in criminal behavior because people will view him as being "lousy" regardless. He reasons that if people are going to have a negative perception of him, they might as well fear him, rather than look down on him. Having pity on an individual connotes that a person has sympathy for someone and feels sorry for them.

At the beginning of Chapter 11, Pony is looking through Soda's yearbook and comes across a picture of Bob Sheldon. He wonders if Bob's parents hate them, and comments,

"I hoped they hated us, that they weren't full of that pity-the-victims-of-environment junk the social workers kept handing Curly Shepard every time he got sent off to reform school. I'd rather have anybody's hate than their pity" (Hinton 138).

Pony hates the fact that he comes from the lower class and lives in a run-down neighborhood. Ponyboy is prideful and does not want anybody to feel sorry for him, like the social workers did for Curly Shepard. He would rather have people's hate than their pity, which is why he hides behind his aggressive Greaser persona to accommodate and protect his ego.

In the book Lord of the Flies, why should Ralph be prosecuted?

The first opportunity to prosecute Ralph may come at the beginning of the story when he is elected leader and then they start the huge fire atop the mountain. Though it would be difficult to prove some kind of criminal neglect on Ralph's part, he is nominally in charge and the boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark probably perished in the fire.

The second and arguably most important event for which Ralph could be prosecuted is the death of Simon. Even though he and Piggy try to suggest that they were only on the fringes and that they didn't know what they were doing, it is clear that they participated in beating and stabbing Simon to death.

Perhaps it is also possible to hold Ralph responsible for the death of Piggy and the abuse heaped on the boys by Jack since Ralph loses control over the island. 

But I'd consider the fact that he was an accessory to Simon's murder to be the most likely prosecution.

How did Western Civilization pull itself out of the Dark Ages and into early modern times?

The Renaissance is popularly considered the event that pulled Europe out of the Dark Ages. While there is validity to this claim, other events occurred to modernize Europe. The Crusades, with their travels to Eastern Europe and Western Asia, brought back classical ideas, new technologies, and trade goods from the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Demand for spices and silks from the east reinvigorated the stagnant economy.

The Crusaders also, unfortunately, brought back the bubonic plague, which wiped out about one-third of the population in many areas of Western Europe. Obviously, the plague was depressing, but it brought an end to feudalism as the disease disrupted the entire system. The plague also had the enlightening effect of making people question the power of God and the church in their lives. The Enlightenment philosophies of the time changed how people thought of the world around them and increased feelings of the potential of humanity. The invention of the printing press in Europe allowed these ideas to spread at a faster rate.

It is also important to note that climate change had an important effect on Europe. The warmer climates led to larger crop yields, population growth, and a larger demand for trade goods.

Is the amino acid MBA destroyed by heat?

Amino acids are one of the fundamental building blocks of biochemistry.  They are the component compounds of all proteins found in nature.  Amino acids consist of a central carbon atom attached to an amine group (NH2), a carboxylic acid group (COOH), and a unique chemical moiety (often called the R group).  MBA stands for methylaminobutyric acid, another name for the amino acid isovaline.  Like all amino acids, it is affected by heat.  Heat is one of the means of denaturing a protein.  A protein has multiple layers of complex structure associated with it in nature.  To denature a protein is to disrupt its complex structural organization in three dimensional space.  When a protein is denatured, most of the time it completely loses its natural biological activity (potency).  Proteins can be denatured with chemicals but also with heat.  So yes, enough heat will destroy a protein and its amino acids, including MBA.

What does the book teach us about community (Theme)? Explain your answer. Include at least two specific events from the novel. Link for...

The people who live around the garden on Gibb St. in Cleveland, Ohio, all come from different backgrounds, races, and ethnicities.  They go about their lives without really knowing their neighbors caught up in their own routines and cultures.  The garden is the catalyst that brings them all together in accomplishing a goal. Neighbors start leaving their apartments, they start to clean up the trash, and most importantly, they start to meet each other. 

One of the best examples that shows the growth in community is with the character, Amir.  Amir is from India and doesn’t think America is a very friendly place because back in India, everyone knows his or her neighbors.  When Amir starts growing huge vegetables, particularly eggplants, he draws the other gardeners to him.  Suddenly, he is talking to them and making friends. The garden becomes the common thing that makes them begin “growing” as a community instead of just individuals. 

Leona also shows how taking action can bring a community together.  Leona fights for the city of Cleveland to clean up the lot for the residents, and she doesn’t give up until she achieves it.  Unable to get satisfaction over the phone, Leona takes a bag full of trash from the lot and dumps in the office of the department that oversees city clean up. Because Leona takes the action she does, she is able to bring the people together in the story to start their gardens and their relationships with each other.

How would we translate "from ancient grudge break to new mutiny" into modern day English?

The phrase you asked about is part of a larger sentence that begins the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.  All told, the beginning of the sentence reads, "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny..."  In modern English, this would roughly translate as, "In Verona, two well-to-do families who have a long-standing feud have recently experienced new bouts of violence against each other."  This explains to the audience that the feud is long-standing, and will help to provide some context for the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets (and their servants) that will break out shortly thereafter in Act 1, Scene 1.  This will also help the audience to understand why a relationship between a Montague and a Capulet would prove so problematic.

What are some quotes in "The Necklace" by Guy De Mussapant that show Mme. Loisel's greediness lead her to her emotional downfall.

Madame Loisel's greediness leads to her downfall because she allows it to permeate every aspect of her life. She does this, primarily, due to feelings of entitlement, where she feels that she deserves everything.

Second, her greediness does not let her see what she does have, and makes her ungrateful and thankless about everything that surrounds her. Another aspect of her greediness is that it also translates into a negative sense of pride; one that makes her haughty, and always wanting to be better than everybody. Finally, her eternally-fantastic thinking blinds her to reality and leads her to aspire to things that are neither realistic nor possible for her. 

Entitlement

Maupassant describes Mathilde as someone who, even though is pretty, happens to be born "as if by a slip of fate" to a family of clerks. This means that Loisel, despite her physical attributes, cannot marry "well". She cannot produce a dowry to secure herself a rich husband. She cannot aspire to rise above the social ranks, either. 

Yet, Maupassant is clearly voicing Mathilde's own view of herself when he describes how "she let herself be married to a lowly clerk". Moreover, the entitlement that Mathilde feels is both unwarranted and nonsensical. How could someone who has never had anything miss riches so much? 

Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains. All those things[...] tortured her and made her angry.

This contributes to her downfall because Mathilde's reason to borrow the fancy-looking necklace is to fill the void she had built for herself by feeling entitled to all that she does not have. 

Ungratefulness

Mathilde does not even feel happy when she does have a chance to at least come close to those things that she dreams about. When her husband secures her an invitation to a ball by the Minsitry of Public Instruction, Mathilde does not even take a second look at it. 

Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation on the table crossly, muttering:

"What do you wish me to do with that?"

Not only is she ungrateful to her husband, but she also transfers her frustrations onto the young Breton girl who serves in her home as a maid. Could it be that Mathilde sees an aspect of her poor persona in the poor aspect of the young woman?

This contributes to her downfall because she fails to see the good in everything, even in those who help her. Eventually, Mathilde will lose everything, even the Breton girl, and will end up scrubbing floors all on her own. 

The sight of the little Breton peasant who did her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and bewildering dreams. 

Negative pride

While pride, under check, is a good feeling to have regarding ourselves, Mathilde's pride stems from the jealousy she feels of others who may be doing better than herself. We know that she has a "friend" from the convent who is rich, and she feels distress when she goes to visit her. We assume that this friend is Madame Forestier. 

She had a friend, a former schoolmate at the convent, who was rich, and whom she did not like to go to see any more because she felt so sad when she came home

Also, Mathilde hides the fact that she lost the necklace from  Madame Forestier. If she had owned up to this fact, she would have found out from her rich friend that, this particular necklace Mathilde chose to borrow, was a fake. This contributed to her downfall because her life changes precisely because of her believe that she had lost an expensive necklace borrowed from Forestier for the ball. Had she just been honest, she could have saved herself. 

Fantasy-thinking

The last denominator that leads Mathilde to her downfall is her nonstop fantastic thinking. It is not just wishful thinking. Mathilde's goes all the way to the most delicate details. 

...she thought of dainty dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry that peopled the walls with ancient personages and with strange birds flying in the midst of a fairy forest; and s[...]delicious dishes served on marvelous plates and of the whispered gallantries to which you listen with a sphinx-like smile

It makes the reader wonder whether Mathilde's thinking occupies so much of her day that she no longer rationalizes things. Moreover, is Mathilde able to realize that her thoughts are merely fantasies, and not "life goals"?

This greatly contributes to her downfall because she acts upon her fantasies. They are the motivators that lead her to do the things that she does and think the way that she thinks. Unfortunately for her, they will ultimately bring her whole world down. 

Who was the Pythian Oracle of Delphi vs Tiresias in Oedipus Rex?

Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos (or Oedipus Rex) first came to the stage in Athens around 429-425 BCE. Although the play takes Thebes as its setting, the play has several references to the town of Delphi, which was the location of Apollo's famous oracle. The priestess whose mouth spoke for Apollo was called Pythia. Thus, the oracle at Delphi is sometimes called the Pythian oracle. Likewise, the town of Delphi is sometimes called Pytho. The oracle that Oedipus and his father Laius were trying to avoid was delivered by the Pythia.

As for Teiresias, he was a Theban prophet was also served Apollo. In Sophocles' play, Teiresias and Oedipus have an angry confrontation early in the play. In this scene, Oedipus eventually goads Teiresias into revealing that Oedipus was the one who killed his father and married his own mother.

Teiresias alludes to Oedipus' killing of his father Laius in the following quotation:

                    I say that you yourself
are the very man you’re looking for. (Johnston translation)

A few lines later, Teiresias hints at Oedipus' unwitting marriage to his own mother:

I say that with your dearest family,
unknown to you, you are living in disgrace. (Johnston translation)

Thus, both the Pythian oracle and the prophet Teiresias are representatives of the god Apollo.

Why did communism threaten many people?

There are two main reasons why many people in the United States felt threatened by communism.  First, there was the fact that communism went against many core American values.  Second, there was the fact that communism seemed to be an ideology that could subvert people and convert them to its point of view.

Communism is antithetical to many American values.  It goes against our idea that people can and should advance themselves through hard work.  It goes against the idea of personal responsibility.  Communism tends not to be democratic even though communists claim to represent the people.  Communism is officially atheist when Americans are very religious (and were even more religious in the time when communism was seen as a threat.  In all of these ways, communism went against American values and therefore seemed to be a threat.

Communism also seemed to be a threat because it seemed to be able to insinuate itself into people’s minds.  It seemed to be possible for rational people to be seduced by communist ideas and thereby become communist.  Because of this, communism seemed like a great threat because it could persuade Americans of its truth, thereby undermining the country.

Do you have any tips/advice for a high school junior trying to graduate early?

It would be a simple matter to ignore this query on the grounds that we are not psychologists or school counselors, but we are (I am) professors, teachers, and scholars.  Let me start by saying your life is going quite well.  You are using your intelligence and energy to prepare yourself to "contribute a verse," as Walt Whitman puts it.  It is too blithe to simply say "you must make some choices."  My advice is to taxonomize (sort out, arrange by type, categorize) your activities.  It is again a temptation to prioritize, but that is not so simple -- Are your musical interests separate from your social life? No.  Is your academic life separate from your career goals?  Certainly not.  But what about your "life-work"?  That is, who are you becoming? "Spreading yourself too thin" is a tired metaphor, a cliché that doesn't apply to your dilemma right now, although many adults will warn you against it.  Concretely, allow me to offer these suggestions to filter through your own sensibilities:  First, instead of taking online classes (cost?) simply be an "autodidact," a self-taught person who wanders through many fields of interest at your own pace and with your own dendritics (branches, offshoots, detours); secondly, befriend a teacher with whom you feel a connection.  Thirdly, write stuff down, to yourself alone; invent an image of yourself at 30 years old -- what are you doing for work? for relaxation? for the world?  Finally, quoting the Beatles, "life is what happens while you are making plans."  You're going to do just fine.  When things get sticky, follow Taylor Swift's advice: Shake it off. Good luck, eat healthy, and keep smiling.

What point is Doyle trying to make in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"?

The author is not mainly concerned with making a point or proving a thesis. The story is an adventure yarn, the type of story that Graham Greene would call an "entertainment." The main mystery Sherlock Holmes is called upon to solve is: How could Helen Stoner's sister Julia be killed in her bedroom when the shutters and the door into the corridor were securely locked? This is an example of a subgenre called a "Locked room murder mystery." The prototype is Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," in which two reclusive women were murdered in a room in which the door and all the windows appeared to be securely locked. When Holmes deduces the answer to his own locked-room murder mystery from what he observes in Dr. Roylott's room and the directly adjacent room which Helen is now occupying, he solves the mystery of Julia's agonizing death two years ago and also forestalls Roylott's plan to murder Helen. Doyle gives a "point" or moral to the story by having Holmes quote from the Old Testament.

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. 

Dr. Roylott is certainly a violent man. He makes a great show of potential violence when he bursts into Holmes' room at Baker Street and tells him:

Don't you dare to meddle with my affairs. I know that Miss Stoner has been here. I traced her! I am a dangerous man to fall foul of! See here.” He stepped swiftly forward, seized the poker, and bent it into a curve with his huge brown hands.

This is the only time Dr. Roylott will appear in the story while he is still alive, but it is sufficient to establish that the essence of the tale is a conflict between Roylott and Holmes, the man of violence and the man of intellect. 

How long had it been since Clare left? How long would it be before she would get back?

Time seems to have slowed down for Tom while he's out on the ledge, in terrible danger, and he realizes that his wife Clare has only been gone from the apartment for about eight minutes. Further, it'll be at least three hours and maybe even four before she comes back, since she went to see two movies in a row. This means that Tom will have to hold his balance, endure the cold, and try to stay conscious for many more hours before being rescued. He realizes that he'll have to try to break his way into the window instead, because he can't last that long.

We'll find all these details about two-thirds of the way into the story:

He couldn't possibly wait here till Clare came home. It was the second feature she'd wanted to see, and she'd left in time to see the first. She'd be another three hours or--He glanced at his watch: Clare had been gone eight minutes. It wasn't possible, but only eight minutes ago he had kissed his wife good-by. She wasn't even at the theater yet!

It would be four hours before she could possibly be home...

As you can see, Tom's experiences on the outer ledge of the apartment building have felt like much longer than eight minutes, but that's all the time that really has elapsed. Just before he suddenly understands what this passage of time means for himself and his situation, he's actually somewhat relieved to have gained a relatively safe position near the window, and he finds it kind of funny that Clare might find him there when she gets home. But this realization of Tom's about how much time has actually gone by really sobers up his thoughts and adds tension to the already highly suspenseful story.

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, on what page can the following passage be found: Secretly, Miss Finch, I'm not much of a drinker, but you...

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the speech in question is spoken by Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a wealthy white man in Maycomb who is ostracized by society for living with and bearing children with a black woman. He is reputed to be a town drunk because he's always seen drinking from a paper sack assumed to contain a Coca-Cola bottle filled with whiskey. In Chapter 20, Scout and Dill have a conversation with Mr. Raymond in which he explains his behavior.

In Chapter 20, Dill has become so upset by Tom Robinson's cross-examination that it moves him to sobbing tears. Mr. Raymond approaches Dill to help him calm down, offering him a sip of whatever is in his paper sack. It turns out to be only Coca-Cola, which astonishes Scout, inciting her to ask, "Why do you do like you do?" Mr. Raymond responds by explaining that, since he knows people do not like his inter-racial behavior, he has decided he can give them an excuse for his behavior, the excuse being that he is a mad drunk who can't help himself, as we see in Mr. Raymond's following speech to Scout:

Wh--oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it's very simple ... Some folks don't--like the way I live. Now I could say the hell with 'em, I don't care if they don't like it. I do say I don't care if they don't like it, right enough--but I don't say the hell with 'em, see? (Ch. 20)

He further explains his reasons for acting like a drunk in the following speech to both Scout and Dill:

I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason [for his inter-racial behavior]. (Ch. 20)

When Scout protests that he is being dishonest, Mr. Raymond responds with the comments in question, saying that, while it is not honest, "it's mighty helpful to folks" since "they could never, never understand" that he lives the way he does because he wants to, not because he is afflicted.

Mr. Raymond's speeches serve as a very unique approach to developing the theme of respecting others. Though Mr. Raymond doesn't approve of others' judgements of him and views on racism, he still wants to show those sorts of people respect; therefore, he gives them a false reason to judge him, which helps to bridge the social barrier between Mr. Raymond and the racists who misjudge him.

It is difficult to state an exact page number as to where this passage can be found because different publications of the book will have different page numbers. However, the passage is found around the end of the first or second page of Chapter 20, approximately page 204, depending on one's publication.

What are the themes in Black Beauty? (Are they war, love, any thing like that?)

Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty with the express purpose of informing readers about the themes of mistreatment of horses and of proper care of horses. 

• Mistreatment of horses

With the express purpose of informing her readers of the cruelty of the bearing rein, Sewell exemplifies the importance that the wealthy put upon the showiness of their carriage horses. In an effort to force their horses to hold their heads in a graceful position, horses were made to wear bearing reins. In the narrative, for instance, Ginger tells Beauty that she was made to wear one of these reins and two sharp bits, very painful devices because the bits cut into her mouth, while the bearing rein forced her to hold her head up all the time.

Another illustration of mistreatment of horses occurs in the narratives about the cab horses, those that pull heavy loads, and the military horses. In Chapter 35, for instance, Old Captain relates how he felt absolute terror in the midst of battle as a cavalry horse, especially when his master is killed.

"Some of the horses had been so badly wounded that they could scarcely move from the loss of blood; other noble creatures were trying on three legs to drag themselves along; and others were struggling to rise on their forefeet, when their hind legs had been shattered by shot. Their groans were piteous to hear...I shall never forget."

Perhaps the most poignant illustration of the cruelty to these working horses occurs in the later part of the novel as Beauty sees a horse being flogged for having fallen with a heavy load and was down. It was Ginger, and she died pitifully in the road. 

• Proper care of horses

Sewell's episodes about Joe Green, the young stable boy who is ignorant of the proper care of horses, nearly kills Beauty one night when he returns from having had to race a long distance with Dr. White on an emergency call. Because John is out of town, young Joe is left to take care of Beauty. He rubs the horse down, but does not cover him with his blanket. Then, out of his innocence, he gives Beauty corn to eat and cold water to drink. As a result, Beauty becomes sick with fever and inflammation in her lungs. However, she does recover. When John returns, he feels badly that he was not present to care for Beauty, and that ignorance of horse care--in a quotation combining both themes--"is the worst thing in the world, next to wickedness."

What does the title of Chapter 11 mean in Lord Of The Flies, and how does it relate to the events?

Castle Rock is the name given to the high, secluded end of the island where the warriors have taken to hiding. It is a prime piece of real estate. Ralph, and what is left of his entourage, head there to reclaim Piggy's glasses and the fire to relight the signal flame.

The name alludes to its being like a fortress atop a hill.  It is easily defended by the perk of having a huge boulder that can be dislodged and crush any approaching "enemies".

As the two opposing leaders prance and parry, in an effort to ascertain who is really leader, the boulder is dislodged.  This results in the death of yet another of the group of former comrades.

What was claimed as a victory, when the boys took over the rock, has now turned into more of the groups descent into savagery.

Do you think that Romeo and Juliet's love will last? Give two reasons to support your claim. Identify a counterclaim. Refute the counterclaim....

In my opinion, Romeo and Juliet's relationship was destined to be a failure from the beginning.  While it would be hard to predict that both partners would end up in the ground when the relationship went south, there are some signs that the relationship could not endure.  It is important to understand that relationships struggle when finances become an issue.  The fact that both Romeo and Juliet were going to be cut off from their families if the relationship continued points to potential trouble in being able to support themselves fiscally. Their age was also a stumbling block in being able to support themselves.  

A lot of relationships are strained when one member of the couple does not get along with the in-laws.  In this case, both families did not get along with one another.  It would be naive to suggest that this would not cause problems moving forward in their relationship.  

I would also suggest that it takes longer than one day to wildly fall in love with another person and want to spend the rest of your life with that person. It seems like both characters are suffering from serious immaturity that would cause problems in a relationship moving forward.