In Act III, Scene 1, why does Cassius argue against allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral? What reasons does Brutus give for overruling him?

Cassius understands men much better than Brutus. He would have liked to see Antony killed along with Caesar, but Brutus overruled him. In Act III, Scene 1, Antony virtually ignores Cassius and very wisely appeals to Brutus to spare his life and allow him to speak at Caesar's funeral. Cassius is appalled when he hears the gullible Brutus give Antony permission to do so. Cassius appeals to Brutus in an aside as follows:

Brutus, a word with you.
You know not what you do. Do not consent
That Antony speak in his funeral.
Know you how much the people may be moved
By that which he will utter?

Brutus is a philosopher and an idealist. He trusts Antony, whereas Cassius knows Antony is deceitful and not to be trusted. Earlier, he calls Antony "a shrewd contriver." Cassius makes the mistake of persuading Brutus to act as the leader of his conspiracy because only Brutus can make the assassination of Julius Caesar seem like a necessary and patriotic action. Brutus goes further than Cassius anticipated. Brutus tries to apply his high-minded principles to the entire enterprise. He shows himself to be impractical and conceited. He refuses to listen to Cassius or anyone else. He replies to Cassius as follows:

By your pardon.
I will myself into the pulpit first,
And show the reason of our Caesar's death.
What Antony shall speak I will protest
He speaks by leave and by permission;
And that we are contented Caesar shall
Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies,
It shall advantage more than do us wrong.

Brutus is extremely vain about his rhetorical prowess. He is known as an accomplished orator. He is a reasonable man and believes other men can be persuaded by reason. Antony knows this, and he uses it to manipulate Brutus when he tells him,

Friends am I with you all, and love you all
Upon this hope: that you will give me reasons
Why and wherefore Caesar was dangerous.    III.1

Antony doesn't really care about Brutus's reasons, but Brutus swallows the bait. He is a reasonable man and loves to think and talk about his reasons. Antony fully intends to appeal to the crowd's emotions, not their reasons. He doesn't expect much rationality from ignorant men of the lower classes. They are flattered by Brutus, a distinguished man who addresses them as if they are educated, literate, and high-minded like himself. When Antony follows Brutus onto the pulpit, he shows he understands his audience far better. He has an ace-in-the-hole, which Shakespeare's audience does not know about until he reveals it. Antony has Caesar's will concealed under his tunic. It leaves money and lands to all the Roman citizens. When Antony reads this will in Act III, Scene 2, at the end of his funeral address, it serves to inflame the mob to mutiny, which is exactly what Antony wanted.

ANTONY: Moreover, he hath left you all his walks,
His private arbors, and new-planted orchards,
On this side Tiber; he hath left them you,
And to your heirs for ever; common pleasures,
To walk abroad and recreate yourselves.
Here was a Caesar! When comes such another?

FIRST CITIZEN: Never, never. Come, away, away!
We'll burn his body in the holy place
And with the brands fire the traitors' houses.
Take up the body.

Antony provokes the very opposite of what Brutus wanted, which was peace, harmony, understanding, law, and order. Rome becomes a dangerous place for the conspirators. Antony is soon informed by a Servant who just left Octavius:

I heard him say Brutus and Caesar
Are rid like madmen through the gates of Rome.

In the book "The Once and Future King," what was the lesson the Wart learned as a fish?

When Wart is transformed into a fish, he is taught most immediately what it is to learn for the first time the basic rules of locomotion, and must discover by observation how to propel himself through the water.  He must know to heed even the slightest detail in his own movement and that of Merlin, and he learns that all creatures are constructed differently and adapted to their own environment.

Wart learns about this new environment, and the dangers and secrets of the natural world surrounding him; he is given a new perspective on all the things he thinks he understands innately as a human boy, but which he in truth has only an incomplete comprehension of.  By seeing the moat in microcosm, in absolute detail as one of its own inhabitants, his understanding of the universal system in which he, as a boy, exists, is expanded.

At the end of his foray into the underwater realm, he meets with the King of the Moat, a giant four-foot pike with tyrannical tendencies, who introduces to the Wart the concept of Might is Right, which is an integral theme that King Arthur must contend with throughout the book.  The pike contests that this philosophy is absolute, and that there is nothing greater than bodily power: “…power to grind and power to digest, power to seek and power to find, power to await and power to claim, all power and pitilessness….”  At last, in a very symbolic gesture, the “disillusioned” pike attempts to eat the Wart, who must save himself by using his newfound skills as a fish to swim away as quickly as he can.  This is a representation of the struggles Arthur must face in his own rule as he strives to reign justly and weigh against his actions again and again the idea of Might is Right.

What effect does the oxymoron "violent delights have violent ends" in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Even though he has agreed to marry Romeo to Juliet not more than a day after the young couple meet, Friar Lawrence preaches patience and moderation to Romeo at the beginning of Act II, Scene 6. The Friar warns that something which happens swiftly may seem too good to be true and can eventually lead to complications. The Friar says,

These violent delights have violent ends

And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,

Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey

Is loathsome in his own deliciousness

And in the taste confounds the appetite.

Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

The "violent delights" refer to the accelerated pace of the two young people's relationship. It also may refer to the mercurial change in Romeo who, only the day before, was resolutely infatuated with another woman. He urges Romeo to take things slowly and to let true love develop between the two.

He must realize that he is actually enabling the foolish whims of the youngsters. That things may end violently is foreshadowing for the ultimate tragedy of the play. In his quest to bring the feud between the Montagues and Capulets to an end, the Friar has abandoned his own good sense in performing a marriage which, as he predicts, could come to misfortune. 

How did Hawthorne's Puritan ancestry and background influence a story like "The Birthmark"?

Hawthorne's understanding of the Puritan psyche is accurately personified through the actions of his characters in "The Birthmark." Aylmer represents the Calvinistic standard of the times, which means everything he does, writes in his journals, and says is based on the symbolic connection he makes between his wife's birthmark on her face to sin. Basically, Hawthorne uses his main character as a vehicle to show how Puritans viewed sin and how to deal with it. For example, Aylmer sees nature's mark on his wife's face as a symbol of her inherent sin; therefore it, as wells as anything sinful, should be disposed of. And if that cannot be erased, as Aylmer and those like him might have supposed at the time, then the only righteous thing to do is to eliminate it. In this case, eliminating the carrier of the mark would be justifiable as well. Other stories that reveal his understanding of Puritanism are "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown."

Why doesn't the Sun have any moons?

Technically, a moon is a natural satellite that orbits a planet. Since the Sun is classified as a star, it does not have any moons. However, the Sun does have other satellites that orbit it, such as planets, asteroids, comets, and planetoids.

There are nine planets within our Solar System. Venus and Mercury are the only planets that do not have moons. All other planets in our Solar System do have moons. According to NASA on February 4th of 2016, Earth has one moon; Mars has two moons; Jupiter has fifty moons; Saturn has fifty-three moons; Uranus has twenty-seven moons; and Neptune has thirteen moons. Please note that the number of moons per planet changes over time as new discoveries are made.

What does Held mean when she asks for a "feminist transformation of ethics"?

Virginia Held is a leading feminist philosopher who was born October 28, 1929. She is making a feminist argument for including a gendered understanding of ethical decisions and theory. She argues that ethics or moral theory has been lacking a feminine point of view. She claims that male ideals such as reason, logic and a lack of emotion have become valued and female ideals such as emotion and compassion have been devalued through a history of excluding female voices, historians, and theorists throughout the Western World. She argues for an inclusion of women in the field of theory to help us form a new ethics.

"Feminist reconceptualization and recommendations concerning the relation between reason and emotion, the distinction between private, and the concept of the self, are providing insights deeply challenging to standard moral theory. The implications of this work are that we need an almost total reconstruction of social and political and economic and legal theory in all their traditions..."

Virginia Held is arguing for an ethics that is unique and focuses on care. It is distinctly different from Kantian, utilitarian and virtue-based ethical programs.

Held, Virginia. Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 50, Supplement (Autumn, 1990), pp. 321-344.

­How does Shylock face grave injustice at the hands of Antonio and his friends in The Merchant of Venice?

Shylock is a character within Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, and is one of the most famous characters in all of Shakespeare's canon. Shylock is a Jewish moneylender in Venice and provides unique insight into how Jews were treated in Elizabethan England. Originally, Shylock was created as a villain, but he is now seen as a sympathetic character.

At the end of The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is ordered to surrender half of his wealth to the state and half of his wealth to Antonio. However, Antonio decides to show Shylock mercy and changes the verdict. By Antonio, Shylock is required to bequeath all his property and immediately convert to Christianity. This latter portion is the grave injustice Shylock suffers, as he is required to give up his faith and commit to the dominant religion. During the period the play was produced, these requirements were seen as comedic, but it is difficult to interpret these terms as anything but tragic when the play is produced in contemporary times. 

Historically, Jewish people were not allowed to legally be a part of society in England. Consequently, many of the representations of Jewish people were derived from stereotypes. The stereotypical representation of a Jew was that he was a moneylender, and Jews were typically represented as miserly.  

How typical is Toy Story of its genre?

Pixar Studio's Toy Story was revolutionary upon the film's release in 1995 in terms of the studio's use of computer generated imagery. The film was a landmark and a number of other studios and films that utilized CGI technology appropriated some of the tropes Toy Story and its sequels helped establish. Obviously, the film's use of cutting edge technology contributed to the franchise's success. 

However, if we look at the film compared to other works of children's fiction, Toy Story incorporates a number of elements that are found throughout the canon of children's literature. For example, the film follows inanimate objects that become personified and magically come to life. This follows in the tradition of other tales and films such as Alice in Wonderland and The Brave Little Toaster. Additionally, the film centers on a rivalry that develops into an unlikely friendship, which is a common trope in children's literature. So while the presentation of Toy Story was novel for its time, it has many of the features that viewers expect of a family movie.

Was the Reconstruction a success or a failure?

Despite the early successes of the Reconstruction era, the movement should be considered a failure. The goals of Reconstruction were to rebuild the economy of the South while successfully integrating the newly freed slaves into the culture and marketplace of the United States. The effort failed on both parts. The gap in wealth between the North and South had widened even more by the turn of the Twentieth Century. Additionally, African-Americans were only slightly better off than before the Civil War.

Despite the best efforts of the Radical Republicans in Congress to protect the rights of the Freedman, Southern Democrats opposed any social change for the black people of the South. By the end of Reconstruction, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were not worth the paper they were written on. Black codes were established to deny basic civil liberties to the freedmen. A system of sharecropping and tenant farming kept the African-Americans on the plantations with little hope for upward social mobility. Schools and other social institutions were segregated. Due to poll taxes and terrorist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan, black people could not even secure the most basic of democratic rights: the ability to vote. Black Americans, while making significant political strides in the early 1870's, had lost everything with the Compromise of 1877.

I have to answer many questions about this reading that I was assigned for school, but I have a few questions that I just cannot seem to find the...

These are some interesting questions about the poem Olympian Ode 1 by Pindar! As you might know, the poem was written in homage of Pindar's patron, Hieron.

1)What does this poem tell us about the relationship that exists between heroes and gods? 

In the poem, the relationship between heroes and gods is highlighted through the possibly pederastic relationship between Poseidon and Pelops. A pederastic relationship often involves a sexual dalliance between an older male and his younger lover. Bolded words below are mine.

...in return for the meals he had enjoyed, [40] then it was that the god of the splendid trident (this would be Poseidon) seized you (Pelops), his mind overcome with desire, and carried you away on his team of golden horses to the highest home of widely-honored Zeus...

This little excerpt tells us that gods sometimes harbor erotic tendencies towards heroically-inclined humans, and they are not above using their divine powers to gratify their lusts openly. In this case, Pelops, the object of Poseidon's lust, is the victor of a horse race; he is young, strong, and nubile. Yet, Pindar hints that the gods should not be judged by human standards; his next lines try to refute what he considers a sacrilegious tale of the gods' supposed depravity.

Accordingly, the story is that the gods enjoyed a lavish feast where Pelops' flesh was served as a main course; this cannibalistic portrayal of the gods disgusts Pindar, and he can't imagine calling 'the blessed gods a glutton;' this would be an insult of the worst kind.

...cut you limb from limb with a knife into the water's rolling boil over the fire, [50] and among the tables at the last course they divided and ate your flesh.

So, in Pindar's eyes, the gods can do no wrong; they will satisfy their lusts as they see fit (sexual unions between humans and gods are not uncommon), and they will also confer honor (and punishment) upon those they deem necessary to receive such. So it is that they can honor Tantalus with great rewards when his actions please them, and later, punish him when they feel that he has insulted them and broken divine laws. In all, the gods are presented as divine beings who are deeply interested in human affairs.

If indeed the watchers of Olympus ever honored a mortal man, [55] that man was Tantalus. But he was not able to digest his great prosperity, and for his greed he gained overpowering ruin,... He has this helpless life of never-ending labor, [60] a fourth toil after three others, because he stole from the gods nectar and ambrosia, with which they had made him immortal, and gave them to his drinking companions. If any man expects that what he does escapes the notice of a god, he is wrong.

2)Considering the established myth of a family curse and child abuse, why does the poet consider this myth a suitable topic for honoring a victor in a chariot race at the Olympics? 3)What is the heroic quest, or contest, of Pelops? According to the poet, what motivates Pelops?

First, Pindar introduces the myth (of Tantalus cooking and serving Pelops to the gods) in order to debunk it. He wants to defend the good reputation of the gods; to do this, he claims that the debauched tale of the gods' supposed cannibalism was spread by a vicious rumor. He argues that Tantalus' real crime was to steal the ambrosia and nectar (the food of the gods) he, as a human, was forbidden to consume. Accordingly, Tantalus receives just punishment for his nefarious actions.

Yet, Pindar tells of how the gods can be merciful if men and heroes honor them. He delineates how Pelops enlists the help of Poseidon, in order to win the hand of the beauteous Hippodameia, daughter of Oenomaus, the lord of Pisa. This is Pelop's heroic quest.

Accordingly, Oenomaus has killed thirteen of his daughter's suitors already; Pelop aims to avoid being the fourteenth. In answer to his prayers, Poseidon gives him 'a golden chariot, and horses with untiring wings.' With this gift, Pelop is able to overcome 'the might of Oenomaus' to take the 'girl as his bride.' During their marriage, Hippodameia bears Pelops 'six sons, leaders of the people eager for excellence.'

So, Pindar brings up the myth, first to debunk it (to prove that the gods would never resort to such atrocious behavior), and then to establish the fact that the gods are wise enough to punish man's hubris and honorable enough to reward righteous conduct. Basically, whatever one may say about the gods' sexual appetites and predilections, one can at least trust them to do right by humans. By relating the honors the gods lavish on Pelops, Pindar hints that the gods have also bestowed the same glories on Hieron, his patron. Pindar links the amazing physical feats of the first Olympian hero (Pelops) with that of his patron's. Smart move! This makes what he says next much easier to hear.

In relating the punishment Pelop's father, Tantalus, suffers, it looks like Pindar hopes to gently warn his patron that any violent, mercenary ambitions will be punished accordingly by the gods.

A god is set over your ambitions as a guardian, Hieron, and he devises with this as his concern...Some men are great in one thing, others in another; but the peak of the farthest limit is for kings. Do not look beyond that! [115] May it be yours to walk on high throughout your life, and mine to associate with victors as long as I live,...

Hope this helps!

What action does Henry want his audience to take in Speech to the Virginia Convention?

In his speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry advocates revolt against Great Britain.

Henry's argument to separate from Britain is not what many of the colonists desire, but increasing oppression in the form of taxes and British military presence points to the increasing British aggression. And, it is a reaction against this aggression that Henry desires.

• He wants the colonies to form a militia. Henry argues that the British is using force against them without any rational reason to do so. Because Britain has fleets and armies present in the colonies, he asks the rhetorical question, "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?....Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world....? 


• When the colonists have petitioned against this oppression, their petitions have been "slighted" and more violence and insult has come upon them.


• All that is left to the colonists after their petitions have been met with only violence is nothing but to fight. "An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!"


• The colonists will be no stronger than they are now. For, they have "the holy cause of liberty" and they will be "invincible by any force that the enemy can send...." Thus, it is, indeed, the time to act.


• Many people cry "Peace, peace!" but there is really no peace because the "war is actually begun!" Here Henry implies that they are already oppressed at British guards stand in the doorways of shops and homes. Henry compares the threatening actions of Britain to an approaching storm and the colonists to the ancient Israelites  who were heedless about the repercussions of their idolatry. (Ezekiel told the Israelites that "the sword should be upon them, and the high places built upon them should be destroyed" because of their sinfulness, but they ignored him.)


• Henry asks his audience if they wish to purchase their so-called peace at the price of "chains and slavery."  Instead, he argues with his famous line, "...as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

Why does Roger want to be trusted in "Thank You, M'am"?

Langston Hughes, author of "Thank You M'am," was part of the Harlem Renaissance. He is known for his poetry, short stories, children's stories, and journalism talents.

In "Thank You M'am," Hughes introduces us to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, a no nonsense, sturdy working woman who Roger has the misfortune of choosing to try and rob. After the initial shock of being knocked down and then snatched up by Mrs. Jones, Roger is then dragged to her home. Roger realizes that Mrs. Jones is not only a force to reckon with but a woman whose respect he appears to want.

Once she has him home, she sets an expectation that he will behave properly as she feeds him, sharing her small meal with him despite his attempt to rob her. Her actions make him want her to trust him but also challenge his trustworthiness as she leaves her purse, the initial target of his theft, within easy sight. Roger realizes that she is treating him as she would expect to be treated, trusting him, and feeding him so he does not take her purse and flee at moments when he could. Roger sits and eats with her, proving she can trust him.

In the end, she rewards his trustworthy behavior by handing him the money he meant to steal.

Convert to factored form and write the zero as coordinate (x,y) of this question x^2-x-6=

Hello!

To factor a polynomial it is sufficient to find its roots,

Here and the equation is

The roots may be guessed, the integer ones must be factors (positive or negative) of Also this equation may be solved as a quadratic one by the formula.

Regardless of a method, the roots are and (you may check). The factored form is therefore

(check also by opening the parentheses). is the same as

The coordinates of the roots are (3, 0) and (-2, 0)  ( because they are roots, or zeros).

Your firm has been approached evaluate a 3 year Pro-Forma Financial plan for a firm. What are the three most essential interacting variables you...

When you say "Pro-Forma Financial plan," what you mean is Pro-Forma Financial Statements included in a Business Plan. The three essential interacting variables of financial statements are revenue, assets and liabilities. These derive from three elements of Pro Forma Financial Statements: (1) income statements, (2) balance sheets and (3) statements of cash flow.

Revenue, assets and liabilities are "variables" because they will not be the same from projection year to projection year as future (pro forma) projections will not be based on the same fiscal year data: pro forma projections will vary and be variables in the business plan because data from fiscal years vary.

The variables represent sales, cash and inventory, and liabilities. In the income statement, revenue is represented as sales less the cost of goods sold (or COGS), operating expenses, depreciation, interest, taxes and dividends. In the balance sheet statement, assets and retained earnings (liabilities plus equity) must balance. Assets represent business values such as land held, inventory, cash and accounts receivable (invoices issued but not yet paid). Liabilities represent debit values such as wages, taxes and purchasing accounts not yet paid; loans; common stock holding values; and retained earnings (as in retained for growth). In the cash flow statements, properly called the statement of cash flow, a distinction is drawn between cash and revenue because revenue may represent income that is not collected, while cash flow represents income that is accounted for and is collected: this income is cash.

Pro Forma statements--all of which are income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and statement of stockholders' equity--project the expected revenues, cost of goods sold and expenses throughout some future year or years, e.g., throughout the ensuing three years. From these pro forma projections, vital net profit and net loss can also be projected. Pro forma statements are important to potential investors or purchasers (as in mergers or acquisitions), owners and share holders who need to know revenue, assets and liabilities, and cash flow.  

By which name is modern cell theory called?

You got it already.  Modern cell theory is known as "cell theory" or "modern cell theory."  Cell theory has been added to over the years, but its name doesn't change.  If you take into account the recent additions, then you could call the current cell theory "modern cell theory" and the previous cell theory "classical cell theory."  I want to be clear though, modern cell theory contains all of the information of classical cell theory.  

Cell theory states the following:

• All life is made of at least one cell


• cells come from pre-existing cells


• a cell is the basic unit of life in all living things


• all cells contain genetic info (DNA) that is passed down from generation to generation


• All cells are basically the same in chemical composition and metabolic activities


• All basic chemical & physiological functions (movement, digestion, etc.) are carried out inside the cells


• Cell activity depends on the activities of sub-cellular structures (organelles, nucleus, plasma membrane) within the cell

What is Wordsworth's tone in "I wandered lonely as a cloud"?

However difficult the term “tone” can be, we can begin at the last stanza, where Wordsworth tells us he remembers the incident:

“In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye”

As we read his description of the daffodils, we understand that he is not simply describing the moment, but giving the reader a vision of the mood, the feeling of the host of daffodils, together with the clouds, and most importantly, the waves. The emotions this natural event gave the poet are reflected in his choice of such words as “sprightly,” “spree,” “jocund,” and “bliss.” The tone of the poem also comes from the Romantic sense that our individuality, while valuable, is part of a “host” of Nature, by the myriads of stars, of the “never-ending line” of flowers, of multitude. (In “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” Wordsworth describes poetry as “a moment of passionate intensity, recollected in tranquility.”) So, one can say the “tone” of the poem is pensive contentment of a fondly and passionately remembered moment in his life.

How did Puritanism influence the movement of Dark Romanticism?

The link between Puritanism and Dark Romanticism is an indirect one.  Dark Romanticism really arose as a response to Transcendentalism.  Whereas the Transcendentalists focused on the goodness in human nature, all the wonderful things of which we are capable, the Dark Romantics were far more interested in the darker side of human nature and all of the awful things of which we are capable. 

The Puritans, who predated the Transcendentalists by some 150-200 years, were keenly aware of humanity's propensity toward extreme sinfulness.  They were an austere people, and they definitely believed in the depravity of human nature.  They felt that, before they were born, God determined whether or not they would be a member of the elect -- those who went to heaven -- and so they would spend their entire lives questioning everything.  Does my illness indicate God's displeasure with me, and thus that means I'm not a member of the elect?  Or maybe my illness indicates that God is testing me because I am one of the elect?  They were constantly trying to read signs to find out God's will, and they could never be certain.  Therefore, they tended to fixate more on our ability to do bad.  In a sense, then, Dark Romanticism duplicates this fixation.  Dark Romantics were certainly more fascinated and titillated by the darkness within us, and, many, like Hawthorne connected this darkness to the Puritans as well.

How did the alliances between European countries lead to WWI?

I would argue that it is more accurate to say that the system of alliances caused WWI to become a major war once it started than to say that the alliances actually caused the war to begin.  Let us examine why this is.

The actual onset of the war was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia that followed it.  When the Archduke was assassinated, Austria-Hungary was enraged and blamed Serbia for helping to stir up Slavic nationalism in the Balkans.  Therefore, they issued an ultimatum that Serbia could not possibly have complied with.  This started the war without any help from the system of alliances.

However, the war might have remained as a war between Austria and Serbia had it not been for the alliances.  The Russians entered because they were allied with the Serbs.  Then the Germans entered because they were allied with the Austrians.  Then France entered because of their treaty with Russia and Great Britain entered because of its treaty with France.  This, of course, brought all of Britain’s dominions into the war.  Thus, the system of alliances caused this war to become a world war.  What might have been a war between two countries became a general war that ended up affecting countries all over the world.

Are hand spans inherited as a simple Mendelian pattern or as a polygenic or incomplete dominance pattern

Since there is a continuum of sizes for hand spans amongst individuals, the trait is a polygenetic trait.

In order to know how to answer the question, there must be a firm understanding of each term within the question. Each term is briefly described below.

1. Simple Mendelian inheritance involves two alleles per gene, which can be either dominant or recessive. An allele is one of two version of a gene that is found on the same loci of chromosomes. Dominant alleles are the “stronger” version of a gene, whereas recessive alleles are the “weaker”. Only one dominant allele needs to be present in order for an individual to display the dominant trait. However, two recessive alleles need to be present in order for an individual to display the recessive trait. Such traits will be either one of two phenotypes.


2. Polygenetic traits are traits that are influenced by more than one gene (“poly” = many). Therefore, such phenotypes may fall anywhere within a spectrum of possibilities.


3. Incomplete dominance also involves two alleles per gene for a phenotype. However, neither allele is dominant over the other. When the two different alleles are paired within a genotype, the result will be a blended phenotype.

How is loss of innocence depicted throughout Lord of the Flies?

There are several important scenes that depict the boys' loss of innocence throughout the novel Lord of the Flies. Each character loses their innocence or falls victim to those who have descended deep into savagery. Jack, the novel's main antagonist, begins the novel as the leading choir boy who seems to have a bit of an attitude problem. As the novel progresses, Jack's awareness of complete liberty and lack of consequences begin to affect his character. At first, he cannot bring himself to kill a pig that is stuck in the forest, but finally works up the courage and kills one during the subsequent hunting expedition. His first experience killing a pig is the moment he loses his innocence. He quickly becomes preoccupied with hunting and begins wearing face paint to mask his appearance. This face paint gives him the freedom act like a complete savage, and he becomes a brutal tyrant by the end of the novel.

Maurice and Roger are two characters who begin the novel as helpful, funny individuals. Golding depicts their innocence in a scene when they are walking along the beach and spot the littluns building sandcastles. Although Maurice knocks their castles over, he feels bad about it and even makes an excuse up for his actions in his head. Roger begins to throw stones towards Henry but shows discretion by not aiming directly at him. As the novel progresses, both boys lose their innocence and follow Jack's band of savages. Maurice becomes one of Jack's main supporters and even accompanies him while they raid Ralph's camp. Roger becomes a sadist and kills Piggy towards the end of the novel.

Ralph, the morally upright and civil leader throughout the novel, loses his innocence when he experiences the thrill of hunting. Later on in the novel, he takes part in the brutal murder of Simon. Piggy, Ralph's biggest supporter and the most intelligent boy on the island, even loses his innocence by participating in the slaughter of Simon. Simon falls victim to the prevalent savagery on the island. By the end of the novel, all the boys on the island try to kill Ralph. These actions are in stark contrast to the beginning of the story when they elect him as their leader. The fact they are hunting their ex-leader like an animal depicts their loss of innocence. By the end of the novel, Percival cannot even remember his name and Ralph weeps for the loss of humanity on the island.

Briefly explain how the story "The Lottery" is different than a typical lottery.

Shirley Jackson's text, "The Lottery," depicts a lottery different from a typical one in three main ways. First, Jackson's lottery is compulsory. Participation is mandatory, whereas participation in a typical lottery is optional. Freedom of choice, and furthermore, freedom from risk, typically resides within control of the individual. In Jackson's text, however, the individual has lost that freedom. 

The second main difference is in the form of payment. A typical lottery requires a monetary submission. Individuals pay for entrance and opportunity. Individuals in the text are not required to submit any form of entrance fee.

The third outstanding difference between Jackson's lottery and a typical one is the nature of the reward. While a typical lottery rewards the winner with a monetary gain, Jackson's provides death by stoning. The reasoning behind the fictional lottery alludes to keeping order in society, so the reward could arguably be for the losers of the lottery in that, with each winner's death, they are assured continued order, safety, and happiness.

Why is Genral Zaroff glad that Rainsford has come to the island?

General Zaroff is excited about Rainsford's being on his island because he has become jaded and finds no challenge in the "prey" he has been hunting. Now, he expects Rainsford to offer him excitement and challenge both.

When General Zaroff welcomes Rainsford it is with enthusiasm and praise:

"It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home...
I've read ;your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see...."

As they dine, Zaroff explains to Rainsford that he lives for the hunt and for danger. Further, the general remarks that he has hunted almost every kind of game there is and has become satiated with hunting animals. So, now he has invented "a new sensation," he tells Rainsford, who is appalled when he learns the meaning of Zaroff's phrase, "the most dangerous game."

Therefore, with Rainsford as his "dangerous game" to hunt, Zaroff is thrilled since such an expert hunter as Rainsford himself will offer new and exciting challenges to him. In fact, this love of the challenge becomes Zaroff's undoing as he allows Rainsford to live another day after he has trailed this new prey to a tree.

The general was saving him for another day's sport. The general was the cat; he was the mouse.

And, just as many a cat has done in its deadly play with a mouse, the mouse escapes. For, it is Rainsford who ends up the victor of the dangerous hunt.

Why did some people favor King George's ideas during the Revolutionary War?

Some people had good reasons for supporting King George’s ideas during the Revolutionary War. There were people who were very loyal to Great Britain. These people agreed with his ideas. They believed the British had the right to run the colonies any way they wanted because they were Britain’s colonies. These people couldn’t imagine any scenario where they would go against their beloved King. Thus, they supported his ideas unconditionally.

Other people supported King George’s ideas because they either worked for the British government or their jobs depended on the British staying in control of the colonies. These people knew their livelihood depended on the British continuing to operate the colonies. They were concerned about what would happen to them and their jobs if the colonists won the Revolutionary War.

Some people supported King George’s ideas for religious reasons. King George was the head of the Anglican Church or the Church of England. These people couldn’t do anything to go against their religious leader.

Finally, there were people who supported King George’s ideas because they feared what would happen if the colonists won the Revolutionary War. These people believed there would chaos and disorder in the colonies. They knew that if Great Britain remained in charge of the colonies, there wouldn’t be disorder in the colonies. Some people had many reasons for supporting the ideas of King George.

Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the given curves about the specified line. Sketch...

You need to evaluate the volume of the solid obtained by the rotation of the region bounded by the curves ,  about x axis, using washer method, such that:

You need to find the endpoints, hence you need to solve the following equation:

You may evaluate the volume

Hence, evaluating the volume of the solid obtained by the rotation of the region bounded by the curves  ,  about x axis, yields

How old is Vera in the short story "The Open Window"?

Saki specifies Vera's age in the opening sentence of the story.

"My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel," said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; "in the meantime you must try and put up with me."

The author needed to have someone set Framton Nuttel up for the shock he was going to receive when he saw the three hunters approaching the open window. Vera is appropriate for this purpose for several reasons. She is just old enough to be credible, yet just young enough to have the mischievous spirit common among many girls. Being a Victorian girl, Vera has no freedom. She is stuck in this big house with nothing to do. She must spend much of her time reading. And because she is so bored, she probably reads escapist literature by writers like H. Ryder Haggard and Rudyard Kipling, which is where she could get ideas about men being sucked into bogs and being chased by pariah dogs in India. She has a good imagination, but she could not have imagined those graveyard dogs without some input. Girls her age are also very good at making faces, and we can imagine her faked look of goggle-eyed horror when she sees the hunters approaching.

Vera probably resents being used as a substitute hostess. She suspects she is being trained for the kind of life that is in store for her when she gets married and turns into a sort of basket case like her Aunt Sappleton, who has been brainwashed by listening to nothing but male talk about killing birds for many years. Vera is rebellious and takes it out on poor Framton Nuttel. Instead of playing the "good hostess" as expected, she becomes the hostess from hell.

Vera is motivated by boredom. She has heard the same things so many times that she knows precisely what her aunt is going to say when she gets down and knows that one of the hunters will start singing, "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?" Vera wants some excitement in her life, and she has to provide it herself.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, why does Titania refuse to compromise?

In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," all is not well in the fairy kingdom. Oberon is jealous of a young changeling boy Titania has to attend her. Titania refuses to grant Oberon the boy. The argument is the cause of great unrest in the fairy kingdom - the servants are afraid of the quarrels and even the weather has changed. Titania will not give up the boy due to a devotion or obligation to the boy's mother. The woman was a votaress of Titania's and it is apparent in Titania's speech in Act 2, scene 1 that there was a closeness between the two. Titania eloquently recalls knowing the woman through her pregnancy and obviously holds a place for the friendship deeply in her heart. She made a promise to take care of the child and so she cannot give him up to Oberon, even if it would mean the restoration of peace and balance in their kingdom.

Early in Night by Elie Wiesel, some of the young men want to revolt. Why don't they?

When the Jews of Sighet reach Birkenau, there is a moment where several of the young men talk of revolting. A few of them had knives.

"We've got to do something. We can't let ourselves be killed. We can't go like beasts to the slaughter. We've got to revolt." (Wiesel 29)

These men tried to get the other men to join them and rise up against the Nazis. They thought by doing this, that the rest of the world would know about them and even if they died, their deaths would not be in vain. 

However, the parents and older Jews among them pleaded with them not to revolt. They were very religious and believed that God would protect them. They also still had some hope that everything would turn out alright if they did as they were told. If the young men revolted, there would be no turning back, and they would all be killed. The Nazis had guns. The Jews' knives might injure a few or even kill some Nazis, but the chances of the Jewish prisoners getting out alive were practically non-existent. So, the young men listened to their elders, and the revolt ended before it started. 

If you were Romeo or Juliet, would you do the same thing in the name of love?

To answer this question, you must first remember that Romeo and Juliet were unaware of the complete truth. Juliet was under the impression that Romeo knew her plan to pretend to die, but Romeo actually never received her message. Romeo was therefore convinced that Juliet was actually dead. He was acting on the impression that the love of his life was gone forever. So the question is, if you were Romeo, would you commit suicide because your true love was dead? Or if you were Juliet, would you understand that Romeo killed himself because he thought you were dead? I believe that in Romeo's case, most people would not. They would mourn their love and perhaps never love again. However, in Juliet's position, there is the additional survivor's guilt and thought that your love had killed himself because of you, and for many people this would be enough to commit suicide.

What is a passage in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird that shows Jem is forming his own opinions about fairness?

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem particularly begins to form opinions about fairness after Tom Robinson's trial.

Jem was able to see that the jury's guilty verdict was unfair since all evidence, especially Robinson's crippled physique, pointed to his innocence, not his guilt. Jem was so upset by the jury's verdict that he cried "angry tears" and repeatedly muttered, "It ain't right" on the way home from the courthouse, which is clear evidence he is beginning to form his own opinions about what is fair and just.

The next day, during a conversation with Atticus, Jem raises questions about the fairness of awarding the death sentence for a rape case, "even if he was guilty," and the fairness of the jury system (Ch. 23). Jem points out that the jury could have sentenced Robinson with twenty years in prison and hints at the unfairness of sentencing a "colored man" to death just because he is colored. Jem even states, "We oughta do away with juries," since it was the jury who convicted Robinson and sentenced him to death based on nothing but the testimonies of the victim and her father (Ch. 23). All of these statements show us that Jem is questioning what his society currently deems as fair and forming his own opinions about what is truly fair.

Why does Poe describe the embers as "dying"?

In Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” he describes the embers as “dying” for a number of reasons. He uses the lines:

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

He is using the literary technique of personification to describe the fire as it slowly dissipates. He gives the fire the human quality of death adding to the overall theme of the poem. This is a deep, dark poem and the narrator is not sitting in front of a cozy fire enjoying himself, in fact, he is tormented throughout the poem. The narrator is spending his evening reading old books in front of the fire that is slowly going out. His mind wanders off to thinking about the love of his life, Lenore, who passed away. By using the word “dying”to describe the fire, Poe emphasizes the idea of death that continues throughout the somber poem.

Why doesn't Bruno like Lt. Kotler?

Lt. Kotler is the stereotypical Nazi officer from concentration camps: He is brutal, sadistic, and opportunistic.

From the first time that he has encountered Lt. Kotler coming out of his father's office, Bruno feels a certain discomfiture in his presence. In Chapter 7 when Bruno wishes to make a swing, he asks Kotler who is talking with his sister Gretel if there are any old tires that he can use to make a swing. Kotler calls to the prisoner Pavel, who works in the kitchen in a biting voice, using a pejorative term for Jews as he does. He orders Pavel, using a very pejorative term, to take Bruno to a storage shed where there are some tires. 

Further in the narrative, Lt. Kotler is invited for dinner and when Pavel tries to pour wine for him, his hands shake so badly that he spills some of this wine on Kotler; Bruno witnesses the enraged young lieutenant react violently to Pavel. Then, in Chapter 15, in preparation for a birthday party for his mother, Shmuel is brought to the house to clean and dry some very small glasses because Pavel's hand is too large. When Bruno sees him there, he is happily surprised. As he talks to Shmuel, Bruno eyes some chicken in the refrigerator; he takes some offers three pieces to his friend, who is at first afraid to eat it because of Lt. Kotler, but his hunger persuades him to gobble some down, anyway. Unfortunately, Kotler enters the kitchen and accuses Shmuel of eating. Shmuel tells Kotler that Bruno is his friend and he offered the chicken to him; however, out of fear Bruno denies knowing Shmuel or having given him any chicken. After this incident, Shmuel is missing when Bruno tries to apologize by going to the fence where they meet; several days later, though, Shmuel appears with terrible bruises on his face. Bruno suspects that the brutal Kotler has inflicted punishment upon poor Shmuel.

Also in Chapter 15, Bruno has several specific reasons why he detests Kotler:

1. Lt. Kotler never smiles; instead, he appears as though he figuratively "was trying to find someone to cut out of his will."


2. Whenever he addresses Bruno, he calls him "little man," and Bruno resents this because he is uncomfortable about not having yet had his growth spurt.


3. Lt. Kotler seems to always be in the living room joking with his mother who "laughs at his jokes more than she laughs at Father's."


4. Whenever his father is called to Berlin and is gone overnight, Kotler is at the house, acting as though he is in charge. There is obviously something going on between Bruno's mother and him because Kotler is at the house even when Bruno goes to bed at night and "in the early morning before he wakes up." Then, one day Bruno hears his mother call Kotler "precious" as she tells him she has some free time then, but she stops short of saying more when she sees Bruno. While Bruno does not comprehend the sexual implications, he resents his mother's affection for Kotler.


5. When Bruno has Treasure Island under his arm one day, Lt. Kotler asks where he has procured this book, but he does not pursue this topic when told that Bruno's father has given it to him. However, the cruel officer takes the book and holds it above Bruno so that the boy cannot retrieve it. Nevertheless, Bruno is quick enough to grab his novel when he can reach it.


6. Bruno resents Kotler's supercilious tone of speech to him.


7. Bruno does not like Kotler's talking and joking with his sister Gretel.

In Brave New World, how does John fit in with the other boys on the reservation?

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World has two protagonists, one of which is John the Savage, who is taken from his life on the Native Reservation to live in the "Brave New World" and offers a new perspective on the dystopian culture. On the reservation, John is not accepted by any of his peers for several reasons. First and foremost is John's "foreign" nature; John and his mother are white, but everyone else on the reservation is indigenous. This implies some clear visual distinctions of racial classification, which contribute to John's alienation. Also contributing to John's alienation by the reservation society, including boys his own age, is the cultural clash between his mother and the reservation society. His mother comes from a culture that practices polyamorous relationships, but the indigenous tribe of the reservation prizes monogamy. Her behavior leads to conflict, and because of his association with his mother, John is also ostracized. 

Does Eckels think he will find that he has "done nothing" when he gets back to the present in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Because of the tirade that Eckels's having stepped off the Path triggers in Travis and the guide's further treatment of him, Eckels must doubt that he will find that he has "done nothing" when he returns to the present.

There are certainly indications that Eckels fears somewhat that his having gone off the anti-gravity path will have negative consequences when he returns in the Time Machine to Safari, Inc.:

• Eckels is well aware that Travis is insistent that he not go off the path, and when this guide discovers that Eckels has mud and moss on the bottom of his shoes, he becomes extremely irate:

It’s his shoes! Look at them! He ran off the Path. That ruins us! We’ll forfeit! Thousands of dollars of insurance! We guarantee no one leaves the Path. He left it.

Weakly, Eckels, aware of his offence, tries to defend himself by mitigating what he has done, 

“Just ran off the Path, that’s all, a little mud on my shoes— what do you want me to do—get down and pray?”

• He also tries to "pay anything" to the guides and pulls out his checkbook.


• Travis is so disturbed and angry at Eckels's violation that he orders him out of the Time Machine: "Get out of here!" Then, a calmer Travis makes Eckels retrieve the bullets from inside the dead Tyrannosaurus Rex, instead. Fearfully, Eckels complies.

The anger of Travis at Eckels's mistake and Eckels's efforts to mitigate his offense and to pay off Travis suggest that he does not believe that he will find everything the same when he returns to Safari, Inc.

Why does Jimmy Valentine ask for the rose Annabel was wearing?

When Jimmy fell in love with Annabel Adams at first sight, that was the beginning of his reformation. When he opened his suitcase in the bank and used his specialized safecracking tools to free the little girl trapped inside the bank vault, that was where his reformation no longer seemed possible. It was obvious to all the people who had witnessed his seemingly impossible feat that he was not a legitimate small-town businessman but a master criminal. He assumed that Annabel could no longer love him once she had found him out.

When he asked for the rose she was wearing, it was a sentimental request. He wanted something to remember her by. At that point he did not seem to know that Ben Price was waiting in the outer room of the bank to arrest him for the three burglaries he had committed in Indiana right after being released from prison. But when he leaves Annabel and all her relatives behind, with the intention of also leaving his business and the town of Elmore behind, he runs into his old nemesis and knows he is under arrest.

At the door a big man stood somewhat in his way.

“Hello, Ben!” said Jimmy, still with his strange smile. “Got around at last, have you? Well, let's go. I don't know that it makes much difference, now.”

Jimmy hadn't known where he was going or what he was going to do for the rest of his life. But once he sees Ben Price he knows what he will be doing for a long time. He is still carrying the rose Annabel gave him. It is a symbol of his love and also a symbol of the reformation which was the result of his love. He expects to take it with him to prison, where he will keep the faded flower for perhaps the next twelve years. But Ben surprises him--and surprises the reader--by saying:

“Guess you're mistaken, Mr. Spencer,” he said. “Don't believe I recognize you. Your buggy's waiting for you, ain't it?”

O. Henry doesn't tell us whether Jimmy is reunited with Annabel, but it seems likely that he will be. O. Henry plants a bit of evidence that Annabel still loves him and wants to marry him in spite of everything.

As he went he thought he heard a far-away voice that he once knew call “Ralph!” 

This is intended to foreshadow a future reunion between the loving couple. Annabel may be dismayed by the fact that her fiance had been a criminal, but his heroism in sacrificing everything to save the little girl, as well as her belief that he is completely reformed, should make up for his past.

What are three elements of Freud in everyday use?

Three elements of Freud that have seeped into the everyday consciousness are the Freudian slip, the Oedipal complex and the superego. 

In a Freudian slip a person secretly reveals a thought they wanted to keep hidden by making a "mistake" in speech or writing. For example, saying "I am so happy I could kill you" instead of "I am so happy I could kiss you" would constitute a Freudian slip that reveals underlying anger or hostility towards a person.

We often use the term "Oedipal complex" without having the first idea what the play Oedipus Rex is about. However, we know that a male who is overly fixated on his mother has an Oedipal complex. We know too that little boys who insist they will marry their mothers are working through their age-appropriate Oedipal complexes.

Finally, we are prone to note that a person who is very moral or uptight suffers from too much "superego," that element of the personality that keeps our wild desires in check. 

Use matricies to solve the system of equations (if possible). Use Gauss-Jordan elimination.

Given system of equations are

5x - 5y = -5, -2x - 3y = 7

so ,we get the matrices as

A = 

and

B = 

the augmented matrix [AB] = 

on solving the [AB] we get the values of x,y

Step 1. Make the pivot in the 1st column by dividing the 1st row by 5

step 2. Multiply the 1st row by -2

step 3. Subtract the 1st row from the 2nd row

step 4. divide the second row with -5 we get

Step 5.  subtract the 2 nd row from 1st row we get

step 6. multiply the 2 nd row with -1

so the vlaues of x,y are x= -2 , y =-1

What are some themes of the play "Master Harold". . .and the Boys?

One of the major themes of the play "Master Harold". . .and the Boys is the role that privilege plays in our lives.  The play opens with Willie telling Sam that his girlfriend Hilda has not shown up for many days to dance practice.  After some discussion, it becomes evident that Hilda is staying away because Willie has hit her.  In South African society at the time, Willie as a man has gender privilege and believes that he has the right to hit Hilda whenever he is displeased with her.  However, in the final scene of the play, Willie tells Sam that he has learned from all that has transpired in the tea shop that afternoon, which compels him to find Hilda so that he can apologize to her.  Willie also resolves to never hit Hilda again, thereby disavowing his gender privilege.  Throughout the play, Sam has been trying to get Hally to, like Willie, realize that he can walk away from his privilege--in this case, his racial privilege.  Sam tells Hally that he doesn't have to sit on "the bench," but Hally is torn between following his sense of humanity and loving and respecting his father's wishes.  

Are aliens real?

Whether aliens are real or not--and whether there is evidence to prove whether they are real or not--depends upon whom you talk to. If you talk to the average citizen around the world, you will (usually) be told that, no, they are not real and, no, there is no evidence proving they are real [there is also no evidence, except experiential evidence (what an individual sees or hears), proving they are not real]. If you talk to conspiracy theorists interested in government cover-ups of alien visitations, you will be told they are real and will be shown piles of visual evidence proving they are real.

If you talk to individuals who have had first-hand experience with observing what is described (by them) as alien space craft, or unidentified flying objects, you will be told aliens are real, and their personal visual experience(s) proves they are real.

Former President Jimmy Carter is one who has seen unexplained lights (1969) and states that, as a scientist and amateur astronomer, he knows what he saw was no astronomical phenomenon and no known military craft (perhaps, though, an experimental, silent military aircraft from a near-by base). Carter filed a belated report in 1973 with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena detailing his 1969 sighting.

If you talk to certain retired NASA astronauts, like moon-walker Edgar Mitchell of Apollo 14; certain former government officials, like Paul Hellyer, Canadian Defense Minister during the 1960s; certain commercial and military aircraft pilots, like former Air Force Maj. George Filer, you will be told that aliens are real and that there is a substantial body of evidence, including first-hand visual and radar sightings and trackings, proving they are real.

There is a continually growing movement among commercial and military pilots, NASA personnel and officials, and government officials that hopes to encourage average citizens to compel governments across the world to be forthright and forthcoming about what witnesses attest to be the presence of aliens on Earth, in the skies above Earth and--faithfully asserted, even if surprising--on the Moon and in near-space between Earth and the Moon. Consequently, the answer you receive to "Are aliens real?" depends entirely upon whom you ask. And when asking, you will be challenged to weigh the credentials, experience and credibility of the one answering.

What is a similarity between reflection and dispersion?

Reflection and dispersion are both phenomena associated with light and we typically observe them, when working with visible light. They are observed when the light is incident on a surface. In case of reflection, the light simply bounces off the surface, that is, reflected from the surface. This can be commonly observed by shining some light at a plane mirror. Dispersion occurs when the interface (between two media, such as air and glass) causes the refraction of light on the basis of its wavelength. Refraction is the bending of light as it enter a different medium. In case of dispersion, different fragments of visible light get refracted differently according to their respective wavelengths and we obtain a spectrum of colors. An example of dispersion is colors we see when light passes through a prism. Another common example is rainbow, which is a combination of reflection and refraction, as the light passes through raindrops. 

Hope this helps. 

Why does Ravi's decision to remain in the shed tell you about him?

Ravi's decision to stay in the shed tells me a couple of things about him. First, it tells me that he is a brave young boy. The shed is not used frequently. The text says that the door is open only once a year or so, so the shed is completely unknown to him. Plus it is a dark and confined space. I have little kids. They do not like their own bedroom unless a night light is on. The complete darkness freaks them out. Ravi is sitting in an unknown space in just about complete darkness, yet he doesn't bail on the situation. He sits tight for a long time. That tells me he is brave.  

Also with fear. It was dark, spooky in the shed. It had a muffled smell, as of graves. Ravi had once got locked into the linen cupboard and sat there weeping for half an hour before he was rescued. But at least that had been a familiar place, and even smelled pleasantly of starch, laundry, and, reassuringly, of his mother. But the shed smelled of rats, anthills, dust, and spider webs. Also of less definable, less recognizable horrors. And it was dark. Except for the white-hot cracks along the door, there was no light. The roof was very low.

Because Ravi stayed in the shed for a very long time, it also tells me that he is stubborn and wants to win...badly. The thought of losing is not something that Ravi is willing to contemplate. The drive to win allows him to overcome any fear that the shed might throw at him.  

Ravi sat back on the harsh edge of the tub, deciding to hold out a bit longer. What fun if they were all found and caught—he alone left unconquered! He had never known that sensation. Nothing more wonderful had ever happened to him than being taken out by an uncle and bought a whole slab of chocolate all to himself, or being flung into the soda man’s pony cart and driven up to the gate by the friendly driver with the red beard and pointed ears. To defeat Raghu—that hirsute, hoarse-voiced football champion—and to be the winner in a circle of older, bigger, luckier children—that would be thrilling beyond imagination.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, what crucial detail is revealed about Tom Robinson?

In Chapter 18, it is revealed that Tom Robinson has a crippled left arm. When Mayella Ewell is on the witness stand accusing Tom of beating her, Atticus asks Tom Robinson to stand up so Mayella could get a closer look at him. When Tom Robinson stands, the entire courtroom sees that his left arm is twelve inches shorter than his other arm, and it hangs "dead" at the side of his body. Scout also mentions that the end of his left arm is shriveled. Reverend Sykes leans over and tells Jem that Tom caught his arm in a cotton gin when he was a child, and it tore Tom's muscles from his bone.

This is a crucial detail in the case against Tom Robinson because the fact that his left arm is unusable means that he could not have been responsible for Mayella's injuries. Mayella's right side of her face was badly beaten, and her neck had bruises the entire way around it. Whoever beat Mayella, must have been left-handed and had strong enough hands to choke her. Tom Robinson's left hand was useless, but it was revealed that Bob Ewell was, in fact, left-handed. Later on in the trial, Atticus explains Bob's motivation to assault his daughter and blame Tom Robinson for her injuries. Unfortunately, Tom is convicted of raping and beating Mayella despite the overwhelming evidence that suggests otherwise.

Which images in Emily Dickinson's poem were the most vivid for you?

Emily Dickinson's poem, "Because I could not stop for death," is one that explains how death can be perceived. In this poem, she personifies death, making it seem as though Death is a real person who is coming to take her for a ride  and onward to the end of her life. One of the most vivid images in the poem is the portrayal of Death as a kind, patient person. Dickinson uses the word 'kindly' to describe death. She says "he kindly stopped for me." This image of kind Death goes against many portrayals of death as either violent or mean or awful. Dickinson lets the reader know that sometimes death can be a gentle process, a kind one. As Death leads her on her journey, it takes her on a tour of her life and she finds that not only is she not afraid, she is at peace. Therefore, the image of Death as a kind, gentle force forms a vivid theme in this poem.

What is surprising about the attitude of the two convicts (Magwitch and Compeyson) towards one another in Great Expectations?

In the past, Magwitch and Compeyson had been partners in the thieving business. Compeyson had been planning to swindle Miss Havisham out of her money by marrying her and then leaving her (with her money). When they were both captured, they turned on each other, informing the police of the other’s criminal intentions. Though they had been imprisoned together on the prison ship, they let their hated of each other grow. When they escaped, instead of aiding each other, they fought in the ditch. This allowed the soldiers (accompanied by Joe and Pip) to come on them and re-arrest both of them. They kept this hatred going for years. When Magwitch returned to England as Provis, Compeyson tracked him down. It was he who informed the police of Magwitch’s return. Magwitch was arrested and imprisoned, where he died. Compeyson died as he and Magwitch fell off the ship. 

How would you describe the one-dimensional society of Herbert Marcuse?

In his 1964 book One-Dimensional Man, Herbert Marcuse argues that social repression in both the West and the Soviet Union led to a similar limitation in thoughts and behaviors in both societies. The world becomes "one-dimensional" through the repression of opposition and restriction of critical thinking. Marcuse argues against positivism in the social sciences and supports "negative thinking" as resistance to positivist ideology. His text focuses especially on critiques of capitalism. Under capitalism, according to Marcuse, people operate like cogs within the machinery of the economy, working long hours in order to buy the newest available consumer products. He argues against consumerism, commodification, and a culture that encourages people to dedicate an unhealthy amount of time and energy to work in order to purchase new items for consumption. According to the text, all aspects of life under capitalism become dominated by the driving force of the economy, and people lose the dimensions of life that allow them individuality and humanity. He compares this to social repression within the Soviet Union, which similarly used the state to limit the capacity of people to think critically or act individually.

Why does Ammu recognize Velutha as "the God of Small Things"?

Ammu first mentions the idea of “The God of Small Things” in Chapter 11, after she has a dream of a man with one arm holding her close. Not only is the man holding her close, but Ammu and this man are almost the center of attention in a crowd. In the dream, we don’t know who this man is, but it is suggested that he is “The God of Loss” or “The God of Small Things.”  

As Ammu dreams, Estha and Rahel watch her carefully so that they don’t wake her up. When she does wake up, she quickly realizes that the twins have just spent time with Velutha because of the wood shavings in their hair. This makes her realize who “The God of Small Things” is (Chapter 11):

By not mentioning his name, she sensed that a pact had been forged between her Dream and the World. And that the midwives of that pact were, or would be, her sawdust-coated two-egg twins. She knew who he was - the God of Loss, the God of Small Things. Of course she did.

While this may be the first moment that Ammu realizes her feelings for Velutha, the romantic relationship has been developing all along: from the time they were younger, when Velutha no longer had to stretch out his hands to give her gifts, to now, when her children refer to him as their best friend. Ammu almost predicts a tragic end by warning her children not to get too close to Velutha because something bad might happen.

Due to their opposing social statuses, both Ammu and Velutha know that their relationship has no viable future. Their love affair is all they have (Chapter 21):

Even later, on the thirteen nights that followed this one, instinctively they stuck to the Small Things. The Big Things ever lurked inside. They knew that there was nowhere for them to go. They had nothing. No Future. So they stuck to the small things.

Because of the narrative structure of the novel, the events are not presented in the order that they happen chronologically. However, the novel ends at a place that we could almost consider as the beginning - it’s the beginning of Ammu and Velutha’s love affair. Ammu leaves by telling Velutha “Tomorrow,” and he confirms “Tomorrow.”

Velutha becomes “The God of Small Things” because their relationship can only unfold and develop day by day, no matter how strong or legitimate their feelings are for each other.

How does the proverb "appearances are often deceptive" relate to Pride and Prejudice?

Deceptive appearances play a major role in driving the plot of Pride and Prejudice. If we take the character of Mr Wickham, for example, he uses deception to trick Elizabeth Bennett into believing that he was duped out of his inheritance by Mr Darcy. In reality, Wickham squandered his inheritance and attempted to marry Georgiana Darcy but Elizabeth is oblivious to what really happened and takes Wickham's side. This deception directly contributes to Elizabeth snubbing Darcy in chapter 34, when he proposes marriage. 

Similarly, Caroline Bingley provides another example of a deceptive appearance, specifically in her relationship with Jane Bennett. On the surface, she is very friendly and welcoming towards Jane. She even invites her to stay at Netherfield. But Caroline's friendship with Jane  is based on deception and Elizabeth Bennett is the first character to see through it, as she states in chapter six: "their kindness to Jane, such as it was, had a value as arising in all probability from the influence of their brother's admiration." 

Caroline's deception drives the plot by separating Jane from Mr Bingley. Firstly, by having the party leave Netherfield and move to London, and secondly, by admitting to Jane that she intends for her brother to marry Mr Darcy's sister, Georgiana.

While, in the short term, both Caroline and Mr Wickham succeed in manipulating other characters by deception, their true motives are eventually exposed. This is one of Austen's most important messages, that deception is not the way to win a person's heart.  

Describe the Indonesian Massacre of 1965 in terms of who, what, where, when, why and how.

The past year (2015) marked the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest political purges of the Twentieth Century. In Indonesia, beginning in October of 1965, an attempt to eradicate the communist party in Indonesia was instigated.

What--The Indonesian Massacre was a political purge that resulted in an estimated 500,000 deaths due to mass killings. Over one million "suspects" were imprisoned during the purge.

Where-- The killings started in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and spread to Central and East Java. Eventually, the purge would spread to Bali.

When--The destruction commenced in October of 1965 after a failed coup attempt and peaked in November and December before slowing in the early part of 1966.

Who--the primary target of the killings were communists (Indonesian Communist Party (PKI),) ethnic Chinese and alleged leftists. The instigators of the purge were the Indonesian government and the military leadership. It has been alleged that the United States Central Intelligence Agency was complicit in the slaughter.

Why--The Indonesian massacre was prompted in order to prevent a communist takeover of the government. Racism and religious prejudice also played a role. The purge occurred during the height of the Cold War and was seen as a victory by many Western democracies.

How--Thousands of local vigilantes and army units killed actual and alleged PKI members. Few details of the killings have emerged because the Indonesian government did not change for thirty years after the massacre and attempted to hide their crimes.

Who is the intended audience for the movie versions of "Macbeth"?

Many would say that Shakespeare is for everyone, but this answer is a little general. There are some groups of people that would specifically benefit from a movie version of Macbeth. Before talking about those people, however, it may be helpful to note the three most recent major movie versions of Macbeth.

Macbeth (2015) - Featuring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard

Macbeth (2006) - Featuring Chloe Armstrong 

Macbeth (1997) - Featuring Jason Connery

These three versions ignore the many recorded stage versions, as well as the nearly countless filmed versions since the birth of film. Macbeth is a popular subject. So who (specifically) would benefit from these movies? 

I would suggest there are three groups that might benefit the most from film retellings of Macbeth:

1. 
   People unfamiliar with Shakespeare. Shakespeare can seem very intimidating to people. A movie is a great way for a person to better understand Shakespeare without being frightening of misunderstanding him or feeling dumb.


2. 
   Those looking to better understand Macbeth. Shakespeare can be downright confusing. A film version of Macbeth is a great way to really visualize a play that is causing a reader trouble.


3. 
   Shakespeare aficionados. Shakespeare aficionados love film versions because they offer storytelling techniques that are impossible in a theater. They allow the gore of Macbeth to really be told in a visual way that spans time and place differently from a stage. 

Most students commonly believe that the Revolutionary War was a short and relatively painless war. However, for Americans, only the Vietnam War...

To answer your question, I will explain why the war was a long and painful one. I will also include the costs both sides experienced as a result of the Revolutionary War. Based on these ideas, you should be able to create the essay you are required to do.

In order to understand why the war lasted so long, it is necessary to look at what each side wanted to accomplish, and how it planned to do these things. In the beginning of the war, the British wanted to isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. They believed doing this would cause the conflict to end very quickly. However, because one general didn’t follow the plan, one British army got defeated, and one general moved very slowly, the large British force that was supposed to arrive in Albany, New York never arrived there. Only one of the three armies made it to Albany. As a result, the British lost this battle. This opened the door to the colonists receiving aid from France and Spain. This aid helped us in the fight against Britain, leading to the war lasting longer.

Another factor in why the war was a long one was the British had to defend the entire empire. The colonists knew this and developed a strategy that would lengthen the war. The colonists didn’t want to engage the British in large-scale battles. They knew those battles would be hard to win. Thus, the colonists used guerilla warfare tactics that caused the British to have to chase the colonists throughout the empire, especially in the South. This lengthened the war, which is exactly what the colonists wanted. The colonists knew that support for the war would decrease in Britain the longer it took for the war to end. Thus, our strategy, combined with Britain having to defend the entire empire, helped to lengthen the war.

The war was very costly for both sides. Both sides suffered many deaths.  These deaths occurred from battles and from diseases. The financial costs were also very high. The United States spent about $50 million on the war while Britain spent about $375 million. Even France and Spain incurred costs by helping us. For more specific figures on costs and casualties, click here and scroll to the section of costs and casualties. Additionally, there was property damage and our land was damaged by the fighting taking place on it.

As with any war, there were significant costs associated with it. Additionally, wars rarely go according to plan, causing them to last longer than expected. The Revolutionary War was no different.

In Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, why doesn't Jem want anything to do with Scout at school?

Jem is older than Scout, and he has had several years of school experience by the time she starts the first grade.  Jem takes Scout to school on the first day, but gives her strict instructions.  As they walk, "Jem [is] careful to explain that during school hours [she] was not to bother him... [and not to] to embarrass him with references to his private life" (To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 2).

At school, Jem wants to maintain his reputation.  He does not want Scout to say or do anything which will embarrass him.  At home, they often play together.  They play imaginative games, such as when they act like the Radley family.  At school, Jem tells Scout not to expect him to play Tarzan.  At recess, he does not want Scout to follow him around.  He tells her to spend time with other first graders and let him do his own things with his own friends.

What are four rumors/things the men have heard when discussing that the world is large and different places have different customs?

In Chapter 8, Okonkwo visits his friend, Obierika, in order to take his mind off Ikemefuna's death. Obierika soon informs Okonkwo that he expects him to be part of the negotiations when his daughter's suitor comes to discuss the matter of the bride price.

Later, after the negotiations yield twenty bags of cowries for the bride price, the men eat and drink palm-wine while discussing the different customs of their neighbors. Accordingly, in Abame and Aninta, the titled men do common work; they 'climb trees and pound foo-foo for their wives.' All the men think this is a terrible custom; they prefer their own custom, where only untitled men are supposed to climb the palm trees in order to tap them. Additionally, pounding foo-foo is considered women's work, and no man in the Umuofia clan would be caught dead doing such a thing. Foo-foo is mashed yams and is a staple in West African cultures.

Additionally, people in Abame and Aninta do not decide bride prices with bundles of sticks, as is the tradition in Umuofia. Instead, they haggle over the price as if they were in the marketplace. At this, Obierika's brother pipes up that people in Umunso do not bargain at all. The suitor just keeps bringing in bags of cowries to his in-laws until they are satisfied with the number of bags he presents to them.

Okonkwo agrees that the world is a large place, and that not everyone practices the same customs. He is especially indignant that, in some areas, children belong to their mothers instead of to their fathers. Machi agrees that this sort of custom is a particularly troubling one and as ridiculous as saying that 'the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the children.' It is clear that the men derive their masculine identity from traditional customs and entrenched habits.

The last rumor the men discuss pertains to the white man, who is supposedly as white as chalk and has no toes to speak of. The conversation ends with Machi proclaiming that Obierika should know what a white man looks like and whether he has toes or not. After all, Amadi, the leper, passes by their village frequently. Since the euphemism for 'leper' is 'white skin,' those who know Amadi laugh at Machi's joke.

How did Fortunato insult Montresor in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

Fortunato did not do anything to insult Montresor.

There is no specific insult to Montresor mentioned, but the way that Montresor describes Fortunato’s insult makes it seem like it was either very slight or nonexistent.

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged …

Fortunato clearly has no idea what he is doing to annoy Montresor.  Montresor is convinced that Fortunato has done him horrible wrongs, but these are all in his head.  Montresor is not in his right mind, and so he has imagined that Fortunato has insulted him. 

You can tell that Fortunato isn’t aware that Montresor considers him an enemy by the way he greets him.

It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. … I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand.

Yes, Fortunato has been drinking and so his judgement might be impaired, but why would he be so happy to see Montresor if he spent so much time insulting him?  Why would Montresor be happy to see him?  Actually, Montresor is happy to see him because he has been planning his murder.  It makes no sense though, that if Fortunato was really an enemy and had really done all of these horrible wrongs to Montresor that he would so willingly go with him.

The insults, or the thousand injuries, are all in Montresor's head.  They are the product of a delusional mind.  Montresor is a madman, and while madmen might make entertaining narrators, they do not make reliable ones.  They do, however, make excellent murderers.  Montresor carefully plots Fortunato's murder because he is convinced he has done him some horrible wrong.

What does Shylock's observation that it is ironic that Antonio daily insults him but will still borrow money from him reveal about Shylock?

Shylock sees an opportunity when Antonio, who has insulted him and even spit at him in public, arrives with a business proposal in Act 1, Scene 3 of “The Merchant of Venice”. Shylock is quick to calculate an advantage, and also very good at separating his business interests from his personal feelings. He doesn’t like Antonio any more than Antonio likes him, and based strictly on that animosity it would be understandable for Shylock to refuse to do business with him. Shylock swallows his pride, though, because he’s a good businessman and Antonio’s proposition is a good investment, and he recognizes especially that it would benefit him to have Antonio in debt to him, and if in the unlikely event that Antonio defaults and can’t pay back the loan, the opportunity of having Antonio at his mercy would be worth the loss of capital. Shylock is calculating, in every sense of the word, and despite his personal feelings will always pursue opportunities that calculate in his favor.

code cracking 9 19, ,13,1,3,2,5,20,8, ,1, ,8,5,18,15,?,

We are asked to decipher the following code:

9,19,13,1,3,2,5,20,8,1,8,5,18,15

There are a number of simple cipher types ranging from simple to very complex.

This is a type of substitution cipher; these have been used for millenia. The cryptograms in newspapers or magazines are substitution ciphers -- each letter of the alphabet is paired with another letter without repetition.

A different type of cipher is the Caesar cipher where each letter is shifted along the alphabet by a certain number. (e.g. a=e, b=f, c=g etc...)

The type of cipher used here substitutes a number for the letter. The simplest such cipher numbers the letters of the alphabet in order: a=1,b=2,etc... This is used here.

The message reads: Is Macbeth a Hero

I is the 9th letter of the alphabet, s is the 19th letter, etc...

What are four major themes in Act III of William Shakespeare's Macbeth?

Four major themes to consider in Act III of William Shakespeare's Macbeth are Loyalty, the Consequences of Murder, Treachery, and the Supernatural. The first scene in the act shows the murderers devoutly discussing and proving their loyalty to Macbeth as they are also plotting Banquo's death. Macbeth says:

I'll call upon you straight. Abide within.
It is concluded: Banquo, thy soul's flight,
If it find heaven, must find it out tonight (III.i.154-159).

The second scene opens with Lady Macbeth realizing the consequences of killing people. She discovers that all of her problems aren't erased after murdering those who seemed to be obstacles to her royal goals. She contemplates her current status by saying the following:

’Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy (III.ii.6-12).

Thus, Lady Macbeth cannot find peace after "securing" her husband's throne because other concerns have now emerged because of the previous decision to kill Duncan. Then treachery is revealed, of course, when Banquo is killed and he says, "O, treachery!" (III.iii.26) and proceeds to tell his son to escape the murderous trap they had fallen into. All actions discussed before this point underscore the treachery laid before him.

Finally, the Supernatural plays its consequential and vengeful part to craze and remind Macbeth of his murderous and treacherous guilt. Though a king might be able to avoid standing trial in his own kingdom, the supernatural in this case won't let him rest and condemns him to fiery madness.

Why does conduction occur more readily in solids and liquids than in gases?

Conduction occurs more easily in solids or liquids than it does in gases because the particles within solids and liquids are closer together than the particles within a gas.

Conduction is the transfer of heat energy or electricity through particles that are touching. The particles of a solid are packed tightly next to one another with little movement. The particles of a liquid are farther apart, but still close enough that they are able to flow past one another.  As the particles of a liquid or solid collide, conduction can occur.

On the other hand, the particles of a gas are spread far apart from one another. The number of collisions between gas particles is much lower than the number of collisions between solid or gas particles. Therefore, conduction does not occur as readily in gases.

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, what does Scout compare Mayella to during the trial?

Mayella Ewell is the nineteen year-old daughter of Bob Ewell who accuses Tom Robinson of raping her. When Mayella takes the witness stand, Scout thinks about where she comes from and the type of life she is forced to live as a Ewell. It must be quite a disgusting life, for example, to live behind the dump, living off of what they find in the forest and in the trash. They don't bathe like they should, either; but they did seem to have bathed for court that day. In fact, Scout says that Mr. Ewell had washed off a protective layer of dirt which exposed his skin to the sun and made him appear to have a "scalded look." Scout continues to say the following:

"Mayella looked as if she tried to keep clean, and I was reminded of the row of red geraniums in the Ewell yard" (179).

The red geraniums could represent the fact that Mayella looked as red as her father did, due to sunburn or sensitivity to the sun; and/or that Mayella tried to make her home more beautiful.

Then Scout makes an interesting comparison as she is observing Mayella on the witness stand as follows:

"Apparently Mayella's recital had given her confidence, but it was not her father's brash kind: there was something stealthy about hers, like a steady-eyed cat with a twitchy tail" (181).

This is a good simile to use when describing Mayella. She's young, but she's not altogether dumb. She has a scripted role to play at this trial and she is doing it well. She's playing the "poor me" game like a professional with her eyes set on the goal, and she anxiously sits in her seat to accomplish it.

What does the behavioral model focus on more than the psychoanalytic and humanistic traditions?

Based on principles of learning and conditioning, the behavioral model has had an important and lasting impact on our understanding of psychopathology. The behavioral model focuses more on PRECISE MEASUREMENT than the psychoanalytic and humanistic approaches. 

The behavioral model emerged through the foundational work of Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner - and posits all behavior to be a response to environmental and social stimulus. Since the emphasis on learning is directed away from internal mental processes - it is only observable and measurable (bodily) acts that have analytical significance. Therefore, psychopathologies can be corrected with the two techniques: classical conditioning (where an existing response elicited by one stimulus is transferred to a new stimulus) and operant conditioning (where responses are strengthened or weakened through positive or negative reinforcement). Given the desire to isolate the effects of these particular techniques on learning, behavioralist methods favor laboratory settings which allow for greater control over variables, objectivity, and precision in measurements. 

How do the calories from a lipid compare to those from a protein?

A lipid is a fat. Fats are more energy-dense that proteins. Fats have 9 kilocalories (Calories) per gram, while proteins have 4 kilocalories per gram. Carbohydrates, which include starches and sugars, also have 4 kilocalories per gram. 

Fats are used for long-term storage of energy in the body, and also to insulate and protect organs.  Fats take longer to break down than carbohydrates, which are the body's main source of energy. Carbohydrates are broken down to provide glucose. 

Proteins are used mainly to build and repair tissue. Amino acids, which make up proteins, are only broken down for energy when the body doesn't have enough glucose or fat available. 

The energy in foods can be stated in kilocalories or Calories. When spelled with a capital C, Calorie refers to a kilocalorie which is equal to 1000 calories.

In the U.S. food labels use Calories and in Canada and Europe they use kilocalories. The quantity of energy is the same. 

In Gathering Blue, what did the Song of Ruin tell about and when can it be heard?

The Ruin Song chronicles the history of people and life on earth from the beginning to the present. Because most people in Kira's society are illiterate, the Ruin Song is the way the culture preserves and passes on its history. Once a year, at the Annual Gathering, all the people of the community assemble in the Council Edifice to listen as the official Singer chants and sings the song. The performance lasts the entire day.

The Ruin Song relates centuries of history. It speaks of the Ruin, an apocalyptic event in which skyscrapers tumbled, cracks appeared in the ground, and explosions and fire lit the sky. Jamison sings part of the song to Kira in chapter 18: "Burn, scourged world,/ Furious furnace,/ Inferno impure." He recites another section that begins "Ravaged all" and lists the names of ruined cities: Bogota, Baltimore, and Toronto. That section shows that large cities on the continents of North and South America were destroyed in the cataclysm.

The Ruin Song depicts what must have been a world war, possibly including the use of nuclear weapons, that destroyed the entire American society and resulted in the loss of technology for Kira's people.

What are the best and worst qualities about Montag in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury?

Guy Montag's best qualities include being sensitive, introspective, teachable, interested in learning, and tolerant of people who are considered different in his society. For example, as the book opens, Montag enjoys his job of burning books. When Montag meets and speaks with Clarisse, he becomes more self-aware as he ponders the unusual and anti-social things she says to him (28). Montag also becomes sensitive to people like Clarisse because she is different. He doesn't judge or criticize her. In fact, he appreciates her personality and seeks to understand her better.

Montag's desire to learn more about what he might be missing from life leads him to want to be taught. He seeks out Faber to teach him about how to understand books and comes away with a friend and ally (80). Montag's desire to learn also prompts him to desire a change in the way his society behaves toward life and people who are different. All of these qualities help him evolve into a free-thinking, self-aware, and concerned human being who values learning, love, and freedom.

As far as Montag's worst qualities are concerned, they include being impulsive, prone to outbursts, and easily provoked. While Montag is tolerant with one class of people (the misfits), he is not tolerant of those who follow society or those in authority. For example, Montag is impulsive when he spouts out poetry to some neighbor ladies, which makes one of them cry, and motivates them to report him to the authorities (100). Montag shows he is prone to outbursts when he starts screaming on the train because he can't hear himself think over the advertisements blaring over the loudspeakers (79). Finally, he is easily provoked to commit murder when his patience ends with Captain Beatty's taunting and verbal abuse (119). Captain Beatty is ruthless, deserves what he gets, and actually seems to want to die, but the fact that Montag goes through with the murder shows he has lost control of his senses.