Does radiation affect plant growth?
- ANIMAL FARM
In Animal Farm, why doesn’t Boxer escape when he finds out he’s being taken to the slaughterhouse?
Prior to being sent to the slaughter, Boxer was loyal and perhaps the most devoted member of the farm to the Animalism movement. After the rebellion, he adopts the motto, “I must work harder” and…
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- THE KUGELMASS EPISODE
What are some stereotypes that are projected by Allen in “The Kugelmass Episode”?
Woody Allen’s “The Kugelmass Episode” is filled with stereotypes of both men and women. The main character, Kugelmass, completely fits the stereotype of a bored, middle-aged man going through…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
What motivates various characters in the novel Fahrenheit 451?
Various characters are motivated by different factors throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451. Montag, the novel’s protagonist, is motivated to find meaning in his life. He is fed-up with his mundane,…
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- MATH
How long does it take a ball to reach the ground when dropped from the top of a 484 foot building?
Hello! We’ll ignore the air resistance. Also I suppose that “dropped” means that the initial speed is zero. Then the speed VV of a ball increases uniformly in magnitude under the constant…
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- SCIENCE
Why does a cell make a copy of its DNA before mitosis occurs?
During mitosis, a cell divides into two identical cells referred to as daughter cells. In order for both cells to be fully functional and to be able to mature, they each need a complete set of DNA….
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
“While Walter piled food on his plate, he and Atticus talked together like two men, to the…
Scout’s comment regarding the way in which Walter carried on a conversation with Atticus contrasts with his shy demeanour at school. When Miss Caroline offers him a quarter, Walter simply shakes…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus is too old to participate in which events?
Compared to the other fathers in the neighborhood, Atticus, in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is old. He is nearly fifty, and his children feel that he is “feeble.” “When Jem and I asked…
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- HISTORY
What was one of the first things Jefferson did when he became President?
When Jefferson became President, he did several things. One of the first things he did was stop the delivery of the commissions to those who hadn’t yet received their commissions from the…
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- THE WEDNESDAY WARS
Why does Mr. Hoodhood recut the lawn?
At the beginning of the chapter titled “November,” Holling describes cutting the lawn for the last time that year. But his father isn’t happy with the job, apparently. As Holling says: …then my…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Scout’s commentary, “While Walter piled food on his plate, he…
In Chapter 3, Jem invites Walter over for dinner, and Scout narrates, While Walter piled food on his plate, he and Atticus talked together like two men, to the wonderment of Jem and me (16)….
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- HATCHET
How does personification help set the mood in the beginning of chapter ten of Hatchet?
At the beginning of chapter 10 of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, the writer uses personification to illustrate the importance of the new-found fire in Brian’s life. The fire gives Brian great joy: “It…
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- A MODEST PROPOSAL
What verbal irony does Swift use in lines 135–145 “Some persons . . . evils to come?”
The verbal irony in this passage turns on the narrator’s misinterpretation of what “persons of a desponding Spirit” mean when they express “concern” about the large numbers of older, diseased and…
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- BLACK BEAUTY
Who got out of the cart in Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty?
There are several moments in Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty when someone jumps out of a cart, especially a dog-cart, which is an open one-horse drawn vehicle that only sits one driver and one…
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- A WRINKLE IN TIME
How is Meg’s relationship with Charles Wallace important for her ability to free him?
As the novel establishes from the very beginning, and as Meg says, she’s the one who is closest to Charles Wallace, and while she doesn’t fully understand him, he understands her. Her father has…
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- HISTORY
What was Manifest Destiny and what impact did it have on the United States in the mid-1800s?
Manifest Destiny was an ideology, especially prominent in the 1840s and 50s, that revolved around the notion that the United States was destined (i.e. divinely chosen) to expand its borders…
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- SCIENCE
Are humans more closely related to bonobos or chimpanzees?
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Bonobos are slightly more similar to humans, genetically, than Chimpanzees: “Bonobos, primates similar to chimpanzees, which live only in the…
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- CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD
What did Bear’s father do for him when he was twelve?
When he was twelve, Bear’s father paid his fees at a Benedictine abbey so that Bear could train to be a monk. Bear confides to Crispin that his father might have become ‘weary’ of the…
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- ALL SUMMER IN A DAY
Why does Margot act the way she does? For example, why doesn’t she play with her classmates and…
Author Ray Bradbury created the character Margot in “All Summer in a Day” as one who is different from the other children living on Venus. Though the story is written in the voice of a narrator,…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Harper Lee use Calpurnia’s actions in dealing with Tim Johnson…
In Chapter 10, Jem and Scout are walking down the street with their air rifles when they spot an old dog named Tim Johnson walking awkwardly down the road. Jem runs home and tells Calpurnia, the…
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- THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” why does Mr. Oakhurst try to push the group to continue toward…
When the outcasts are first kicked out of Poker Flat, Bret Harte notes, “The road to Sandy Bar…lay over a steep mountain range. It was distant a day’s severe travel. In that advanced season,…
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- LITERATURE
What would Q do if he had George Washington’s underwear?
Assuming you mean Q from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, I believe Q would be far more likely to bring George Washington himself to the ship. However, if only in possession of George…
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- SCIENCE
Why are light years used to measure the distance between objects in the universe instead of other…
Our universe is very, very, very big and the common units of distance measurement (such as meter, kilometer, miles, etc.) will simply not suffice for measuring distances in our vast universe. For…
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- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Why does Holden envision himself in a movie scene shooting Maurice with an automatic weapon? What…
This particular passage in The Catcher in the Rye comes at the end of Chapter 14, following Holden’s interaction with the prostitute, Sunny. Holden arranges with Maurice to have a prostitute sent…
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- GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE
In “Good Country People,” how do handicaps symbolize the greater handicap of the intellect, the…
In Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People,” one of the main characters, Hulga, suffers from a handicap. She has only one leg and uses a prosthetic leg to get around. She puts much emphasis on her…
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- THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF
What is the focus of “The Ransom of Red Chief?”
“The Ransom of Red Chief,” a short story by O. Henry, is a classic because of its brilliant irony. The focus of the story, an image or concept that the reader keeps in mind while reading and that…
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- MANIAC MAGEE
Why did Jeffrey do what he did at Finsterwald’s place in Maniac Magee?
Maniac does not care know about the local legend and he just wants to help the kid. Jeffrey “Maniac” Magee is new in town. He went on the run when he was orphaned and did not like the…
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- JULIUS CAESAR
What are three reasons why Mark Antony could be considered less than, more than, or just as…
Mark Antony was perfectly willing to serve as Caesar’s subordinate. He had no ambition to surpass him but would have been loyal to him indefinitely if he had not been killed. That is one reason why…
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- THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s purpose in having Sherlock Holmes describe the methods of…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle frequently has Sherlock Holmes make deductions about his clients in the opening scenes of his stories. Typically, the visitor is astonished by what seems like psychic powers,…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
What is Fortunato’s state of mind as Montresor walls in the entrance to the niche?
In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs. He uses the pretense of having acquired a “pipe of Amontillado” whose value he questions, and he plans…
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- MOCKINGJAY
What are 3 words to describe Katniss in the book Mockingjay and why?
Katniss in Mockingjay is at her most intense. She has transformed from the young girl dedicated to the survival of her immediate family and friends to a girl who has taken on the revolution and now…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Why is the first caucus/primary in Iowa?
The first contest of the presidential election campaign is in Iowa because that has become traditional. There is nothing about Iowa that makes it “deserve” to be the first state to have a…
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- REFERENCE
Ariana Grande is a currently twenty-two year-old (her birthday is June 26th, 1993) American singer of Italian descent who decided to seriously pursue a musical career at age thirteen. Grande made…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why is Atticus becoming stressed about the trial?
Atticus is becoming stressed out about the trial because he is about to embark on the difficult task of defending a black man in front of a predominantly prejudiced community. Atticus knows that he…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Egeus wants Theseus to force his daughter to marry Demetrius, the man of his choice. Egeus has a problem. His daughter does not want to marry the man he chose for her to marry. Instead, she fell…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is a good quote that identifies prejudice in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
There are many quotes throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird that identify the prominent prejudice throughout the community of Maycomb, Alabama. The community of Maycomb is highly prejudiced…
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- THE HOBBIT
How were Bilbo and the dwarfs able to cross the river in The Hobbit?
The travelers use a rope to catch a boat from the other side of the river. The forest of Mirkwood is a dangerous place. You can lose your head easily. Beorn warned the company to stay out of the…
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- HAMLET
How do I consider Hamlet and identify the ways in which Shakespeare’s dramaturgy shifts from…
Shakespeare departed from the Aristotelian model in many ways, although it’s not clear that he did so consciously. We don’t know for certain that Shakespeare ever read Aristotle’s “Poetics”…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
Why did Dimmesdale confess in public?
Dimmesdale confesses in public because of his cowardice and unwillingness to confess to his sin with Hester Prynne and being Pearl’s father, Dimmesdale is consumed with guilt. He continually fights…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is an example of how Harper Lee portrays the theme of evil in Chapter 10 or 11 of To Kill a…
In chapters 10 and 11 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, evil is symbolically referred to in order to develop her theme of evil.In Chapter 10, evil is first symbolized by the children’s…
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- THE LION AND THE JEWEL
What role did Sadiku play in Sidi’s visit to Baroka’s palace?
Sadiku initially seeks Sidi to tell her that Baroka has requested her hand in marriage. Sidi rejects Baroka’s offer because she has become conceited after seeing her images in the magazine. Sidi…
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- MATH
Can you help me understand how to find the trigonometric form of -4?
Hello! I’ll try. The trigonometric form of a complex number is r(cos(ϕ)+i⋅sin(ϕ)),r(cos(ϕ)+i⋅sin(ϕ)), where rr is a positive number and ϕϕ is a number in[0,2π).[0,2π). Here rr is the absolute value of a…
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- SCIENCE
If a rabbit is homozygous dominant for black fur, then what is the rabbit’s genotype?
If we allow “B” to represent the dominant allele for black fur and “b” to represent the recessive allele for fur color, then “BB” could represent the genotype of a rabbit that is…
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- AMERICAN HISTORY
What experiences and circumstances from Cofer’s life are echoed in Elena’s life? Explain.
Judith Ortiz Cofer was born in 1952 and moved from Puerto Rico with her family when she was a toddler. Her family actually did live in El Building in Paterson, New Jersey just like her main…
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- THE CAY
In the beginning of The Cay by Theodore Taylor, why were the residents of Willemstad worried and…
In the beginning of The Cay by Theodore Taylor, the residents of the city of Willemstad on the island Curacao are fearful and worried because WWII has come to their doorstep. German submarines are…
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- HISTORY
What is the impact now because of The Trail of Tears?
The Trail of Tears still has an impact on us today. In the 1830s, many tribes were forced to relocate to the area west of the Mississippi River as part of the Indian Removal Act. The Trail of Tears…
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- THE BLACK CAT
What is the plot diagram of the story of Edgar Allan Poe “The Black Cat?”
In the exposition of “The Black Cat,” the unreliable narrator lays down some things he feels readers should know about the story and himself as a person. He says that he has been known since…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
How did Faber influence Montag in Fahrenheit 451?
Montag initially contacts Faber to help him understand the texts that he has read. Faber, a retired English teacher, explains to Montag the positive qualities of literature but is too afraid to act…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Atticus says “I guess Tom was tired of white men’s chances and preferred to take his own.”…
Atticus speaks these words in the presence of Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra, Scout, and Miss Maudie. By the time these words are spoken, Tom has already been shot dead. By all indications, Tom was…
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- LITERATURE
How old is the speaker in grape sherbet by Rita dove? What time period is she remembering? What…
“Grape Sherbet” by Rita Dove is a poignant look back at an idyllic moment in childhood through the eyes of a mature adult. Each stanza walks the reader through a stage of memory. The poem opens…
- SCIENCE
Does radiation affect plant growth?
Radiation is energy that travels through and is transferred by waves. Non-ionizing radiation and ionizing radiation are two types of radiations. Non-ionizing radiation has less energy and,…
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