How did the Civil Rights Movement motivate the American people to change?
- THE OUTSIDERS
On what page of The Outsiders is the following quote: “you just didn’t tell Dally Winston what to…
In Chapter 2 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, page 22 of the edition consulted, the story’s narrator, Ponyboy Curtis, is describing an encounter he and Johnny have with Cherry Valance, in…
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- HISTORY
What developments and achievements influenced life in Medieval Europe?
Spices, first encountered by Europeans during the Crusades, profoundly affected European cuisines. Prior to soldiers returning home from the Crusades with spices, European foods were bland and…
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- AND OF CLAY ARE WE CREATED
Azucena is willing to accept her fate, but Rolf is not. Why does Rolf work so hard to keep…
There are several reasons why Rolf Carle tries so desperately to keep Azucena alive. First of all, Rolf had a sister who died from abuse. Katharina was disabled, and Rolf would hide her to avoid…
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- MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR
What do Okeke’s friends believe has caused Nnaemeka’s behavior?
Okeke’s friends believe that “other worldly” forces have caused Nnaemeka’s behavior. When Okeke’s friends hear of Nnaemeka’s desire to marry someone Nene, they demonstrate a profound difficulty to…
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- THINGS FALL APART
What is one major misunderstanding that leads to conflict in Things Fall Apart?
One of the most striking misunderstandings that lead to conflict and strife in Chinua Achebe’s seminal novel Things Fall Apart is when an indigenous man converts to Christianity and then precedes…
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- JULIUS CAESAR
In approximately 3 paragraphs summarize the events that took place in Julius Caesar up to Act 3…
Brutus gives a speech to the people explaining that even though he loved Caesar, he had to kill him in order to save Rome from his ambition. He then asks if anyone disagrees, and when no one voices…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why is this passage important in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? “It was just him I couldn’t…
This passage is significant as it draws attention to the thematic concerns of Harper Lee’s novel; namely, the social inequities of Maycomb, Alabama, in 1935. The sensitive Dill, who identifies with…
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- UTOPIA
What are the similarities and differences between Thomas Moore’s and Niccolo Machiavelli’s…
More and Machiavelli’s differing backgrounds gave rise to two distinctive works about politics and governance. Sir Thomas More was a devout Catholic who served under King Henry VIII in his native…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
How does Shakespeare present life in Verona in the play “Romeo and Juliet”?
Shakespeare presents fourteenth century Verona as a city of distinct social classes, prominent families, and civil discontent. Social class differences are very evident in Shakespeare’s Verona….
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- ALL SUMMER IN A DAY
What is the conflict between Margot and her classmates in “All Summer in a Day?”
Margot, the young protagonist in “All Summer in a Day,” has seen the sun shine, something her other young classmates have never seen. The sun only comes out on Venus once every seven years,…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
How does Steinbeck use Crooks to explore ideas about racism in 1930s California?
Crooks is the crippled black “stable buck” in John Steinbeck’s 1930’s novella Of Mice and Men set in the Salinas Valley of California. Racism and segregation ruled the day in depression era…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
What do you think about and what did you learn from the resources regarding the symbolic power of…
The basic concept of “symbolic power” derives from Distinction, a book written in 1984 by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. It derives from Engels’s notion of “false consciousness” and…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Explore Foucault’s idea of panopticism and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this theory.
In the beginning of Discipline and Punish: Birth of the Prison, Michel Foucault describes the public torture of an attempted regicide in the mid-18th century. The extreme and spectacular way in…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Can you give me a quote and page number from To Kill a Mockingbird that shows how Atticus is a…
There are many examples of Atticus being fair and objective in the book, but here are just two that might help. I have included chapters rather than page numbers, simply because page numbers change…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why is this quote important in the book To Kill a Mockingbird?: “Now don’t you be so confident,…
These words of Reverend Sykes underpin the lesson that Jem and Scout learn about social and racial inequality from witnessing the trial of Tom Robinson. Thematically based upon the trial of the…
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- THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM—1963
Why was Mrs. Watson angry about her husband driving straight through Birmingham? Why was she…
In the story, Mrs. Watson was a little angry when her husband drove straight through to Birmingham because his unilateral decision had put a dent in all of her ‘notebook planning.’ This just means…
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- THE SNIPER
How does the sniper in The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty betray his country?
The only thing that I can think of to answer your question is to say the sniper betrayed his own country because he was killing citizens of his own country. The story never says what his total…
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- SCIENCE
Osmosis is a special case of diffusion. Diffusion is the movement of particles from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration. Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules through a…
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- SCIENCE
Why is water so versatile as a solvent thus allowing life on earth?
Water is essential to all living things on Earth. It is due to water’s strong ability as a solvent that it is seen as a strong indicator of the presence of life. Water is composed of two hydrogen…
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- LITERATURE
I need to write two 15 line poems about the novel Crabbe by William Bell. One poem must be about…
This sounds like an interesting assignment. The first step should be to choose the two characters. Choosing Crabbe as the main character would be practical and give you the most to write about. He…
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- HAMLET
“We love because we lack.” How does this quote relate to Hamlet?
As the previous educator already relates, this concept is presented by Joshua Rothman in an article called “Hamlet: A Love Story” where Rothman uses the exact wording from your question, saying…
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- HAMLET
What significance is there to Hamlet’s exchange with Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Polonius at…
The conversations between Hamlet and the other three transpire soon after the players have presented their play, ‘The Mousetrap’ at Hamlet’s urging. He had noticed Claudius’ reaction to the murder…
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- HISTORY
What happened to Benjamin Franklin in 1720?
Several important things happened in Benjamin Franklin’s life in the year 1720. He was a young man of fourteen-years-old in 1720. One thing was that he left his family’s home to live in a…
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- NIGHT
In Night by Elie Wiesel, what eight words did the SS men keep repeating when the Jews arrived at…
When Night author Elie Wiesel and the rest of the Jewish people from Sighet arrived at Auschwitz, they were met by the Schutzstaffel, called SS for short. Schutzstaffel is German for “Protective…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
How are Romeo and Juliet infatuated with each other, and how is the infatuation connected to the…
In this monologue, Shakespeare uses numerous oxymora to highlight Juliet’s discovery that Romeo is more than just the pretty face she first encountered and that she herself has contradictory…
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- BUSINESS
What is the difference between a stock and a bond?
While stocks and bonds are conceptually a little similar, they are in definition and practice fundamentally very different. Stocks are shares of ownership of a company. The more shares one owns,…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
Thinking about William Blake’s poetry, describe in several sentences how the theme of…
Looking at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in light of William Blake’s poetry, specifically Songs of Innocence and Experience, lends a good insight into what happens in Victor’s story arc. In Blake’s…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are the first two things Alexandra says when she comes to the Finch house in To Kill a…
Aunt Alexanra tells Calpurnia to put her bag in the house and tells Scout to stop scratching her head. When Aunt Alexandra shows up at the Finch house unexpectedly, she does not greet the children…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
I need a thesis statement about how Romeo and Juliet are infatuated with each other and I have to…
With this specific soliloquy in mind, it would most make sense to argue that Juliet was infatuated with Romeo. This particular soliloquy occurs in Act III, scene 2 after the Nurse led Juliet to…
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- SOCIOLOGY
What’s the general attitude of ninth grade boys toward girls?
While the question is to some extant an individual response, some observations can be made. Since the question is phrased as a school differentiation, rather than an age differentiation, let us…
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- SCIENCE
What is the atomic explanation for the combustion of methane?
Combustion is a chemical reaction. When a chemical reaction takes place, what happens on the atomic level is that chemical bonds between atoms are broken and new bonds are formed between different…
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- SCIENCE
How are electromagnetics used in recycling plants?
The goal of recycling plant is to find useful products from the materials discarded by the society and to recycle them, so that they can be reused, either directly or indirectly (after some…
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- GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
Which Native American groups did the Europeans encounter in South America?
Many indigenous groups existed in South American when the Europeans first arrived. The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, described in some detail by Diamond, began in 1532 when a small group of…
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- HISTORY
Name three pieces of land lost by Germany under the Treaty of Versailles.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28 1919, Germany was forced to surrender much of its territory. One of these was the province of Alsace-Lorraine, which had been annexed…
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- NIGHT
In Elie Wiesel’s Night, is any progress made towards combating racism?
Elie Wiesel’s Night is a harrowing picture of the Holocaust. The book is punctuated with horrific scenes portraying unimaginable inhumanity. It is hard to believe that the story includes any…
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- TO AUTUMN
How does Keats manage to embody such a complex theme in a simple poem?
One of Keats’s greatest poems, “To Autumn,” is at first glance a seemingly simple description of a season. Keats describes classic autumn scenes in the first and third stanzas, and in the second he…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why is this quote important? Lula stopped, but she said, “You ain’t got no business bringin’…
In Chapter 12, Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to First Purchase African M. E. Church for Sunday service. As they enter the church, Lula, one of the members of the congregation, approaches…
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- SCIENCE
In the medical world, a prion is a proteinaceous infectious protein called cellular prion protein (PrPc). PrPc is naturally located on cells that are found within the central nervous system, but it…
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- SCIENCE
What is the equation formed when copper sulphate is added to water?
When copper sulfate (CuSO4) reacts with water (H2O), the product is still copper sulfate. However, it is the hydrated form of the salt and has 5 water molecules. Thus, the product is called copper…
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- SCIENCE
Am I understanding correct that genotype is the basic genetic property while phenotype is the…
The genotype is the unique combination of genes an organism inherits from its parents at fertilization. The egg and sperm each contain a haploid set of chromosomes and the zygote produced at…
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- SCIENCE
Friction can be defined as the resistance to the relative motion of surfaces. These surfaces could be solid surfaces or liquid layers, etc. A common example of friction is force that develops…
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- THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
What is the purpose of the author’s description of Della’s hair and clothing?
There are a number of reasons for O. Henry’s lengthy description of Della’s hair. He wants to show how proud she is of her hair and how important it is to her. This will make her sacrifice of it…
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- HAMLET
To what extent would you agree with the statement, “The appeal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet lies…
Hamlet is arguably the most complex male character in the English canon. His soliloquies are complicated and filled with contradictions. He is as motivated as he is contemplative. It is hard to…
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- BUD, NOT BUDDY
What is “Rules and Things Number 3” from Bud Not Buddy?
Bud’s rule number three is as follows. “If you got to tell a lie, make sure it’s simple and easy to remember.” Bud tells the readers this rule in chapter two. Bud is good liar. He admits…
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- WAITING FOR GODOT
‘Certainty they beat me’-who is beaten by whom?
This utterance, like many others in this intriguing play, is a reference to the seemingly random acts of pain, violence, and injustice that Life brings to all of us, part of Beckett’s claim that…
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- SCIENCE
Which gas in air does the magnesium in a flare react with? What kind of reaction is happening…
The gas in air that reacts with magnesium is oxygen. The type of reaction that takes place is called synthesis or combination. In this type of reaction there are two or more reactants and one…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
Why are the families to blame for the deaths in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and what quotes…
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it is not entirely obvious who is to blame for the deaths of the young lovers. There are actually multiple reasons why they die. The Preface describes the…
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- SCIENCE
Which gas in air does the magnesium in the flare react with?
Flares burn with a bright light when activated. Burning is a combustion reaction. Combustion reactions occur when a material reacts with oxygen, yielding a modified chemical product and energy (in…
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- SCIENCE
How many protons does a hydrogen have?
A hydrogen atom has one proton. The atomic number of an element is its number of protons. You can use information from the periodic table to determine the number of protons, electrons and neutrons…
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- HISTORY
How did the Civil Rights Movement motivate the American people to change?
The American Civil Rights Movement occurred over several phases, the most dramatic occurring after World War II. While African-Americans had been granted the right of citizenship, voting, and other…
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