In Gathering Blue, what are three character traits of Matt and how does he show them?
- GITANJALI SONG OFFERINGS
What is the meaning of Poem IV in Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjali?” 1 image
The speaker is a highly devoted person who just wants to please God. He is prepared to do so by singing songs for Him. The poet thinks his life is “useless” and “without a purpose.” In thy…
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- THE METAMORPHOSIS
How do Gregor’s feelings for his family change over the course of The Metamorphosis?
Interesting question! In the story “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, Gregor’s transformation greatly impacts his feelings about his family. Initially in the story, Gregor demonstrates the…
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- ANIMAL FARM
In Chapter Seven of Animal Farm, how does Squealer attempt to rewrite history?
One way that Squealer rewrites history is to declare that Snowball, who has become Public Enemy Number One on the farm, was responsible for a series of acts of vandalism. Indeed, Squealer tells the…
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- LITERATURE
“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is one example of a narrative poem. As you might expect by the term narrative, a narrative poem is one that tells a story. The poems are…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
What is revealed about Daisy’s character when she offers Tom the pencil at Gatsby’s party? Has…
Daisy has, by this point in the novel, been reunited with her long-lost love, James Gatz–ahem, Jay Gatsby. Tom has been having illicit affairs literally since their honeymoon, during which he…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
Why does Tobe stay with Emily in the story “A Rose for Emily”?
In A Rose for Emily, Tobe stays loyal to Miss Emily until the end of the story when she has died. There are many expert opinions on why he stays, especially since it’s pretty likely he knows about…
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- HAMLET
What is the meaning of Hamlet’s soliloquy where he says “it is not nor it cannot come to good”?
In this soliloquy, we learn the depths of Hamlet’s despair at his father’s murder and especially his mother’s quick remarriage to Claudius, the elder Hamlet’s brother. (Remember that at this point…
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- MATH
Jessica has a bag containing 100 jelly beans. There are 20 red, cinnamon-flavored beans; 25…
Odds equal the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the number of non-favorable outcomes. Notice the difference between odds and probability, which is the ratio of the number of favorable…
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- BLACK BEAUTY
What are the themes in Black Beauty? (Are they war, love, any thing like that?)
Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty with the express purpose of informing readers about the themes of mistreatment of horses and of proper care of horses. Mistreatment of horses With the express…
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- ULYSSES
What is the critical analysis of Tennyson’s poem Ulysses?
Tennyson’s “Ulysses” is a wildly popular poem, and one which instigates a variety of interpretations. However, as a starting point, it helps to look at one of the poem’s most prominent themes: the…
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- HOSPITAL SERVICES
What are some barriers to communication in the hospital environment? How can they be overcome?
One barrier that is present in a hospital setting is the barrier of status. There is a hierarchy in a hospital, with physicians at the top and all other staff below. A hospital is not a democracy….
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- THE NECKLACE
How is Mathilde Loisel presented up until the loss of the necklace in the story The Necklace?
Mathilde Loisel is presented as a spoiled, selfish woman up until she loses the necklace and she and her husband are forced into poverty. From the beginning, she makes it clear she has married…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
To answer this, we first have to understand what demand is. Demand is defined as the amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at each potential price. In other…
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- RAY BRADBURY
What are the figures of speech in “All Summer in a Day”?
Ray Bradbury is a master of using figures of speech to make his writing more descriptive. His use of metaphors, personification, similes, etc. enhances the reader’s experiences with his stories…
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- I AM LEGEND
What are the names of all the music pieces Robert Neville listens to?
In I Am Legend, the protagonist, Robert Neville, plays music in order to retain his sanity while living among vampires. As he listens, he is thankful to his mother for having taught him to…
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- THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
What could have been an alternate ending for the story “The Red-Headed League”?
A common element in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries is that the endings work out perfectly due to Holmes’ methods. However, sometimes the success of his crime-solving depends…
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- HAMLET
Was Hamlet actually going mad in the play? Or was it just an act?
Centuries of critical ink has been spilled trying to answer this question: Is Hamlet mad? Is he a sane man feigning madness? Or a lunatic who does a really good impression of a man with all his…
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- SCIENCE
What is science? How does science work?
Science, in simplest terms, is a systematic study of processes and events around us. Anything and everything that happens around us, and in the universe, has some underlying mechanism and science…
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- SCIENCE
One airplane travels due north at 300 km/h, while another travels due south at 300 km/h . Are…
Yes, the airplanes are traveling at the same speed of 300 km/h, one towards the north and the other towards the south. Speed is the ratio of distance traveled to time taken, or, speed =…
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- BUSINESS
Evaluate the long-run and short-run sustainability of export subsidy? The question is base on…
Export subsidies have actually been an important part of the rapid growth of countries such as Japan and Korea. Implemented wisely and for a short period of time, they appear to be an effective…
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- REFERENCE
What can famous people say about bullying?
Famous people can speak out against bullying. Adolescent bullying is something that almost everyone has experienced. When famous people speak out against bullying, it can be quite supportive to a…
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- HISTORY
Should the United States have remained neutral in World War I?
The United States was neutral at the start of World War I. However, as the war progressed the United States found it very difficult to stay neutral. As a result, we decided to join the war on the…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
In The Merchant of Venice, what is Shylock’s attitude towards Antonio?
Shylock despises Antonio with a passion. He says as much throughout the play. When he observes him at the beginning, he says the following in an aside: How like a fawning publican he looks!I hate…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill A Mockingbird, in which state are the ‘Landing’ and Maycomb situated?
Both Maycomb and Finch’s Landing are located in the US state of Alabama. Alabama is located in the Southeastern United States. Simon Finch, Scout’s ancestor, moved to Mobile, Alabama from Jamaica….
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
What is the major conflict and setting of The Lord of the Flies novel by William Golding?
With the setting of an island away from civilization and its influences, the main conflict in Golding’s Lord of the Flies is between the main characters and the inherent evil that emerges within…
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- HISTORY
Lincoln’s lines at the conclusion of the Gettysburg Address was “government of the people, by the…
The final passage in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is indeed an homage to the style of government in the United States. The United States is a republic or a representative democracy. The very word…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Through applying the sociological viewpoint toward the war on terrorism, do you think we have…
To answer this question, we first have to define what the “sociological viewpoint” is. This is often called the sociological perspective. The relevant part of this perspective encourages us to…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What might be three major perspectives that sociology takes toward the war on terrorism?
There are three main theoretical perspectives in sociology. Let us examine what each might say about the war on terrorism. Functionalism holds that all aspects of a society exist because they help…
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- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
In “A Christmas Carol”, why does the Ghost of Christmas Past hold a branch of fresh green holly…
The three ghosts that Scrooge encounters not only tell him things they wish him to know, but also reveal symbolic insights through the descriptions Dickens uses to present them. For example, The…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are examples of smell, sight, and taste in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird?
Words related to the five senses–touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell–are what we call images. Writers use imagery to help develop mental pictures in a reader’s mind. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a…
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- MATH
Margie’s car can go 32 miles on a gallon of gas, and the gas costs 4 per gallon. How many miles…
First, let’s summarize what we know. Gas costs $4 per gallon. Margie’s gas mileage is 32 miles per gallon. Margie bought $20 dollars of gas. There are two sub-steps to answer this question. First,…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
At the end of the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, what happens to Frankenstein and the…
At the end of Frankenstein, Victor and the monster both come to death. Victor dies on Captain Walton’s ship while running from the monster. Right before he dies, however, he has just agreed to go…
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- THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
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…
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- MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
What is the tone or mood of My Side of the Mountain?
I would say that the tone of My Side of the Mountain is a fairly straightforward and neutral narration of the events. That makes sense based on Sam’s character. The book is narrated from his…
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- HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE U.S.
What are the predominant beliefs and values in the United States that have driven the development…
The health system in the United States is a product of the nation’s economic, political and cultural evolution. Economic freedom is considered by many a bedrock of this nation’s foundation, a…
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- THANK YOU, M’AM
Mrs. Jones forgives Roger for trying to steal her purse because she sees herself in Roger. She admits to Roger that when she was younger she did some things she wasn’t proud of as well. She…
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- THE BLACK CAT
Where is the narrator as he tells his tale?
At the very beginning of The Black Cat, the narrator tells his readers that he is currently awaiting his own execution for the crimes he committed. He does not specify where exactly he is, but I…
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- THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
The setting of this story may be its most unforgettable element. What are some of its most…
The torture chamber in which the narrator finds himself in “The Pit and the Pendulum” has multiple horrors. Here are six: 1. Utter darkness: When the narrator first wakes up in the cell, he finds…
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- THE SNIPER
In “The Sniper,” examine how the sniper feels upon first realizing that he has killed his enemy.
Upon first realizing that the sniper has killed his enemy, he shows excitement. O’Flaherty describes the sniper with a driving focus when he starts his mission. This can be seen in the story’s…
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- ROBOTICS
I need help defining the word “robot” for the following assignment. Write your definition for…
The first documented use of the word robot was in the Czech language in 1921, in the play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek. Since that time, the term “robot” gradually became a staple of science fiction and…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
Explain why things are “rough all over” from the Outsiders.
That line is spoken by Cherry in chapter 2. Ponyboy Curtis has just narrated the past events about Johnny’s beating and brush with death. He told Cherry, so that she could understand why Johnny…
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- IF
What is the message of the poem “If”? What literary devices are used in his poem?
The message of the poem is that, to be regarded fully as a man worthy of respect, one has to balance many concerns: Trust yourself, but be aware that others might not trust you completely. Realize…
- SPEAK
What problem is Mr. Freeman having with the schoolboard?
In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak, the main character, Melinda, has few adults that she likes and can trust in her life. One of the reasons that her art teacher, Mr. Freeman, makes this list…
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- NIGHTWOOD
What does the title Nightwood refer to (or imply)?
Djuna Barnes was a contemporary of Anais Nin, and, like that writer, also very interested in writing about the emotional lives of characters with descriptive and evocative language. Her novel…
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- PYGMALION
How important is the character “Pickering” in Pygmalion? Does he help to disprove Higgin’s theory…
Colonel Pickering isn’t a character so much as a narrative device. His presense appears to challenge Higgins’ ideas, but he’s actually just a sounding board, an opportunity for Higgins to say what…
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- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
As a reader when do you begin to sympathize with Farquhar before or after his introduction in…
There are two ways in which a fiction writer creates identification, empathy, or sympathy with a character. One is to tell everything from that character’s point of view. The other way is to give…
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- RULES OF THE GAME
What is the primary conflict occurring in this excerpt? — One day after we left a shop I said…
This is a great question, as it gets to the heart of the story. The conflict here is twofold and it is hard to determine what is more primary. First, we see a conflict between mother and daughter….
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- MISS BRILL
What is Miss Brill’s self-image and what attitude does she have towards herself?
Miss Brill sees herself as having a part in the Sunday concerts that she attends. Further, she is not realistic about herself as she engages in interior monologue. Miss Brill feels that she is an…
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- SCIENCE
What are examples of solutions in science?
In science, a solution is defined as a type of homogenous mixture. Examples of solutions include salt water, sugar water, and Kool Aide. Mixtures are made up of more two or more substances. Unlike…
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- GATHERING BLUE
In Gathering Blue, what are three character traits of Matt and how does he show them?
Matt, the young boy from the Fen who befriends Kira, is thoughtful, alert, and strong-willed. He shows his thoughtfulness throughout the book. Near the beginning of the story, Kira learns that Matt…
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