In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Atticus feel about public education?
- BEOWULF
In Beowulf, who is Hrothgar? Briefly summarize his boast to build Herot. What is the function of…
Hrothgar is king of the Danes during the time of Grendle’s attacks. Hrothgar is the son of Healfdane, the grandson of Beo, and the great grandson of Shild, all Danes who were victorious in battles…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Atticus feel about public education?
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is very supportive of public education, as he is of most things within Maycomb. Although Scout does not want to attend school, Atticus is firm….
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- DAVID IGNATOW
What does the poem, “The Bagel” by David Ignatow mean?What is the message Ignatow is trying to…
Poems can mean any number of things, of course, and I’m a skeptic when it comes to us trying to say with any certainty what an author intends for us to understand. Yet, still, I’ll gladly try my…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does her father being a lawyer influence Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Having a lawyer for a father has a strong influence on Scout’s character. For one thing, Atticus is not just a lawyer; he is a single parent as well. Therefore, his influence on his children is…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, respond to thesis statement: Atticus’ influence will make…
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s experiences as a child prepare her to be a strong and mature woman. Scout is advised by her father to walk in another person’s skin to understand…
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- LITERATURE
Is there is an English version of the book Allegro Ma Non Troppo by Carlo Maria Cipolla?
The answer is yes and no. The book contains two essays in Italian. One of them is translated into English and the other is not. The title of this book comes from a musical term and means…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
How does Dickens use foil characters in Great Expectations to lead to theme of social class?
Foils are characters that are alike but different, used to compare and contrast two characters. Dickens loved to use foils, and he did so in many of his novels. One example of foils in Great…
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- GWENDOLYN BROOKS
Is dramatic persona one of the main features in Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Mother?”
In order to understand Gwendolyn Brooks’ part in her poem entitled, “The Mother,” one must understand what “dramatic persona” actually is. Dr. L. Kip Wheeler provides a definition of the “persona”…
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- THE MOTHER
What is the most important feature in the poem “The Mother”?
I think that one of the most important features in Brooks’ poem is the vision of the subject. The way in which the mother’s character is developed in the poem is a powerful one. Brooks creates a…
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- THE MOTHER
What is the poem “The Mother” about?
“The Mother” is Brooks’ portrait of a poor woman who has experienced the challenging conditions of material reality and psychological condition. In the poem, Brooks pays attention to the…
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- THE ODYSSEY
In The Odyssey, what sort of trials does Odysseus face in Books 17 and 18 and how he deal with them?
In Book Seventeen of this epic classic, Odysseus is abused by Melanthius the goatherd. The biggest trial Odysseus has here is trying to restrain himself from killing the repugnant goatherd, which…
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- THE INFANT PRODIGY
In Thomas Mann’s “The Infant Prodigy,” what does the girl with the untidy hair think of Bibi in…
In Thomas Mann’s short story, “The Infant Prodigy,” the author describes the events of an hour-long recital by a young Greek boy named Bibi Saccellaphylaccas. At the end of the recital, as people…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
I need help finding this quote: “The day came, but not the bridegroom… he wrote her a…
The passage that is quoted above is from about the middle of Chapter XXII of Dicken’s Great Expectations. Herbert Pocket, formerly the “pale young gentleman” and now the new roommate at Barnyard…
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- APPLICATIONS
A type of bacteria has an exponential grow rate at 70% every hour, what is the number of bacteria…
The bacteria have an exponential growth rate of 70%. The formula for the exponential growth rate can be given by x (t) = a*b^ (t/T), where a is the initial number of bacteria, b is the increase in…
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- THE GRAPES OF WRATH
In Chapter 8, Ma says that if all people who are shoved off the land get mad together, they can…
Woven throughout the narrative of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is the concept of the Oversoul, a concept introduced by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This concept holds that every individual is…
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- ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
What point of view is The Boscombe Valley mystery written in?
Almost all of the Sherlock Holmes stories are told from the first person point of view with Dr. Watson as narrator. Dr. Watson is Holmes’s roommate, friend, and assistant. You can tell first…
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- THE GRAPES OF WRATH
In chapter Eight how is Ma’s character developed before and after she sees Tom? The Grapes of…
Chapter 8 of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath reunites Tom with his family and the reader is given a perspective on the dynamics of the Joad family. Clearly, Ma is the emotional anchor for the…
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- I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
Please point to some specific examples of symbolism in chapters 1-5 of Maya Angelou’s novel I…
Symbolism can be an effective technique in writing, and various examples of symbolism can be found in Maya Angelou’s novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Among the examples of symbolism in the…
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- THE GRAPES OF WRATH
In The Grapes of Wrath, if the small intercepters present generalization, what do the larger…
The novel tells the story of the Joad family as they prepare to leave their home in Oklahoma, journey to California, and attempt to make a new life for themselves there. The story is told in…
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- NIGHT
What is the theme of section/chapter 9 in Night?
The theme of God and what the role of divinity is in the Holocaust is something that we see throughout the narrative. In particular, we see it in the last section. The fact that Eliezer is freed…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, what diversion does Henry suggest to raise Victor’s spirits?
Upon seeing the unsettled mental and physical state of Victor Frankenstein, his best and most beloved friend Henry Clerval took immediate notice. During his visit to see Victor Frankenstein at the…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, how is Victor’s emotional state?
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, Victor has worked for years with the goal of reanimating flesh. In Chapter Five, when he comes to the moment of truth, seeing if the…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, how does Victor’s lab look?
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, Victor Frankenstein leaves his home to attend school. He begins by listening to lectures of different professors with ideas that are…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
How are choices presented in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly?
Asking how Shelley “presents” choices is vague, and could be treated in many ways, so I’m not sure I’ll hit what you or your teacher are after. I can detail two aspects of the choices that…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Stienbeck presents disadvantages in Lennie, Crooks, Curley’s wife and Candy what main quotes show…
lmost every character in the novel is disadvantaged in some way. The most obviously disadvantaged character is Lennie; he is mentally handicapped and it prevents him from being able to live as an…
- THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
How can I prove some of the literary terms in “The Yellow Wallpaper”?I have to write a paper and…
Concerning your question about “The Yellow Wallpaper,” you mention the literary terms, but don’t list any. I’ll assume you can use any literary terms, then. Conflict is one term you could center…
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- HISTORY
where can i find more information and biographies about Ship Captain Robert Wilson, other than…
Captain Robert Wilson was the Captain of two schooners and he is well known for helping African American slaves escaped to freedom. Much of his information is in the book titled, ” Oakville and the…
- SCIENCE
What color is the universal indicator when a double replacement reaction occurs with HCl and…
If equal volumes of equal concentrations of HCl and NaOH solutions are mixed then a neutral solution is made, one which is neither acid nor base. Neutral solutions make universal indicator turn…
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- HAMLET
What values in Hamlet expressed by the play correspond with values of Elizabethan England?
The primary value expressed in the play is the abhorrence of regicide. Old Hamlet’s death is presented as an especially vile act, committed in secrecy by a coward when the king is sleeping and…
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- SCIENCE
What are disadvantages of captive breeding?Explain.
Captive breeding programs have been used in an effort to preserve species that are endangered. However, there are many problems that arise. For example, if the species are highly mobile or migrate,…
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- JOHN KEATS
What is the form of the poem “Evening Primrose” by John Clare, for example is it a sonnet, ode…
John Clare, as a farmer-poet, rarely used formal poetic forms, and this poem is no exception. Although it is fourteen lines long (the usual length for a sonnet), the rhyme scheme does not…
- MACBETH
How does lady macbeth change during the course of the play?Discuss with particular reference to…
The attached link will help you answer this question. Essentially, they are both corrupted by this decision to kill the King and their relationship falls apart. Lady Macbeth suffers for her part…
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- POETRY
What is the theme of the poem “The Little Dancers” by Robert Laurence Binyon?
The theme to “The Little Dancers” might be that each person can make their own happiness, no matter what their circumstances. In the poem, the two children are standing in an alley, at night,…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Explore the ways Steinbeck develops a central character in Of Mice and Men.
Steinbeck’s characterization of Lennie in Of Mice and Men can be listed in several stages. In chapter one, Lennie is revealed to be like a little kid. He is simple minded and cannot think for…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
The outsiders what are the quotes that show that Ponyboy was able to see the socs as individuals…
The quote I would use to see that Ponyboy sees Socs as individuals is from his conversation with Cherry the first time he meets her. One place is where she says to him that he is the first one she…
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- ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE
Examine how an individual’s traits and characteristics influence their behavior at worktravel…
One of the clear indicators of how each individual within an organization is offering the best of himself or herself is found on his or her work performance, and whether this performance is…
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- BUSINESS
Describe a typical role of a manager within a travel / tourism organization
The manager in any organization has vast responsibilities in the part of his job in the organization. when its coming to the travel and tourism industry the manager has played a typical role as a…
- THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET
What was the poets (John Keats) intention in “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket”Please i need…
the intention of john keats in this poem was to show us if small creatures which are in this poem the grasshopper and the cricket appreciate and enjoy nature then why cant we do the same thing….
- MATH
We have to solve sin x + x = 0 sin x + x = 0 subtract x from both the sides => sin x = -x Now the only solution for this can be x = 0 as -0 = 0 and sin 0 = 0. For no other value of x is sin x =…
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- THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
What is the moral behind “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
There always seems to be a cautionary note in the way that science fiction writers like Bradbury construct their future worlds. They offer us a glimpse of one possible future which we could be…
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- GUY DE MAUPASSANT
What were the main contributions of de Maupassant to the short story genre?
Considered one of the fathers of the modern short story, his surprise ending and clever plot structure that easily led to the denouement served as models for writers such as O.Henry and W. Somerset…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
Compare the way authors have used the pronoun “you” in stories “How” by Lorrie Moore and “The…
In both short stories, the use of you is a hint that there is an unreliable and possibly not quite sane narrator. In each case, the second person point of view is used in unusual ways. Second…
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- ESSAY LAB
Lesson planning as thinking process?
Lesson planning consists on mapping the process through which information will be delivered. When lesson planning takes place one must consider, above all things, the learning processes of the…
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- LITERATURE
What are possible themes in a poem/book/prose?
Birth Death Heroism Escape Love Journey Coming of age Patriotism Peace and war Hope Hopelessness Generation gap Home Betrayal Lust for power Isolation Judgment Fortune Family…
- RELIGION
Does a true Christian believe that all Muslims are going to hell?Does a true Christian believe…
This depends on your own interpretation of what Christ says. (I don’t know enough about Muslim scripture to speak on that point.) Jesus clearly does say that the only way to come to God is…
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- RELIGION
Did Jesus put his seal of approval on capitalism, or did he mean something quite different?Did…
This is largely a matter of opinion — people have argued both sides of this question. On the one hand, you have Jesus’s admonitions to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. You have his saying…
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- RELIGION
Didn’t Jesus say ‘the poor you will always have with you?’ what is your opinion if we refer to…
The line that you quote comes from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 11. It comes from the story where the woman comes and annoints Jesus’s feet with expensive perfume. His disciples say…
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- TEACHERS
What is a philosophy of education?What is a philosophy of education?
This is a fairly large concept. When engaging in defining philosophy, I think that much of it comes back to the basic idea of pedagogy, which refers to the philosophical approach to the manner of…
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- AS YOU LIKE IT
what is the relationship between orlando and oliver
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a very witty comedy. Here, the characters of Orlando and Oliver are clearly distinguishable from each other. Oliver is Orlando’s elder brother. Both are…
- LITERATURE
How do I make a review of literature on “learning styles of students” for a project?i need it for…
A literature review is basically a research paper. The literature in question is studies and papers published on your topic. In order to conduct a literature review you need to do research at…