• THE KITE RUNNER

In the Kite Runner, how is religion used to acquire political power in Afghan society?

In this novel (and in real life, in 1996) the Taliban took over in Afghanistan. The Taliban is a group of exremists that believe Islam is more than just a religion, that it is a political system as…

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• INTO THE WILD

Please explain what the author means when he states that some consider CM’s fatal odyssey was due…

Chris McCandless’s relationship with his parents was strained to say the least. The details and background on their relationship isn’t revealed in Into the Wild and the parents claim that they…

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• THE KITE RUNNER

In The Kite Runner, how does class structure contribute to the toxicity of a society?

In The Kite Runner, the toxic effects that class structure has on society are evidenced in the troubled relationships that the characters have with each other. For example, Baba does not…

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• SCIENCE

Is someone with multiple personalities treated or admitted differently than any other E.R….

Almost all current day modern emergency departments have specific rooms for specific medical or psychiatric patients. For example, a cardiac patient would be placed in a cardiac room equipped with…

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• KING LEAR

List and discuss Edgar’s reasons fo playing the part of Poor Tom. (II, iii) Compare the madness…

Lear’s madness stems from his being forced out of every comfort and sense of royal convenience that he has known for his long, privileged life as King. Edgar isn’t mad at all, but has taken refuge…

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• FRANKENSTEIN

Is Victor’s fascination with the philosopher’s stone an admirable one?

In Chapter 2 of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein relates his history to the sea captain, Robert Walton. In so doing, he describes his hunger to know the secrets of science, a…

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• GREAT EXPECTATIONS

How would you describe the Pocket’s household? How is Mrs. Pocket characterized?Great…

The Pocket household is total chaos. They have tons of children and the older ones are forced to take care of the younger ones because Mrs. Pocket is incompetent. She fancies herself an aristocrat…

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• SCIENCE

What is the normal osmolarity of blood?

Osmolality is the measure of the osmotic concentration of a solution or fluid, a measure of the ionic concentration of dissolved substances per unit of solvent. Osmolality can be measured in fecal…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

Assess the state of Radical criminology today.Assess the state of Radical criminology today.

The first thing that one needs to know to respond to this question is the background of radical criminology. Radical criminology began with the theory from Marxism that a society sets up…

• MATH

Given that the base of a square based prism is x cm and the height is h cm, find an equation for…

We know that the volume of the prisim is: V = area of the base (a)* height (h) But we know that the area of the base = x^2 Given the volume we will have: V = x^2 * h ==> v = (x^2)*h Now we…

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• THE BET

How does the short story deal with the idea of perspectives ?Does it examines an individual or…

“The Bet” is a short story that presents opposing views on the issue of capital punishment. Therefore, perspective, or individual point of view, is germane to the story. The banker, who recalls…

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• THE CRUCIBLE

What were some of the common elements between the Witchcraft Phenomenon had with the…

The exact nature of your question is a bit confusing. I understand it as how one can link the experiences of slavery and the Witchcraft accusation narrative. When I read it, the first figure to…

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• NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA

Describe Barbara Ehrenreich in Nickel and Dimed.Describe Barbara Ehrenreich in Nickel and Dimed.

In Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich shares her experiences trying to make a living as a minimum-wage worker. Ehrenreich attempts to prove that the standard minimum wage is not a living wage…

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• SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND

What passage did you feel was memorable or significant?What passage did you feel was memorable or…

There wasn’t a particular passage that I found memorable, but I did like Hillenbrand’s narrative style and technique. I had seen the film version of Seabiscuit a few times before I read the book,…

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• GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

How does Diamond refute the argument that the failure to domesticate certain animals arose from…

The first part of the question: Diamond refutes the argument that the failure to domesticate animals arose from culture difference because he argues that only a few of the animal species on Earth…

• THE MIRACLE WORKER

Whats Helen’s teacher salary in The Miracle Worker?

Helen’s teacher, Annie Sullivan, receives a salary of twenty-five dollars a month (Act I, Scene 3). Annie has been living at the Perkins Institute in Boston, where she has recovered partial sight…

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• THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE

In The Red Badge of Courage, how does Henry come to terms with guilt?

Henry feels guilt throughout the early stages of the novel. He is haunted by a feeling of unworthiness and self-doubt about how he will behave under fire. When he faces his first taste of combat,…

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• SCIENCE

Why are lymph nodes important to the body?

The lymph nodes are very important for the proper functioning of the immune system in addition to filtering/trapping foreign objects that shouldn’t be there. Lymph nodes filter pathogens from the…

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• MY SISTER’S KEEPER

What words would describe Kate from My Sister’s Keeper?Kate does not speak in her point of view…

The characterization of Kate in Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper is not very strong. Kate remains throughout the novel the “ill sister” and all that she does (or cannot do) revolves around her…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

What is Ulrich Becks’ view re: class being a zombie concept?Have other social divisions such as…

Becks believes that class is a zombie categorization, that is to say one that persists in name but does not actively continue to be important or useful. Becks believes that Western countries have…

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• GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

Diamond offers 2 tribes, the Chimbu and the Daribi, as examples of differing receptivities to…

Any answer to this question is pure speculation, but I think that Diamond would only accept the idea of larger, continent-wide differences if there were only a very few distinct societies on that…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

Should a mosque be built two blocks from Ground Zero? NOTES: (a) Imam claims to distance himself…

1. I do not see why building a mosque near Ground Zero implies approval of the actions of the terrorists. Christian crusaders massacred people in Jerusalem when they conquered it. Does having a…

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• SCIENCE

What will make your teeth bleed after you brush them ?

First of all, it is not your teeth that might bleed after you brush them. Teeth themselves are not able to bleed. What can often bleed after you brush your teeth is actually your gums. The most…

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• HISTORY

What are the branches of the civil rights movement, the changes in those movements, and the…

The nature of the question is a bit confusing and perhaps clearer articulation could be needed. When we examine the facets of the Civil Rights Movement, there are many different components to it….

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• THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND

How significant is the story’s purpose?

There are two purposes to the story, but the main purpose being to expose the readers to the types of issues that happened during the Salem Witch trial scares and how easily it was for people to…

• SCIENCE

When a person “pops” their fingers, back etc., what is actually happening to cause the cracking…

When you “pop” your joints you are temporarily displacing them out of their normal position. The pressure in synovial fluid (essentially a lubricant) in between the bones is reduced when you do…

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• WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

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• THE RED PONY

Why were the mountains “dear to him and terrible”?

In John Steinbeck’s novelette The Red Pony, the young boy has grown up with the mountains as the background far away all of his life. He gets the new pony that he loves dearly and takes care of….

• THE KITE RUNNER

In the Kite Runner, how does the political revolution and upheaval cause dramatic, and sometimes…

In the book The Kite Runner one becomes aware of the changes of the society mostly when Amir returns to his country of origin and speaks with his father friend, Rahim Kahn. The country had been…

• THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD

How does Janie’s journey from west Florida to Eatonville to the everglades represent her and the…

Janie’s journey is one of both self-actualization and personal and spiritual fulfillment. I’m not so sure her journey is one of increasing immersion in black culture as it is one of broadening…

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• GRAMMAR

Rewrite the following sentence so that related ideas are expressed in similar or parallel…

Parallel structure in sentences is when words, phrases, or clauses are written in similar length and grammatical form. For example, a sentence like “I like swimming, jogging, and to dance” should…

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• SCIENCE

Diamond & graphite are allotropes of carbon. Explain how they differ in terms of their…

In diamond the carbon atoms are bonded to one another in a 3-D array with every carbon atom bonded to four others in a tetrahedral shape. In graphite each carbon atom is bonded to 3 others in a…

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• GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

What is meant by a “eurocentric” approach to history?

I assume that you are talking about the word as it is used (p. 17 in my book) in the Prologue. This is where Diamond says that some people will argue that answering Yali’s question “involves a…

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• THE POISONWOOD BIBLE

In The Poisonwood Bible, what was the society in the Congo like?Were the people civilized or not?…

In The Poisonwood Bible, the society in Kilanga, the village in the Congo to which the Price family relocates, changes during the time that the Prices are there. When the Prices arrive, the…

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• THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER

To whom would you recommend this book?To whom would you recommend this book?

First of all, I would consider this book young adult or even children’s fiction. It would not be on my list of recommended reads to my adult friends, unless they were teachers who have students…

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• HISTORY

Why was the Constitution ratified only after the provision for amendments was added?

The Anti-federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were pushing for the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution that limited government and police powers and protected free…

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• LORD OF THE FLIES

What does the boys’ rolling a rock into the sea signify in Chapter 6 of Lord of the Flies?

I assume you’re talking about the rock the boys lever off the top of the mountain when they go exploring. The Lord of the Flies is a largely symbolic novel, so what happens and what the boys have…

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• A TALE OF TWO CITIES

In A Tale of Two Cities describe three important scenes in which Dickens uses visual description…

A Tale of Two Cities is replete with imagery and motifs; in addition, Charles Dickens uses a couple of strong symbols: THE BROKEN WINE CASK As the people scramble to lap up the wine that flows…

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• HEART OF DARKNESS

What literary techniques in Heart of Darkness emphasize the story’s dark mood?

Any number of literary techniques could be outlined in response to this question. One of the strongest cases, however, could be made for Conrad’s use of imagery throughout the novella. Conrad’s…

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• GREAT EXPECTATIONS

What is Pip’s attitude toward Provis when he first enters Pip’s apartment in chapter 39 of Great…

When Provis (who is really Magwitch, the convict) first enters Pip’s apartment in Chapter 39, Pip is very suspicious of him. I would say that suspicion and resentment are the two main aspects of…

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• HISTORY

What are the historical implications of the movie Amadeus (1984)?

The wording of the question is a bit confusing. In terms of the “historical implications” of the film itself, there might not be that many. I think that one implication is that the film…

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• PARADISE LOST

Discuss Milton’s Paradise Lost as an epic?answer in detail

Milton’s epic Paradise Lost is entitled to take its rightful place among half a dozen classical epics in the world. The first essential feature of the epic is its fable or its theme. According to…

• HISTORY

How were Native Americans politically organized before the arrival of the Europeans?If I’m not…

Keep in mind there were hundreds of tribes scattered across the Americas, and that the exact form of government they practiced varied from place to place and people to people. But many tribes…

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• THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Comment on Oscar Wilde as a starter of the Modernist writing.

I think that much could be made to suggest that Wilde was a large force in Modernism. One of the elements that comes out through his work is the idea of seeking to explore the result of…

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• SCIENCE

Is it safe to let a person with a concussion go to sleep??

It is perfectly normal for someone to sleep after they have had a concussion. It is a thing of the past disallowing someone to sleep after a concussion; it is a medical myth. The reason it was…

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• THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Critically appreciate the poem “The Road Not Taken.”

Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is a favorite of many because it appears simple in nature yet reveals its complexity as the reader ponders over its imagery and figurative language. The…

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• THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

In what significant ways are Jim and Huck alike and different?

I think the following points of comparison are significant: Both are very superstitious – which connects them in some ways, provides conflict at other times. Both are running away and hiding in the…

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• GREAT EXPECTATIONS

What is Herbert’s fiance’s father’s ailment?Herbert’s fiance is Clara.

I believe that you can find the answer to this question in Chapter 46 of the book. It seems that Clara’s father (Mr. Barley) has two “ailments.” One is that he has gout and the other is that he…

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• THE STRANGER

What main points should be discussed in a comparison-contrast paper about Albert Camus’s The…

One point of comparison between The Stranger and Slaughterhouse-Five is the element of absurdity. The protagonists of both novels Meursault and Billy Pilgrim watch their lives unravel as the…

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• DEATH OF A SALESMAN

Why doesn’t either son get married and settle down in the play, “Death of a Salesman”Please…

The previous post was very thorough. Indeed, the boys’ own experiences with the notion of “happy marriages” such as their parents’ have made it difficult for them to be able to accept that…