Is Atticus Finch a hero or only a product of his time in “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Is Atticus Finch a hero or only a product of his time in “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
In a time of overt racial tension in the South, Atticus Finch is one character who seems not to be a “product of his time.” Atticus’s pursuit of justice, his unwavering sense of equality and…
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- THE SNIPER
What are the similarities and differences between the stories “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” and…
One of the first and most obvious similarites is that the central character in each selection is a young man. (Andy is sixteen in Sidewalk and the Republican sniper is a “student,” suggesting…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
In what ways does Mary Shelley make you feel sympathy for the monster in chapter 10 of Frankenstein?
In Chapter 10, the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelly, describes the face of the monster as a “countenance [that] bespoke bitter anguish.” The monster states that he is “miserable beyond all…
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- THE GIVER
What is the main idea in The Giver?
I have edited your question to fit enotes requirements. Remember, you are only allowed to ask one question per day. As with any work of literature, there can be any number of identifiable themes….
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- MATH
What is the prime factorization of 525 in exponential form?
To find the prime factors of a number, start by dividing until you cannot divide any other numbers into any factors. For 525, begin by dividing by 5 this leave 105 x 5 105 can be further factored…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
The traditional dual roles of parole officers have been described in simple terms as “cop” versus…
The inclusion of the word “should” in the question is going to bring out some divergent answers. The idea of the parole officer is one that does embrace aspects of each. When we think of the job,…
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- SCIENCE
What trophic level are mitten crabs on, what is their diet, and what feeds on a mitten crab?Need…
Mitten crabs are an invasive species, not native to North America, originally from Asia. They are considered to be Omnivorous which means they are able to feed on different trophic levels. When the…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Does the death penalty play a role in reducing the crime of murder or not.Does the death penalty…
It is really hard to know what sort of an impact the death penalty has on murder rates. This is because there is no way (at least no politically feasible way) to conduct an experiment that would…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
I need a thesis statement for Romeo and Juliet that revolves around the theme of hatred.
In order to have a thesis statement, you must decide what you intend to prove about the play. There are many different ideas in the play that can be explored. For example, if you wish to explore…
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- SCIENCE
What is a mitten crab’s original habitat like and how does it get to its new habitat?Need all…
The original habitat of the mitten crab is the coastal estuaries of Eastern China. It lives in many South Eastern countries that lie in broad range from Korea in the North to China in the South….
- THE GLASS CASTLE
What are the positive lessons that Jeannette Walls learned from her parents in The Glass Castle?…
I think the most positive lessons Jeannette learns from her parents were not intentionally taught. Rather, they were perhaps the unsought consequences of living through childhood in “survival”…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
Compare the two societies in Lord of the Flies under Ralph and Jack.
In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys on the island clearly delineate into two groups–those who follow Ralph and those who follow Jack. Each of these leaders has his own way of…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Why do you think Crooks taunts Lennie about the fact that George has gone to town where he may…
In my opinion, Crooks taunts Lennie because he (Crooks) is a man who is angry about the way that he has been treated by all the other people on the ranch. Because he is black, he has been treated…
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- HISTORY
Why were the Assyrians so strong?
Assyria was located on the upper Tigris River and its empire reached its height about 681 B.C. The Assyrian Empire was very powerful and was strong for several reasons. First was the way the…
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- SCIENCE
What is a mineral once melted into a liquid what is it called?
A mineral which has melted is called magma or lava. The molten minerals found under the surface of the Earth are responsible for the formation of rocks. Rocks like basalt, granite and pumice are…
- THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY
How do the Souls find kindness in each other in the book The View From Saturday, by Konigsburg?
Individuals meet while pursuing their own interests in life and find that they are drawn to each other while through each other they learn about kindness. Mrs. Olinski is the representative…
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- SCIENCE
Elements whose atoms give off radiation are called?
Elements whose atoms give off radiation are called radioactive materials. The radiations are given off due to changes that occur in nucleus of the atoms naturally. Such changes may be either in the…
- THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
Describe the strategies (tricks used to deceive and an enemy) that Rainsford used in his effort…
First, Rainsford tries to confuse General Zaroff by laying a complicated trail through the jungle. Zaroff is able to pinpoint Rainsford’s location, and almost sees Rainsford in the tree in which…
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- MATH
How would you go about solving this problem: (a -2a over 5=3.
To solve a -2a/5 = 3. Solution: Multiply both sides by 5: 5a -2a = 15. Simplify: 3a = 15. Divide by 3: 3a/3 = 15/3 = 5 a = 5. Tally: LHS: Substitute a = 5 and we get: 5-2*5/5 = 5-3 = 3 which is…
- MORLEY CALLAGHAN
In the book More Joy in Heaven Foley says Kips in the “town pet”. What does he mean by this? Do…
He was called “town pet”because he was the sensation in the city, the most important public figure out there.
- THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
Can someone list some of Gilgameshs’ actions in the first few pages which are atypical of heroic…
In Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is a tyrant to the people of his city. He works them half to death building the walls of the city, lets the walls decay and then has them rebuild the walls. Additionally,…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
How should the United Nations deal with countries who do not pay their dues?How should the United…
This is a very hard issue and that is probably why the UN has such a hard time with countries like the US refusing to pay all or part of their dues. You would think that the best thing to do if a…
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- GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS
How is satire an effective literary tool for an author to comment on the world around them?
Satire is one of the truly unique literary elements in that, those who do it, do it well, and those who don’t, don’t touch it. Satire is a method of commenting (or in many cases, complaining) about…
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- THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT
What are two themes of the novel?
betrayal and politics
- HAMLET
In Hamlet, explain, in your own words, the ghost’s commands to Hamlet.
I assume you are referring to Act I scene 5, when Hamlet manages to gain a private audience with the ghost. This scene is absolutely crucial to the play, as a lot depends on how interpret the Ghost…
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- HISTORY
How did the colonists and England differ in their attitudes concerning the rights of the…
The most obvious difference between the two was over the idea of taxation and representation in Parliament. The English government (not all of it, but the part that was in power) believed that the…
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- ROBERT BROWNING
How are the real personalities of the narrators of Browning’s dramatic monlogues revealed?
Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues are normally written in the first person. Sometimes the narrator is portrayed as speaking the monologue aloud to an actual silent auditor, as in My Last…
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- MATH
I need some help: *Two numbers that have a LCM of 30 and HCF of 3? *Two numbers that have a LCM…
The numbers with LCM 30 and HCF 3 are : (6,15) , The numbers that have LCM 12 and HCF 3 are: (12 3) The way work this is simple: (1) Chose a multple of 3 that divides 30: say 6. Divide 30 by 6…
- MATH
Given a two by two square, construct a golden rectangle. We just went over right triangles and…
Let ABCD be the given 2 by 2 square. Now each side is 2 units Bsect AB by construction. And E is midpoint of AB. Join EC. Locate mid point of EC by bisection of EC. Let F be this mid EC. Now EC =…
- REFERENCE
What is a good water fountain that has a distinguishable arch, shoots into the air at a good…
Y = 1023
- MATH
Write a set of data in which the mean is 15, the median is 15 and the modes are 13 & 15.this…
It looks to me like you all you need to remember is what mean, median and mode are. The mean is just what you would call the average. You take the sum of all the numbers in your data set and…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Dolphus Raymond is a character who has to hide his true indentity for acceptance. Tell how 3…
You could get a variety of answers to this question, but I will suggest that three other characters who hide their identities for acceptance are Dill, Miss Stephanie Crawford, and Mrs. Dubose. Dill…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
How do we see that Abigail is the acknowledged leader of this group in The Crucible?
You can see this at various points in the play. Basically, she tends to act like she is the boss. She tells the girls what to do and they pretty much obey her. Just to give two examples: In Act…
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- PARADISE LOST
Who is the hero of Milton’s Paradise Lost? Give arguments in support of your answer.
This is a subject of much scholarly debate. There are two possibilities: one is Adam (or even Eve, though she is rarely mentioned in that context). The other is Satan. The argument for…
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- MATH
The vertices of a rectangle are (0,0), (8,0), (0,6), and (8,6). Find the sum of the lengths of…
Let ABCD be the rectangle such that: A(0,0) B(8,0) C(0,6) D(8,6) Then : AB = sqrt8^2 + 0^2 = 8 BC = sqrt(8^2 + 6^2) = 10 CD = sqrt((8^2 + 0^2) = 8 AD = sqrt(8^2 + 6^2) = 10 Then AC and BD are the…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
What would be a good thesis statement describing Pearl in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
A good thesis statement describing Pearl in the Scarlet Letter would be stating that Pearl is a symbol of the love, lust, sacrifice, guilt, and shame that Hester felt, and hence is an extension of…
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- REFERENCE
why was the story of shakespeare (Winter’s Tale) called with that name?
the play the witer’s tale was named by that name because in winter most people don’t go outdoors,stay alone in there houses n become bare (sitting lonely) but in summer we go out (here n there as…
- THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS
give 2 qoutes the suggest how Beatrice feels about herslef?
“when they are laughing at you, they are laughing at me.” shows that she is self-conscious. that she blames her daughters even though she(Tillie) is not entirely at fault. shows her insecurity of…
- SCIENCE
identify 2 similarities between carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14pleasee answeerr shankss 😉
Carbon 12, carbon 13 and carbon 14 are isotopes of carbon. Isotopes have the same number of electrons and protons but they differ in the number of neutrons they have. This makes the chemical…
- MACBETH
What implicit and explicit stage directions are used in Act II Scene 1 and Scene 2 of Macbeth, if…
This is an interesting couple of scenes in Macbeth, because most of the real action takes place offstage (i.e., the murders are offstage and the guilt is shown onstage). On stage, we see darkness…
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- MACBETH
In Macbeth, how should I compare and contrast Lady Macbeth’s two soliloquies in Act 1?
I am a bit confused by your question because there is only one soliloquy by Lady Macbeth in Act I – in scene 5, so I will focus on analysing that for you. When we first meet Lady Macbeth in Act I…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
In Of Mice and Men, what does the language used by Candy to describe the stable buck tell us…
Clearly, referring to somebody as a “nigger” as Candy does is a very offensive term that says a lot about the state of racism in the times that this novel was set. However, for me, to really answer…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
Describe the confrontation between Mistress Hibbins and Hester in chapters 22-24 of The Scarlet…
The Scarlet Letter is a novel concerned with the inner workings of the soul as it deals with sin and shame. Hester was an adulteress whose sin was made public. The man she loved, Arthur…
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- BIRCHES
Is this a good thesis for Robert Frost’s “Birches”?Robert Frost’s poem, “Birches” portrays the…
I do think you have a solid start on a thesis statement here. You clearly identify author and title of the work you are analyzing and preview for your reader the major topics you will discuss: the…
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- SCIENCE
what are the disadvantages of solar water heaters?I would like atleast 5-7 points
The things in our household where we use heat and cold are among the things that soak up the most electricity, so this includes our washer and dryer, our refrigerator, and of course, the water…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
Why does Emily seem to get away with so much in this story?”A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner
In my opinion, Emily gets away with a lot in the town because of the culture of the antebellum South. This story is set after the Civil War, of course, but some aspects of the culture seem to…
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- MATH
solve this problem please 4220+0.25(x30650) this a math problem i can not solve i need enotes…
Supposing that 0.25(x30650) represents the multiplication between the factors 0.25 and 30650, we’ll solve the expression with respect to this assumption: 0.25(x30650) We’ll write 0.25 as a ratio….
- MATH
2sin2x-5cos2x = -3. To find x. Solution. Let 2/(2^2+5^2) = sin y and 5/(sqrt(2^2+5^2) = cosy, so that tany = 2/5. Or y = arc tan (2/5). Then 2sin2x-5cos2x = sqrt(2^2+5^2) { sinysin2x-cosycos2x} =…
- OF MICE AND MEN
I must write 5-6 paragraphs of a talk between George and Lennie giving details about their lives…
One of the first things to do in your fictionalized conversation between George and Lennie giving the background of the relationship between them is to set up George’s life before coming to Aunt…
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- CHEMISTRY
200g lime 80% purity is burned . The solid product is treated with muriatic acid.Write the…
We’ll write the equation of CaCO3 decomposing: CaCO3 -> CaO+CO2 Now, we’ll treat the solid product (kemidol) with muriatic acid: CaO + HCl -> CaCl + H2O We’ll calculate the mass of 200g pure…