• HISTORY

Is it acceptable for the u.s to do anything , even something illegal or immoral, as long as it…

This is what a group of international relations theorists called “realists” would say. They would say that there is no such thing as moral or immoral in international relations. They say that…

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• THE GREAT GATSBY

What is the main idea for Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby?I need a single main idea for every…

Here is chapter 1: A lot is learned in this first chapter. We find out where Nick is from, we find out he was in the war, we find out he decides to go East to earn a living, we find out he is a…

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• HISTORY

How did the American experience in Vietnam force the United States to re-think its attitude and…

I think you can argue that the experience in Vietnam made the US think harder about being less assertive in its foreign policy. I think that this experience made the US feel that military force…

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• BUSINESS

How should the management improve the oraganisational climate?A large unit manufacturing…

There are several ways to address this and most of them are hypothetical. Management has to determine if they are going to take a hardline stance to combat low productivity and high abesenteeism,…

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• THE GREAT GATSBY

What are the geographies, symbols, histories, significances for both West Egg and East Egg.I want…

East Egg and West Egg are both on Long Island, a long, finger-shaped island that juts out to the east of New York City. Depending on where one lives on Long Island, it is about an hour or more…

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• ENDER’S GAME

What lesson does Ender learn from Bonzo Madrid about being a commander?

What Ender learns from Bonzo is based on Bonzo’s mistakes, rather than his strengths. Ender primarily learns what not to do from Bonzo. Here are a couple of specifics: Operate under cool anger,…

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• BUSINESS

How has the Internet, technological advances, social networks, and other technological forms of…

For me personally, it has expanded the circle of people that I am able to keep in touch with. In the old days, once my students graduated, I more or less lost track of them. I would see them…

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• MEIN KAMPF

What is it about Mein Kampf that might explain the attraction taht Hitler and his thinking had…

The Germans were devastated after their defeat in World War I, so when a fierce patriot like Hitler came upon the scene and promised the German people world dominance because they were “The…

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• DRACULA

What is the background of this novel and what are some of its important themes?

Dracula is an epistolary novel in style. This means that its story is told through letters and diary entries. It was written in 1897 and is considered a Victorian novel, presenting the culture in…

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• KATE CHOPIN

Which female character in Chopin’s stories possesses true love for her husband? Calixta, Louise…

Chopin’s stories often depict women who are trapped by gender role expectations and pressured to conform to societal norms. In these instances, all three characters – Calixta (“The Storm”),…

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• HEMINGWAY

lessons for writing There is controversy over the value of teaching Hemingway to ESL students who…

Hemingway’s writing is deceptively simple, really. For, there is much symbolism and implication in his writing that only an experienced reader of Hemingway detects, perhaps. However, one positive…

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• ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS

In One Thousand and One Nights, what is the effect of the narrator of the tales being a woman,…

The tales Scheherazade tells are spoken through a distant objective narrator who doesn’t add comments or illumination (the opposite of a Jane Austen written narrator). Therefore the gender of the…

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• THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

Can realism be defined within the fiction novel?Right now, I’m trying to depict the realism that…

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a story about the conflict between science and religion and about the duality of the human mind/spirit. As such it contains elements of realism, but…

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• GREAT EXPECTATIONS

In chapter 13 of Great Expectations, what does Miss Havisham give Joe and what does she tell him?

Miss Havisham has instructed Pip that he needs to be apprenticed and he should bring Joe Gargery with him when he next comes. Pip is also to bring his indentures, a contract binding an apprentice…

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• HISTORY

I’m drawing Canadian propaganda to encourage people to go and fight in WWI. Please list some…

The above post discussed World War II, your question asks about World War I. The first world war was the Great War, the War to End All Wars. We were naive, fighting for the safety and security of…

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• LITERATURE

The Glasgow Mystery how does the narrator feel about the one solving the story? No…

The intellectual battle between the lady journalist narrator and the man in the corner adds to the interest of the story and allows our curiosity to build up until the dramatic solution by the man…

• THE SCARLET LETTER

In chapter 18, How does Hawthorne reinforce his idea that nature is sympathetic with the union of…

In Chapter XVIII of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester and the Reverend Dimmesdale meet in the forest. There, in the Romantic style, Nature sympathizes with the feelings of Hester…

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• ILIAD

Juno hates the Trojan for several reasons, and torments and foils them whenever she can. Does…

In my mind, the short answer is that Hera really lacks any solid justification behind her disdain for the Trojans. I see her as part of Homer’s thematic purpose, and what I consider to be one of…

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• THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

What is the prophecy told by Mr. and Mrs Beaver in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?

There are actually three prophesies that Mr. and Mrs. Beaver relate to the children; all of them can be found in Chapter 8, and address the end of evil as represented by the White Witch’s reign….

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• THE CAY

What is the probable reason for the German attacks, especially since Curacao is so far from Europe?

Nazi Germany’s ultimate goal was to conquer as many lands as possible, so Curacao’s remote distance from Germany was not necessarily a consideration. Additionally, Great Britain still controlled…

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• MATH

What is the length/width/height of a rectangle in metres, that’s volume is 8,000 cubic feet?

We know that the rectangular prism has length (l), width (w), and height (h) We know that the volume (v) is: V = w*l*h 8000= w*l*h Then we have multiple solutions since we do not know exactly the…

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• ANIMAL FARM

Explain how the story has run full circle.Begin with the overthrow of Mr. Jones’s…

To me, the way that this story has run full circle is that the pigs (and Napoleon in particular) have come to act in exactly the same way that they human beings did before the revolution. At the…

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• ANIMAL FARM

Which character has won your support in Animal Farm?Explain why you are partial to this animal…

For me, the character that has won my support the most is Boxer, the horse. I find him sympathetic because he is such a hard worker and is so honest. Of the characters that we actually get to see…

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• ANIMAL FARM

In Animal Farm, Napoleon and Snowball had differing opinions concerning defense. Explain how each…

I agree. Napoleon clearly advocated the use of force in any confrontation in order to keep the farm. Snowball, on the other hand, was a bit more of a diplomat. He studied Roman war theory and…

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• ANIMAL FARM

Look through the original commandments on page 33. Which ones have now been broken in Animal…

1. The animals now have two-legged friends (neighboring farmers, Mr. Whymper–and now the pigs themselves). 2. They have treated some four-legged creatures, such as Snowball, as enemies. 3. The…

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• ANIMAL FARM

Which animal or animals appear to be having the most trouble adjusting to their new way of life…

BENJAMIN. The oldest and worst-tempered animal on the farm, Benjamin the donkey is also the most cynical. He believes that nothing will change there, know matter who rules the farm. He generally…

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• GRAMMAR

Read the paragraph below. The numbered blanks need a transition.Mary Cassatt was an important…

Of course, there are more than one way to make a transition for the sentence marked (1). First of all, the writer can use the word there: There she developed a strong interest in art, and in 1861,…

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• PAT CONROY

What are the most important literary devices used in “The Lords of Discipline” by Pat Conroy?

Some literary features that stand out about this novel are the following: (1) The setting. Conroy does an beautiful job describing Charleston–its beauty and its flaws. One description stands out…

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• GRAMMAR

Read the paragraph below. Each of the numbered blanks needs a transition.Mary Cassatt was an…

There is certainly more than one possible answer for each blank, but here are my suggestions. Mary Cassatt was an important American painter of the late 1800s and early 1900s. She was born in…

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• THE CRUCIBLE

How do I write a speech in the pesona of Hale in regards to “Staying true to our core values is…

This one is going to be a challenge because Hale, himself, is a challenge to assess. I think that the starting point here is whether or not you personally endorse Hale as an overall character who…

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• MACBETH

What specific events in the play of Macbeth show an individual suffering from despair?

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the title character suffers from despair after he receives the news that his wife is dead in Act 5.5.17-29. In his speech sometimes referred to as the “Tomorrow” speech,…

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• REFERENCE

What are some ways of enhancing a document with Microsoft editing tools?

I love WordArt as a way to enhance the title of a document. I think that it’s really innovative and can be a very catchy and aesthetically appealing element to Microsoft Word. Prior to this,…

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• REFERENCE

Which sentence breaks the unity of the paragraph below written by C.D.B. Bryan?During the later…

The sentence which breaks the unity of the paragraph is the fourth sentence, “The Concorde regularly flies at several times the speed of sound.” All the other sentences address the topic…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

What are the implications when a child commits violence themselves?are they victims or…

If you are talking about child soldiers, I would say that they are much more victims than they are perpetrators. You might say that they are perpetrators because they, of their own free will,…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What is this quote’s significance in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird? How does it relate to…

Miss Maudie says this in response to a question Scout asks her. Atticus has told his kids they can shoot lots of other things but not mcokingbirds. Atticus called it a “sin,” in fact, which was…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What Atticusisms are used at the end of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and why?Harper Lee’s To…

In Chapter 30, Heck Tate makes an indirect allusion to one of Atticus Finches proverbs of To Kill a Mockingbird: He tells Atticus, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what does “sandwiches” mean in this statement – “Let the county come…

The word “sandwiches” by itself does not have any particular significance in this statement, but used as a whole, the statement reinforces the idea that Atticus wants all the details about what…

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• ESSAY LAB

In what section of the paragraph does the writer have the most positive attitude?Of all the jobs…

It seems quite clear to me that the writer has a positive attitude at the start of the paragraph but then changes to a much more negative attitude by the end of the paragraph. During the time that…

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• REFERENCE

Is there any software that would save all the clickings or typings I do on my keyboard, which I…

Over a period computer hardware and software have been developed which have progressively cut down the need to enter data in computer through a keyboard. The most common of these facilities are…

• GRAMMAR

Read the paragraph below. Find the sentence that breaks the unity of the paragraph. Type the…

My guess is that the last sentence is the one that breaks the unity of the paragraph: “The beaver is the largest rodent in North America.” The paragraph essentially concerns the beaver’s teeth…

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• THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

In the novel, The lion, the Witch and Wardrobe. Can you please help me find examples/proof of…

I am not sure I totally understand your question, but I will attempt to answer it. If this is not what you are looking for, please repost your question and be more specific. When Lucy tries to…

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• BUSINESS

Why should inventory be controlled? Explain

I don’t claim to be a business person; however, common sense dictates some common sense reasons why inventory should be controlled in any business which has inventory. To ensure that enough of any…

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• HAMLET

What are some examples of allusions in Act III of Hamlet? I need to know their literal meaning…

In Scene 2, there is an allusion to a Moslem god (Termagant) and to Herod, the Biblical King that beheaded John the Baptist. Hamlet is talking to the troupe of players and advising them not to…

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• THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

What satisfaction can be derived from a nonfiction book like The Devil in the White City that…

The difference between (some) fiction and non-fiction is the sense of truth. While good fiction has the abiltiy to capture a sense of truth, non-fiction is based in truth, and that can effect how…

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• THE CRUCIBLE

What were the Puritans beliefs compared to Jamestown’s?

The Puritans and Jamestown individuals held some fundamentally different starting points on the founding of their respective colonies. Jamestown was primarily a financial endeavor. A British…

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• MATH

~B ~B–> (G–>F) (A–>E) B v (A v G) E v F How would I go about answering this…

Another way to prove this is by using rules of derivation: 1 ~B [Assumption] 2 ~B -> (G –> F) [Assumption] 3 A –> E [Assumption] 4…

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• THE CRUCIBLE

The CrucibleWhat’s a good introduction for “Staying true to our core values is the best way to…

Well, how about a simple start, such as the consequences of not having strong core values or principles. Ben Franklin says, “An empty bag cannot stand upright.” Alexander Hamilton wrote, “Those…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What two characters reflect a mockingbird?

In this book, the mockingbird is seen as something that does not hurt anyone. Therefore, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird — you are harming something that does no one any harm. The two people…

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• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Identify the speaker, plot and significance of following quotes from A Streetcar Named Desire:1….

” Sister and I in desperate situation” The day after Stanley’s awful poker night where he was abusive to Stella, Blanche decided to write a telegram to a rich friend trying to ask for financial…

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• SCIENCE

What are some instances/reasons why a patient would have to have a shunt inserted into their…

The most common reason for shunt placement in the forearm is access to the cardiovascular system for hemodialysis. A shunt for HD is a surgically created anastomosis between the venous and arterial…

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