What are the main developmental or industrial challenges in both Belgium and South Africa?

August 26, 2018 Educator

MARK TWAIN

How does Twain compare an earl to an anaconda?

Actually, in “The Lowest Animal,” Twain shows the difference between a “civilized” earl and his hunting party and the “lowly” anaconda. Twain details a case where an earl on a hunting…

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BUSINESS

Management viewpoints evolve over time. These include the management of human behavior in…

Your questions asks about the four most widely accepted managerial viewpoints. Yet, there are five widely-accepted management viewpoints to date, which include the traditional, behavioral, system,…

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MATH

How do fetal surgeons use Pythagorean theorem?

Fetal surgeons perform fetal surgery. Fetal surgery is defined as the use of any of a broad range of surgical techniques used to treat birth defects in fetuses who are still in the pregnant…

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BUSINESS

Please describe several products benefit from exclusive distribution.

Your questions asks to list several products that exclusive distribution may benefit. While traditional distribution may include the producer to sell to a wholesaler who then sells to a myriad of…

RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

What is the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” talking about?

“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” a children’s story published by Rudyard Kipling in his second volume of The Jungle Book, is a fantasy story that features talking animals. It takes place in a garden and…

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OF MICE AND MEN

How does Steinbeck present dislike for Crooks in Of Mice and Men?

Crooks is the black stable buck character in John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. The dislike and prejudice against Crooks is expressed through the dialogue of the story, mostly in Crooks’s…

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LITERATURE

What are some techniques found in “Tears of Nature” that can be supported with context?

“Context to explanations” means the use of lines from a poem or passages from a text that act as real support for a point or statement or observation that the writer makes. In a broad sense, all…

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THINGS FALL APART

How would you compare Ekwefi’s behavior when Ezinma is ill with Okonkwo’s when Ikemefuna goes on…

In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Achebe portrays the disparate ways that Ekwefi and Okonkwo suffer in an interesting way that illustrates their singular personalities. Ekwefi is openly…

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SCIENCE

How to find the number of neutrons in manganese?

One way to find the neutrons in the atom of a given element is by using its atomic number and atomic mass. The atomic number of an element is the number of protons it has, while the atomic mass is…

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

What do you know about South Korea and what is your opinion about it?

While I cannot answer this question from your perspective, I can tell you some things I have learned about South Korea and my personal feelings about this nation. The name “Korea” comes from the…

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HEALTH

Why are antibiotics not effective against viruses?

Antibiotics don’t affect viruses because they only work on bacterial structures. Antibiotics (also called antibacterials) are put into different classes according to their mechanisms. Some, like…

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MACBETH

What devices are used in Act 3, Scene 4, lines 61-87? What tone is created through these devices?

Macbeth uses hyperbole, or exaggeration, when he says that he looks on something “Which might appall the devil” (3.4.72). He is referring to Banquo’s ghost, the sight of which is probably awful to…

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HISTORY

How did the Federalist and Antifederalist views shape the writing of the U.S. Constitution?

The Antifederalists did not support the creation of the United States Constitution. Antifederalists feared that a strong central government was a threat to liberty and would become corrupt and…

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SCIENCE

Why do plants die when they are covered with oil?

Plants, like many other species, depend on the surface transport of a number of compounds. Key among such compounds are oxygen and carbon dioxide. Plants produce oxygen during the process of…

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LAW AND POLITICS

In order to expand or reduce presidents’ war making authority, a new constitutional amendment…

We can justify the need for either type of amendment (one expanding or one contracting presidents’ powers) in the same way. In both cases, we need the amendment because it is currently not clear…

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SCIENCE

How does DNA tell us about evolutionary relationships?

All living things contain DNA and use the same four nitrogenous bases–adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine in their genetic code to synthesize proteins needed for survival. As the environment…

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PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF

Which Greek gods are named in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief in Chapters 1…

Chapter One: During the museum tour, Percy is asked to describe a stele that the class is looking at. He names Kronos the Titan and his son, the god Zeus. Chapter Two: Percy gets frustrated…

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HISTORY

To what extent is Globalization inevitable?

If one defines globalization as the move toward having a more interconnected, interdependent world, then the rapid advancement of technological innovations over the last five hundred years, though…

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SCIENCE

Do any enzymes exist that are made of something other than protein, DNA or RNA?

Enzymes are proteins, and are made up chains of amino acids like other proteins. However, there have been some other discoveries that cause us to deviate from that definition slightly. Molecules…

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CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

HBr (aq) + Mg(OH)2 (s) ->

The reaction between hydrogen bromide and magnesium hydroxide will result in the formation of magnesium bromide and water. The reaction can be written as:

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BUSINESS

What is the definition of context in communication?

The context of communication is generally thought of as a particular group of people communicating with each other in a given environment or situation. Group communication addresses communication…

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HAMLET

Can you help me write a character sketch for Hamlet?

Family: Hamlet is the prince of Denmark. He is the son of King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude. His uncle, Claudius, secretly murders his father (Claudius’ brother), marries Gertrude, and becomes the…

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SCIENCE

What is a type II superconductor? Give some examples.

Superconductors are materials that lose all resistance to electricity flow below a certain critical temperature. The superconductors of pure metals are known as Type I superconductors. Some…

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LAW AND POLITICS

Is parliament a part of the legislative branch?

This is a more complex question than it might first appear. Parliaments do indeed legislate, but unlike the American system of government, in which the President is elected separately from…

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SCIENCE

Why are flowers an important part of plants?

A flower is the reproductive organ of a plant. The anatomy of a flower contains both male and female parts. Pollen is the male reproductive cell of a flower. Pollen is contained in the anther of a…

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SCIENCE

If a test tube is put into a freezer so that all the water turns to ice, will the level of the…

Materials expand on heating and contract when frozen. Water, on the other hand, is very unusual. It expands when frozen and contracts when melted. This means that if we keep a glass full of water…

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PYGMALION

How would you critically analyze Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw from a gender perspective?

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw has a plot derived from the classical myth concerning Pygmalion and Galatea, in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, fashioned Galatea, the perfect women, and then…

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POETRY

The poem “To the Doctor who Treated the Raped Baby and Who Felt Such Despair” seems to move…

Finnuala Dowling is directly addressing the physician in her poem “To the doctor who treated the raped baby and who felt such despair.” The lines of the poem vacillate between settings; that of…

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SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD

According to Edwards, what do his listeners mistakenly feel keeps them from falling into hell?

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a sermon in which Edwards instills fear into his congregation to persuade them to experience a conversion of faith. The premise of his sermon lies in one…

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SCIENCE

It is said that the hen came first not the egg. But for this to happen the egg should be…

This is often posed as a deep quandary: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? In our everyday experience, every chicken egg comes from a chicken, and every chicken comes from an egg. So where…

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WINTER DREAMS

In the short story “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what is the relationship between Judy…

In “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Judy and Dexter have a tumultuous, “seasonal” romance. Dexter is obsessed with Judy’s beauty and mysterious ways. She is a fickle lover who goes…

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THE IDEA OF ORDER AT KEY WEST

What are the elements of abstraction in Stevens’ poem “The Idea of Order at Key West?”

Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Idea of Order at Key West” is an abstract poem that is difficult even for experts to comprehend. It is in part about the difference between the creation of art and…

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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

In Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice, where are Portia and Nerissa and why…

The location for Act 1, Scene 2 is Belmont, Portia’s wealthy home. Portia and Nerissa discuss the way in which Portia’s deceased father set up how she would find a husband–through a game of…

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THE TELL-TALE HEART

What does the narrator say when he is crazy in “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

The narrator actually spends a great deal of time assuring us that he is not crazy in this story. He thinks that we will assume that he is insane, and so he is quick to defend himself against the…

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HISTORY

To what extent did the American Civil Rights movement influence Australia’s Freedom Rides and how…

The US Civil Rights movement had a very large influence on the Freedom Rides program in Australia, and it’s quite possible that Freedom Rides would not have existed otherwise.In 1964, a protest at…

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THE SNIPER

What does the title suggest in the story “The Sniper”?

The title of Liam O’Flaherty’s short story is basically straight forward. A sniper is a sharp shooter who might perch on high ground in order to overlook the terrain below for enemy activity. In…

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THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

In The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, what is the significance of the story’s beginning and…

This imagery is similar to the passage from the English Burial Service, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust…

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LITERATURE

In the poem titled “To the doctor who treated the raped baby and who felt such despair” by…

In this poem, the word “and” precedes all statements relating to the actual treatment the doctor gives the raped baby. These statements start with the fifth line, “and when the bleeding baby was…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Does the novel To Kill a Mockingbird offer hope that prejudice might be eradicated one day?

Yes. Following the trial, Miss Maudie invites the children over for some cake and tells Jem that things are never as bad as they seem. Jem is still very frustrated with the results of the trial…

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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

How does Thoreau use rhetorical questions in his argument in “Civil Disobedience”?

Among other rhetorical devices, Henry David Thoreau makes extensive use of rhetorical questions to further his argument in “Civil Disobedience.” For example, in the second paragraph of the essay,…

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MACBETH

Identify and explain the different forms of hyperbole in Macbeth, Act 4, scene 1.

Hyperbole is intended exaggeration or over-emphasis, usually to make a point or to signify the importance of something. It is not meant to be understood literally. A good example would be,”I told…

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ROALD DAHL

Is it appropriate for the wife to kill her hubby in “Lamb to the Slaughter?”

The author does not give us much information about why Patrick is leaving his wife: And I know it’s a tough time to be telling you this, but there simply wasn’t any other way. Of course, I’ll…

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LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

Is it appropriate for Mary to kill her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

It sort of depends on what you mean by “appropriate.” It is illegal. It is risky because of the danger of getting caught and sent to prison. It is cruel and animalistic behavior. It is a violation…

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THE LESSON

What is the epiphany of Sylvia?

Sylvia’s epiphany is that there is a real difference between the people who can buy toys at FAO Schwarz and people, like herself, who can’t. On the the train returning from the store, she thinks…

IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

The wounded soldiers in the story are “in another country” in the sense of being taken out of…

First of all, our narrator is not only figuratively in another country due to being taken out of combat; he is also literally in another country – he is an American, fighting in Europe, his…

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LANGUAGE ARTS

In a “to what extent question,” how would I address other ideas in my essay? Can I write “to a…

You ask a good question and, while I appreciate the concept of “to a middle extent”, the answer to your predicament is actually more straightforward. To understand how the word “extent” is being…