What is Jared Diamond’s thesis in Guns, Germs, and Steel?
- THE NATURAL
what are examples of literary devices used in ‘the natural’ by Bernard Malamud?
Examples of literary devices used in the novel “The Natural” by American writer Bernard Malamud are: Alliteration For example, early on in the novel, Roy Hobbs has a bit of a misunderstanding…
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- REFERENCE
What is basic information processing tasks as it relates to ICT?
There are four stages that comprise Information processing tasks as they relate to ICT and they include: Encoding: This is the collection and representation of information Storage: This is the…
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- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
In “Young Goodman Brown,” what is revealed about the character of Goodman Brown and Faith in the…
One of the enduring questions about Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is Goodman Brown’s motivation for leaving his loving wife, Faith, and taking a physical or spiritual journey into the…
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- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
What is revealed in the first seven paragraphs about the characters of Goodman Brown and Faith?
In Nathaniel Hawthorn’s haunting short story, “Young Goodman Brown”, the reader learns several things about the characters Goodman Brown and his wife Faith. Let’s look at Goodman Brown our…
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- REFERENCE
I’m stuck and need help on this:basically it’s a survey and I need to explain how the survey…
For this answer, I will assume that your goal is to write a short argument essay–a critique, by definition, is an argument– in which you argue either that the survey is effective or ineffective….
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- SCIENCE
George Gey worked at the Tissue Culture Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and was made somewhat famous in the book, The Imortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The book concerns…
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- 1984
Could I please have some help looking at the destruction of the individual in George Orwell’s…
Based on the statement above that, ‘Dystopian literature has been characterised as fiction that presents totalitarian social control leading to the destruction of the individual’, it is evident…
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- MATH
What is x? Y= x+99 Z= x+200 And has to be equal to a square number
y=x+99z=x+200y=x+99z=x+200 ∴y=x+200∴y=x+200 and y=x+99zy=x+99z and x+99z=x+200x+99z=x+200 from the given information. We first solve for z: x+99z=x+200x+99z=x+200 ∴x−x+99z=200∴x-x+99z=200 ∴99z=200∴99z=200
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
From Act 3 Scene 2 of Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare where was the scroll and give the summary…
Bassanio finds the scroll in the lead casket, which is the right choice. The scroll reads: You (the person) who chose not by sight alone (who was not misled by the glitter of gold or silver) stood…
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- LITERATURE
Correct the following sentence fragment by rewriting the sentence below. I am currently taking…
Sentence fragment: I am currently taking freshman English. A required course. Corrected sentence: I am currently taking freshman English, which is a required course. Therefore, the corrected…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
From the merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, in Act 3 Scene2, from the lines, “Look on beauty, and…
Short answer: In order to illustrate the outward appearance of beauty, Bassanio gives these examples: (1) facial make-up, (2) wigs, and (3) a beautiful scarf that wraps a woman’s head and partially…
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- BUSINESS
In the context of strategic, tactical, and operational planning, what are the goals of top,…
In many corporations, especially service and manufacturing companies, strategic planning occurs at the highest level of management (executive level and the board of directors–where should we focus…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
In the ‘Merchant of Venice’ by Shakespeare, from Act 3 Scene 2, from the lines, ” So may the…
In Scene 2 of Act III of The Merchant of Venice, Portia tries to delay Bassanio in his selection of the casket to win her in order to, at least, have some time with him beforehand in case he makes…
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- MATH
To solve x+2 =? requires that there is something on the right hand side of the equation. Perhaps this is x+2=0x+2=0 ∴x=−2∴x=-2 Note how we have isolated the x (got it by itself). If there…
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- TITUS ANDRONICUS
My college level essay is on Titus Andronicus 2.4.11-57. “Who is this – my niece that fies away…
Demetrius and Chiron have just raped and mutilated Lavinia, cutting off her tongue and hands so that she can neither speak nor write of their crime (nor tell anyone that it wasn’t her brothers who…
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- MATH
At a distance of 1300km from a ridge, rocks are determined to 45 million years old. What is the…
Based on the information given in the problem, the spreading rate could be found as distance from the ridge (1300 km) divided by the age of the rocks (45 million years.) Since the spreading rate…
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- THE POETRY OF ROSSETTI (CHRISTINA)
How does the poem At Home by Christina Rossetti show that speaking of home haunts her?
The narrator of the poem is reflecting on her death and how going home is a mistake. She goes to the house she used to frequent so much, only to find her friends having a feast and laughing…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
In The Merchant of Venice, Act III, ii, explain how beauty is purchased by weight and how does it…
In Act III, scene ii, of The Merchant of Venice, Bassanio is about to make his choice of caskets so that he fulfills Portia’s father’s demands. He is no longer self-serving and is determined to…
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- LITERATURE
Hello, please I need SERIOUS help creating an “outline” and will be writing a paper in which I…
This question requires a great deal of thought as to how to present your choices in your outline, and your teacher is correct that the outline is most critical to your success with this…
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- SONNET 116
In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116:Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds explain what kind of love…
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116: Let Me Not To The Marriage of True Minds has been read, repeated and romanticized through the centuries. Shakespeare evidently felt very strongly about his claims that…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Why is business so important to a country’s economy?
Business is extremely important to a country’s economy because businesses provide both goods and services and jobs. Businesses do these things much more efficiently than individuals could on…
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- REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE
What does Burke see as the basis, the foundation, of human society and government?
One thing that Edmund Burke does see is a “regulated liberty” as part of the basis or foundation of human society and government. He believes that government and liberty are both good. However,…
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- HAMLET
How does doublespeak and language undermine knowledge in Hamlet?
Hamlet’s downfall is his tendency to procrastinate, and this weakness destroys his ability to act with decisiveness and impact. He is also generally indecisive and fickle in his emotions. Some…
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- BUSINESS
Divide a sheet of paper into two columns. Label one column “Characteristics of an Effective…
Characteristics of an Effective Public Speaker Characteristics of an Ineffective Public Speaker Well-researched speech with competent knowledge of the subject Has a purpose for the speech…
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- MISS BRILL
How does Miss Brill’s character change from the beginning to the end of the story?
What changes in Miss Brill is her self-perception, a perception symbolized with the fur necklet that she inspects after pulling it from its box. “‘What has been happening to me?’ said the sad…
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- BUSINESS
- Suppose that marketing executives for Touché Toiletries reduced the price to $6.50 for a…
- a) According to the given formula, the number of bottles sold needed to break even is BEP = Fixed cost/(Unit price – unit variable cost) To calculate this, first subtract unit variable cost, 45…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Who is Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
Atticus Finch is the father of Scout, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird. A highly principled man, Atticus Finch is calm, wise, and intelligent; and he serves as a moral exemplar for the people…
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- THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
List and explain three ways in which Helen’s situation when she comes to see Holmes is similar to…
Julia was engaged to be married at the time of her death, and now Helen has become engaged. “Julia went there at Christmas two years ago, and met there a half-pay major of marines, to whom she…
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- BUSINESS
Touché Toiletries, Inc., has developed an addition to its Lizardman Cologne line tentatively…
Unit variable costs on the product are costs proportional to the number of items produced. Whereas, fixed costs are one-off costs independent of the number of items produced. In the case of Touche…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is counterclaim? How do I write counterclaim? Any advice or tips?
A counterclaim is an argument or position that rebuts another argument or position. Within the context of To Kill a Mockingbird, one might advance the argument that Atticus Finch had to defend Tom…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What is Proctor’s perception of a morally righteous person? How does that perception affect his…
John Proctor is a man of high personal integrity who struggles with guilt. His extramarital affair with Abigail fills him with self-loathing because he expects honesty and integrity in others, but…
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- TYPHOON
The narrator tells us that Captain McWhirr is considered faithful to facts; how does this play…
Captain MacWhirr sees life on a literal rather than a symbolic level. His speech is direct and lacks the embellishment and metaphor of Mr. Jukes. In responding to a comment that Jukes makes…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What 3 things does Bob Ewell do to alarm Aunt Alexandra in chapter 27 of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Whether or not it is failure to live up to his name–Robert E. Lee Ewell, a name of a general of the Confederency, such a name that Atticus contends makes a man a steady and slow drinker–Bob Ewell…
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- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
How is the story “Young Goodman Brown” an allegory based on an inward journey?
The journey of Goodman Brown is one which is allegorically connected to the Puritan-Calvinistic concept of the innate depravity of man. Young–as one who is innocent–Goodman Brown, the Puritan…
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- MATH
When dividing a unit fraction by a whole number, the quotient is always a unit fraction…
Consider this scenario. Four of your friends arrived in your house. You offer them your baked chocolate cake. However, only half of the round chocolate cake remains in your fridge. So, you divide…
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- MACBETH
From Macbeth, identify one conflict in Banquo and one conflict in Macbeth.
I think that one of the most basic conflicts in Banquo lies in the drama’s exposition. Banquo is conflicted with the witches’ prophecies. On one level, he is conflicted because he does not accept…
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- PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER
Describe the setting of Katherine Anne Porter’s novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Denver). How does…
In her novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Katherine Anne Porter relates through a thinly-veiled autobiographical tale the story of influenza pandemic that spread across much of the world during the…
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- PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER
Who is the antagonist in Katherine Anne Porter’s Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and is the character…
The primary antagonist in Katherine Anne Porter’s novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider is not a living thing, but in no way can it be categorized as static. Porter’s autobiographical story is about…
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- PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER
Give a short plot summary identifying the exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action…
“Pale Horse, Pale Rider” is a perfect story to teach plot. Its four plot elements are easily determined. First, the exposition is all about Miranda and her experience at the paper. It’s important…
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- PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER
How does Katherine Ann Porter use indirect characterization to describe Miranda?
Yes, Katherine Ann Porter uses indirect characterization (as opposed to direct characterization) to describe the heroine of Miranda. Before we begin to explore the “how” of Porter’s method, let’s…
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- EDUCATION
Please help me with ideas for how to answer these questions about nontraditional college…
Question 1: I consider socializing to be one of the most important aspects of the traditional college student’s experience. Socializing is the one thing that traditional students engage in that…
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- HISTORY
Briefly explain how the “individual” in Europe became so much more possessive of status…
As your question implies, the rise of the individual (in its collective sense, we refer to this as humanism) began in the late Middle Ages (ca. 1100-1350 BCE) and saw its greatest evolution in the…
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- BUSINESS
One method that Tina Powell uses to determine her selling price is called target pricing. It…
In this question, I assume that Tina Powell is an author who is trying to determine how much to charge the distributor of her books. She knows that the ultimate price of her books to the retail…
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- RELIGION
Why did Jane Addams resist the pressure to join an organized religion and to become a missionary?
Founder of the modern field of social work, Jane Addams initially planned to help the sick and the poor by becoming a doctor, but when health problems prevented her from completing medical school,…
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- THE LESSON
How do Sylvia and Miss Moore compare and contrast, in the story “The Lesson” written by Toni Cade…
In the story “The Lesson” written by American writer Toni Cade Bambara, Sylvia and Miss Moore compare in that both dress nicely when Miss Moore takes the neighborhood children out on an excursion….
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- GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
What is Jared Diamond’s thesis in Guns, Germs, and Steel? Specifically how does Dr. Diamond…
Jared Diamond’s thesis in Guns, Germs, and Steel is that European economic, military, technological, and political power came about because of geographical luck, and not because the Europeans…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
In Fareed Zakaria’s article, Rise of the Rest, what are some challenges or potentially negative…
I think that there are two distinct challenges or potentially negative trends that emerge from “the rise of the rest.” Zakaria articulates a new landscape different than anything previously…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
HOW DID TYBALT AND BENVOLIO REPRESENT CONFLICT?
Tybalt was Juliet’s older cousin and as such a saw himself as her protector and laid claim to interfering in her personal relationships. He despises Romeo because of the ongoing feud between the…
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- HISTORY
Which patterns do you see at work in Maine’s harvesting of natural resources? Ice, granite,…
The pattern I see in Maine’s harvesting of natural resources is a pattern in which natural resources lost their economic value as technology brought about economic changes. Natural resources…
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- BUSINESS
You are a Project Manager, and are meeting with your customer for the first time. Your Customer…
Initially inform the customer that you will analyze the brief and develop a proposal of how to execute the project. You will share your findings at your next meeting in two weeks. As the project…
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