What moral lessons are emphasized in “The Gift of the Magi”?

August 24, 2018 Educator

MATH

In a week, 32 hens laid 96 eggs. What is the unit rate for eggs per hen?

We are given that 32 hens laid 96 eggs, and we are asked to find the unit rate of eggs per hen. A unit rate relates two variables: it expresses how many of the first variable are needed for each…

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LORD OF THE FLIES

What is the problem with Ralph and Piggy’s plan in Chapter 8?

In Chapter 8, Jack leaves Ralph’s group to start his own tribe on the other end of the island. When he leaves, Piggy suggests that they build a signal fire between the bathing pool and the…

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THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

Describe the two appearances of the ghost in “The Canterville Ghost.”

In “The Canterville Ghost,” the ghost makes his first appearance in Chapter Two. The family are in bed, having spent a full day driving, and the ghost plans to scare them by carrying his chains up…

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THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

What does Della buy in “The Gift of the Magi?”

In O. Henry’s short story, “The Gift of the Magi,” Della buys her husband, Jim, a “platinum fob chain” to go with his pocket watch. In this story, we are told that Jim Young (James…

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THE INTERLOPERS

How does Ulrich change his attitude toward his rival, and why do you suppose this happens in “The…

After being pinned beneath the huge branches of the beech tree, Ulrich begins to reconsider his enmity toward Georg Znaeym as he is faced with the possibility of death. On a bitter winter night…

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

How can Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” relate to modern audiences?

Everyone enjoys a good love story, or at least most people do. Even if one’s name is Benedick or Beatrice, one might eventually conclude that all sexual bravado, drenched in barbed innuendo, is a…

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MACBETH

What did Macbeth ask or say when he is told his prophecy?

When Macbeth hears the prophecy, he doesn’t believe it. The witches greet him as “thane of Glamis,” which is his current title, but also as “thane of Cawdor,” a title belonging to a man Macbeth…

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SCIENCE

If I use 1 lb of gas to burn 1 lb of wood, how much will the ashes weigh?

There are too many unknown variables involved to calculate an answer to this question, but I’ll try to help you understand the concept. First of all, if you’re referring to using gasoline to burn…

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THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER

How did Tom and his wife “cheat” each other in “The Devil and Tom Walker”?

Tom and his wife are introduced as thoroughly unlikable people, and their marriage seems to bear more resemblance to the relationship one would expect to see between sworn enemies. As a fulfillment…

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SCIENCE

Which has the highest frequency wave between microwaves, gamma waves, radio waves, and…

The electromagnetic spectrum illustrates the range of electromagnetic radiation. Light travels as a wave and different wavelengths represent different types of electromagnetic radiation. For…

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS

How is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens a timeless work of literature?

Great Expectations is a classic for the reason that, for generations, people have found in the novel some part of themselves and their own struggles. It is a coming-of-age tale, of someone who…

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SCIENCE

How would the lime water change when carbon dioxide produced was bubbled though lime water?

Lime water is used for detection of carbon dioxide and this liquid turns milky white when carbon dioxide is bubbled through it. Lime water is a solution of calcium hydroxide,Ca(OH)2Ca(OH)2 in water….

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THANK YOU, M’AM

Why did Mrs. Jones think the boy was hungry in “Thank You, M’am”?

In Langston Hughes’ short story “Thank You, M’am,” young Roger attempts to steal the formidable Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’ pocketbook as she is walking home home from her job late…

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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

Why do you think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins with a reference to Twain’s previous…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins with a reference to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in order to acknowledge that the character of Huck (as well as the characters of Aunty Polly, Mary, and…

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SCIENCE

What is the relationship between body size and heat loss in organisms?

In general, the larger the body size (in terms of surface area to volume ratio) of an organism, the higher will be the heat loss from the body. This is simply due to large surface area which is…

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ESSAY LAB

Can you help me with my graduation research paper??

Your graduation research paper should demonstrate your mastery of all your education to date: your control of the essay format (strong thesis statement, sound research and organizational…

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SCIENCE

What is reflection of light?

When light is incident on a surface, such as a mirror or even water, some or all of it may bounce back. This portion of light, that bounces off the surface is known as the reflected light. If the…

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RICHARD III

What is Richard III’s ultimate goal?

Richard III is delightfully, gleefully straightforward about what his ultimate goal is. He tells us right at the beginning of his play (in fact, he tells us at the end of the last play he appears…

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SCIENCE

If a ray hits a plane mirror at an angle of incidence of 35 degrees, what is the angle between…

According to the law of reflection, the incident ray (that falls on the mirror), reflected ray (that is reflected off the mirror) and the normal to the mirror, all lie on the same plane. More…

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

To what extent do newspaper owners control what is published?

At some newspapers, the owner is also the publisher. At others, the owner hires the publisher. The Washington Post was owned by the Meyers-Graham family from 1933 until 2013 and five successive…

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

Phenomenon of globalization from the sociological perspective.

There are several different sociological frameworks for explaining what globalization is and how it works. The first and most basic actually came before what we consider to be modern globalization,…

MACBETH

Why would Shakespeare have Duncan and his guards killed offstage?

There are several reasons as to why Shakespeare chose not to depict Duncan and his chamberlain’s murders. Shakespeare wanted to convey that the murders were too terrible to portray which is one…

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THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

What powerful thoughts and feelings are conveyed in the William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Lake…

Yearning for peace in the company of nature is the most powerful thought in the poem. The poet is a man of city. What troubles him in the city is not specified. However, it’s understood that the…

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ANIMAL FARM

Discuss the characters of Boxer and the sheep with regard to their use of language, both as…

It is both tragic and sad that Boxer and the sheep become mere pawns in the hands of the tyrannical Napoleon and his fawning acolytes because of their poor intelligence. It is evident from the…

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SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION

Based on Patrick Henry’s speech, how would you describe his beliefs on peace, freedom, and equality?

In his 1775 speech to the Virginia Convention, Henry uses an extended metaphor to characterize the need for the colonies to separate from Britain; to him, “it is a question of freedom or slavery.”…

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THE SOLDIER

how is parallelism being used in the poem The Soldier by rupert brooke

Parallelism is defined as using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter. For example, referring to Brooke’s poem: “That…

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HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED?

How do the sisters’ conversation at the beginning of Tolstoy’s story “How Much Land Does a Man…

The sisters’ conversation at the beginning of the story acts as an introduction to the story itself. They talk about their respective lives and the benefits of each style of living. The rich sister…

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THE SOLITARY REAPER

The poet uses a number of direct addresses to the reader. What functions do they have?

In Wordsworth’s “The Solitary Reaper” (1805), he uses direct addresses to the audience to emphasize the importance of the scene. The implied audience (i.e. the reader) is to pay attention more…

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JULIUS CAESAR

What does Flavius mean when he tells Marullus to “disrobe the images if you do find them…

This quote is from the first scene of Act One. In it, Flavius and Marullus are expressing their disdain for the commoners who fill the streets of Rome to celebrate Caesar’s victory over Pompey….

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LAW AND POLITICS

How can people oppose unjust laws?

The idea is called “civil disobedience”. It was named by Henry David Thoreau in the 1840s, but the basic concept has a long and distinguished history that goes back many centuries before that;…

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

How can I analyze the poem “By The Seaside” by William Wordsworth?

English poet laureate for most of the 19th century, William Wordsworth was considered the premier Romantic poet in English literature. His poems tend to focus on nature and he spent most of his…

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SONNET 30

Who is the speaker in Sonnet 30?

The speaker in Shakespeare’s sonnet 30 is the poet himself, ruminating over his life, things gained and lost. “I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time’s…

LITERATURE

In “The Bet,” what was the mood of the host at the party? Did it change after 15 years?

At the party, the banker’s mood is lively and enthusiastic. When discussing the death penalty, for instance, he gets “carried away by excitement” and bangs his fist on the table before he proposes…

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MATH

Write out a table of indices modulo 23. Express all the other primitive roots of 23 as powers of…

Modular arithmetic has a lot of weird properties we don’t find in conventional arithmetic. The idea that you can get any number mod 23 by raising powers of 5 is pretty strange, but it’s true.Let’s…

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ILIAD

In the Iliad, what happens because of Achilles’ anger? What are three consequences?

The first consequence of Achilles’ anger is that withdraws from the fighting and remains lounging in his tent. Shakespeare has comic scenes involving Achilles amusing himself in his tent along with…

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LITERATURE

Where does the exposition end and the movement toward the story’s climax begin? Where does the…

Since you haven’t provided a piece of literature to analyze I’ve chosen a very well written and easily understood short story by Gary Soto which is often anthologized in high school literature…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What are the turning points in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird?

The terms turning point and climax are used interchangeably as literary terms. A turning point, or climax, is the moment in the story when “all rising action turns around into falling action”…

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THE LOTTERY

Where you surprised by the big surprise in “The Lottery”?

“The Lottery” does not seem intended to give the reader a big surprise. An awareness of the purpose of this lottery builds gradually. We see early in the story that a lot of the boys are collecting…

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ROMEO AND JULIET

What are three arguments to support the idea that in the play Romeo and Juliet, the rivalry…

There are many examples for you to choose from. You could argue that, in addition to the deaths of the two protagonists, the feud also leads to Mercutio’s death, who is neither a Montague nor a…

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RELIGION

What does the second chapter in Richard Dawkins’ 2006 book, The God Delusion, say about religion?

“The God Hypothesis” is the second chapter in Richard Dawkins’ 2006 book, The God Delusion. Dawkins is one of the more outspoken members of a movement sometimes termed the “new atheism”, a vocal…

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RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

What are the human-like traits of Rikki?

I think one key human-like trait of Rikki is the fact that he is insatiably curious. He’s so curious that he isn’t necessarily afraid of things that he should be wary of. Kipling tells his…

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THE CRUCIBLE

What does this quote said by Hale mean? “The devil is precise; the marks of his presence are…

The statement that Hale gives in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible makes the point that he tries to make throughout the play. He is searching for verifiable proof of the Devil; however, throughout the…

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HISTORY

What did Martin Luther King Jr. say in his speech during the Million Man March?

You are definitely referring to Martin Luther King’s speech in August of 1963 in Washington D.C. The event was called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and has since been shortened to…

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LITERATURE

What do we mean when we say, “the chicken has come to roost”?

The phrase “the chicken has come home to roost” is an idiom or expression that means that bad things a person says or does will come back to hurt them. The idea of a bird returned to its nest…

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TREASURE ISLAND

In Treasure Island, how is the central conflict of the novel resolved? A. Jim Hawkins helps Long…

There are elements of truth in each of the options, but C is the only correct answer. While Ben Gunn hints to Jim that he has already found the treasure, claiming that he’s rich, Jim doesn’t catch…

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SCIENCE

What are possible sources of error in a lab concerning the law of conservation of mass?

The law of conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created nor destroyed on Earth. Theoretically, when performing a lab, the mass of the reactants should be the same as the mass of the…

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LORD OF THE FLIES

Summarize chapters 6 and 7 of the novel Lord of the Flies.

Chapter 6 “Beast from Air”: The chapter begins with the descent of a dead paratrooper from the sky after he is shot during an air battle that takes place over the island while the boys are…

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SCIENCE

Does bond length affect bond angle?

Yes, for fundamental geometric reasons. If you have three atoms bonded in a triangle, and you make one of those bonds longer, you will make the corresponding bond angle larger.That said, it doesn’t…