What role does Darzee play in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?”
- SCIENCE
What kinds of tests are used to identify cations?
A cation is a positively charged ion. The type of cation present in a salt can often be identified by the color of the precipitate formed when various chemicals are added to the salt. Cations can…
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- THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
What had Holmes thought was the significance of Julia’s last words in “The Adventure of the…
Julia Stoner’s last words involved a speckled band, which might lead people to think a gypsy did it. Helen Stoner comes to hire Sherlock Holmes because her twin sister died in suspicious…
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- HISTORY
Based on the context of separation of powers, the arms of government should be allowed to operate autonomously. However, this autonomy should be regulated through an established framework, where…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Are the conditions given to the suitors in The Merchant of Venice harsh? How would you describe it?
Whether or not the conditions of the casket test are harsh is relative. Nowadays, if we were to hear about such a situation, if would seem extremely harsh. In the world of the play, though, where…
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- THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
Why did Virginia wish to retain the empty casket of jewels in “The Canterville Ghost”?
The pure Virginia helps the Ghost die and go to his final resting place in peace. In return, he gives her a casket of valuable Canterville family jewels. Virginia, being an American brought up on…
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- HISTORY
Why was the United States so reluctant to enter World War I?
The United States was very reluctant to enter World War I for several reasons. One reason had to do with trade. We were trading with countries on both sides of the conflict. We knew that if we…
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- BUD, NOT BUDDY
What two gifts does Steady Eddie present to Bud?
Steady Eddie himself gives Bud two gifts and is instrumental in giving him a third. Shortly after joining the group of musicians, Steady Eddie informs Bud of the rules for being in the band. He…
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- TREASURE ISLAND
How does Ben Gunn frighten the pirates in Treasure Island?
When the remaining pirates set off to find the treasure, Gunn, Gray, and Dr. Livesey realize they may not make it to the place where the treasure was originally buried in time to intercept the…
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- THINGS FALL APART
How does the destiny of the tragic hero Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart echo the destiny of the…
In many ways, Chinua Achebe treats Okonkwo as a representative of the traditional values and beliefs of the Igbo people in Nigeria. Therefore, his tragic fate is symbolic of the fall of Igbo…
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- BUD, NOT BUDDY
When Mr. Calloway left Bud’s table, who sat in his place?
In Chapter 13, Bud and Herman E. Calloway’s band go out to eat at the Sweet Pea. When Bud enters the restaurant, Jimmy calls him over to sit with him, Herman Calloway, and Miss Thomas. Bud is…
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- FRINDLE
In Frindle, why did Mrs. Chatham feel Nick had been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger?
Nick Allen had been causing quite a stir at school. He had decided to start calling pens “frindles.” His idea caught on, and soon many kids at his elementary school were also using his newly…
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- SCIENCE
What are the differences and similarities between a plant’s transport system and a human’s…
A plant’s transport system and the human digestive system can be compared and contrasted. Similarities and differences of each system are identified below. Similarities between a plant’s…
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- REFERENCE
Why was Leonardo da Vinci significant in world history? 1 image
Most people know Leonardo da Vinci as a gifted painter from the Renaissance period. This is certainly true as paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are historically respected works of…
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- CHAINS
Why is the moon Isabel’s “friend” in Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson?
The “friendship” of the moon in the book Chains has to do with the importance of night to the character of Isabel. Throughout most of the book, Isabel is only able to see her sister (Ruth) at…
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- SCIENCE
Two satellite are at different height (smaller and larger) from the surface of Earth. Which would…
I suppose that both satellites have circle orbits, not general elliptic. In this case their speeds are constants throughout entire path around Earth. In this partial case Kepler’s Third law states…
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- A DAY’S WAIT
Why does the boy tell his father to leave the sickroom in “A Day’s Wait”?
In the story, the boy has a seemingly cryptic conversation with his father about leaving the sickroom. After a while he said to me, “You don’t have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers…
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- THE STORY OF AN HOUR
In the first two paragraphs, what evidence shows that others perceive Mrs. Mallard as weak and…
The first two paragraphs of Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” make it clear that Josephine and Richard perceive their sister and friend as weak and fragile. First of all, it is apparently well-known…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Most readers assume that the main character of Death of a Salesman is Willy Loman. However, there…
One could say that Biff is the main character in Death of a Salesman because, of all the characters, he drives the action, past and present, and he alone changes as a result of the events of the…
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- LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
What are five personality traits of the main character in “Lamb to the Slaughter”? Does Roald…
In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl uses indirect characterization to describe the personality traits of Mary, the story’s main character. In the opening line, for instance, we see Mary is an…
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- HOW TO WRITE A SPEECH
What are the major steps to be followed when I want to write a speech on World AIDS Day?
Your first step is to do some research on World AIDS Day so that you are well-informed and can give good details about it. For your main references, you should use authoritative websites such as…
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- SCIENCE
What will happen if our heartbeat decreases?
The beating of our heart supplies oxygen to the various parts of our body by pumping blood. The rate at which the heart does this is called the heart rate. Heart rates may vary from person to…
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- EVELINE
Why didn’t Eveline go with Frank to Buenos Aires at the end of James Joyce’s short story,…
James Joyce’s “Eveline” is a compelling and strange story that offers little explanation for its own ending. Throughout most of the story, we sift through a description of Eveline’s dull and…
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- THE ODYSSEY
What advice does Circe give concerning Scylla and Charybdis?
Regarding Scylla, Circe tells Odysseus that the she-monster has twelve horrible feet and six long necks, each neck topped with an awful head that has three rows of teeth each. She lives in a cave…
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- HISTORY
What are the differences between President Lincoln’s reconstruction plan and the reconstruction…
Both President Lincoln and Congress presented a plan for Reconstruction before the war ended. President Lincoln believed the President should be directing the reconstruction process. There were…
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- HISTORY
For a school project, we each have to pretend that we are a person in the revolutionary war, and…
It’s hard to determine what is accurate information when you are dealing with facts gathered from long ago where perfect records may not have been kept. I researched Mercy Otis Warren, as well,…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
In Chapter 7 of The Outsiders, what does Ponyboy mean when he says Randy looks old?
Pony means that Randy seems haggard because of the recent events. Randy is a Soc who was a friend of Bob, the boy that Johnny killed when the Socs attacked him and Pony in the park. Like Cherry,…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
In Chapter 7 of the novel The Outsiders, what does Ponyboy mean when he says that Randy looks old?
In Chapter 7, Ponyboy and Two-Bit go to the Tasty Freeze to buy some Cokes. Randy Adderson pulls up in a blue Mustang and asks to speak with Ponyboy. Randy tells Ponyboy that he won’t be attending…
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- WALDEN
What does Thoreau mean by his comment, “It makes but little difference whether you are committed…
This quote is found in paragraph 5 of the “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” chapter in Walden. It follows Thoreau’s recounting of a time when he considered buying a farm. He did not…
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- HISTORY
How did Aaron Burr first anger Alexander Hamilton ?
Long before their duel in July of 1804, which left Hamilton with wounds that would kill him, Hamilton and Burr had been rivals. Their initial disagreement arose from a 1791 U.S. Senate race in…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What is a good idea for a thesis on the following writing prompt? Examine the relationship of…
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio have a close relationship, although they are very different in personality and temperament. Romeo is a passionate lover and often…
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- THE ODYSSEY
What motivates someone to undertake an arduous journey like in The Odyssey?
Many things could motivate someone to undertake an arduous journey. It could be loyalty, concern for another’s well-being, and to procure help as it is for Telemachus. However, it could also be a…
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- TANGERINE
What facts about tangerines does Paul learn the first time he visits the groves with Luis?
In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, the main character, Paul, visits Luis Cruz’s family’s tangerine grove and learns many things on that first visit. Paul learns that Luis’s family grows Cleopatra…
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- THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Who was Charles Baskerville’s next of kin in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles?
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have been asked by Dr. Mortimer to look into the death of a good friend. Sir Charles…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is one kind of conflict in chapters 1 through 12 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and a…
The term conflict can be defined as a “struggle between two opposing forces” (Literary Devices, “Conflict”). There are four different types of conflicts that can be categorized as external and…
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- MATH
what does volume describe what metric unit does volume use
- Describe Volume: Volume describes the amount of space an object takes up, or the amount the amount of space inside a solid figure. Examples of solid figures are cubes, spherical balls,…
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- MACBETH
How does Macbeth becoming king affect Lady Macbeth? Why does she want him to become king so badly…
Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to become king because she is very ambitious and power-hungry. When he arrives home after she reads his letter, she addresses him by saying, “Great Glamis, worthy…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
What information should be collected and analyzed that would be most helpful in developing laws…
If I understand your question correctly, you are asking what data could be used to strengthen the Second Amendment and what data could be used to weaken it. Any laws, regulations, or ordinances…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
I need help making a 3-5 sentence summary on Chapters 1-3 for To Kill a Mockingbird.
When writing a summary, remember to include only the main points that are most important to the task at hand. This means that you should identify the main plot elements, which are characters,…
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- SCIENCE
Why do bog acids react differently with the bones of the body than they do with organs, hair, and…
Bog acid, also called humic acid, has a remarkable ability for preserving bodies for thousands of years. Throughout Northern Europe, many people have either been buried in bog or have fallen into a…
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- FREAK THE MIGHTY
Why does Killer Kane say that Grim and Gram poisoned Max?
Kenny “Killer” Kane is not saying that Grim and Gram poisoned Max with literal poison. Instead, Kenny “Killer” Kane is insisting that Grim and Gram have “poisoned [Max’s mind]…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
What time period is Great Expectations set in?
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was first published serially in All the Year Round, a periodical Dickens edited, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861, and then appeared in book form in three…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is a 3-5 sentence summary on Chapters 1-3 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird?
Chapters 1-3 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are critical, as they provide important exposition for the rest of the novel. An example of a potential short summary of the first three chapters…
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- NIGHT
What literary device does Wiesel use to illustrate his disillusionment with God?
While they could also be considered literary devices, Wiesel adopts common rhetorical devices to express his disillusionment with God, including anaphora and hypophora. Rhetoric is the art of…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
What is the relationship like between Willy and his sons in Death of a Salesman?
In Death of a Salesman, the relationship between Willy and his sons Biff and Happy is fairly contentious because Willy has imposed a set of impossible standards on his sons. When the boys were in…
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- SCIENCE
Give an example of a homozygous recessive genetic disorder.
One example of an autosomal recessive disorder is Cystic Fibrosis. Since Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive disease, in order to have the disease a person must inherit two copies of the recessive…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
How does American pop culture’s universalization lead to cultural homogenization?
Homogenization is a result of mass communication that ends the isolation of small communities. A person’s culture is related to social context; we pick up culture from the people around us. Prior…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
If the supply of a good decreases and it causes total revenue to increase, this shows that the…
We are shifting the supply curve, which means we’re moving along the demand curve–so the elasticity we’re interested in is the elasticity of demand, which narrows it down to (a), (d), or (e).By…
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- SCIENCE
The unknown liquid is methanol and its density is 791 kg/m^3 at 25 degree C. What is your percent…
When we carry out experiments, we obtain some parametric values and these measured values are compared against the standard or accepted values. The percentage error in the parametric values is…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What are some examples of hysteria in The Crucible?
One of the first examples of hysteria is made evident when the Putnams arrive at the Parrises’ house. Right away, Mrs. Putnam is described as “shiny-eyed” and she wants to know how high Betty…
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- RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI
What role does Darzee play in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?”
Darzee the tailorbird plays two important roles in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.” First, he acts as a foil to Rikki, and second, he performs a role similar to the chorus in Greek drama, interpreting the story…
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