Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis in Fahrenheit 451?

August 24, 2018 Educator

THE KITE RUNNER

Who is Sanaubar? How is she contrasted to Amir’s mother?

In The Kite Runner, Sanaubar is the wife of Ali and the mother of Hassan. Amir’s mother is Sofia Akrami. Sofia makes no appearance in the story, since she died in childbirth with Amir, but…

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DRACULA

How are the novels Beloved and Dracula similar and different in their presentation of the…

While both Dracula and Beloved deal with the supernatural, their approaches to the subject/genre are very different. With Dracula, Bram Stoker tells a chilling story of an evil entity driven to…

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OTHELLO

How is Shakespeare’s Othello a play of intrigues?

Typically the term intrigues is used in the context of the phrase “a comedy of intrigues,” but Othello is not a comedy. A comedy of intrigues is defined as: “a comic form in which complicated…

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HISTORY

when did the renaissance start

The Italian Renaissance was a period of renewed interest in the arts, sciences, philosophy, and logic. Historians generally hold that the Renaissance began in Florence during the 14th century, or…

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THE NECKLACE

What part of “The Necklace” shows Madame Loisel’s jealousy and greed?

Madame Loisel is the main character of Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” about a woman who longs to be wealthy. While it’s easy to see that she is quite envious of the rich, it’s hard…

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TO BUILD A FIRE

What purpose does the dog serve in “To Build a Fire”? How do London’s descriptions of the dog…

Without the dog, the unnamed protagonist would be all alone. That would force the author Jack London to remain inside the man’s mind from beginning to end. This could become tedious. The dog offers…

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MACBETH

What can you learn from the role of women in Macbeth?

One thing that is striking about Macbeth is the extent to which women are, to a great extent, the driving force behind the title character’s rise and fall. The witches plant the idea of murder in…

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HISTORY

Offer an overall critique of the book The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.

Erik Larson’s narrative non-fiction book The Devil in the White City tells the history of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, also known as the Columbian Exposition. He tells this story the way no…

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HISTORY

Why was this cartoon published? 1 image

The two men fighting in the background are supposed to represent Japan and China in the Sino-Japanese War, which started in 1937. This war was a continuation of another Japanese incursion into…

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SCIENCE

What is the function of the bicuspid valve?

The bicuspid valve, also known as the mitral valve, is located between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart. Its purpose is to keep the flow of blood going in the right direction, into…

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THE SCARLET IBIS

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” I counted 37 different types of flowers and plants. Snakeflowers, five…

James Hurst used several symbols in his short story “The Scarlet Ibis.” The most important symbol is that of the ibis which is meant to represent Doodle. The weather, which is often turbulent…

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HISTORY

For book The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson: 1)What is the author arguing or trying to…

In The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson re-creates the history of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, also known as the Columbian Exposition. Using primary sources, including newspaper articles,…

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HISTORY

How can I evaluate the roles and methods of the archaeologists who have worked at Pompeii?

Karl Weber and Francesco La Vega: The first stage of excavation began in 1748, and required relatively simple methods as the first layers of debris were the lightest and least compact. The…

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SCIENCE

Why do we get an electric shock when we touch neutral wire?

A proper electrical wiring (typically) includes, hot or live wire, neutral or common wire and a ground wire. In a connected (or complete) electrical circuit, the current flows from the source to…

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INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY

In the poem “Father Returning Home”, how does Dilip Chitre highlight “Man’s estrangement from a…

Dilip Purushottam Chitre (1938 – 2009) was an Indian poet writing after India’s independence from Britain. During this time India was beginning its transition from a primarily agricultural nation…

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REFERENCE

Explain a situation where a person has to choose one option out of many? What was its impact on…

Let’s take a situation right out of high school. Students have completed a mandatory expectation of society; they have gotten a high school diploma. Now students must make a choice that will…

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SCIENCE

What is the classification of our sun?

The sun is what is known as a G-type main sequence star. Specifically, the sun is a G2V star, sometimes referred to more vaguely as a yellow dwarf. Let’s break down what each of those three…

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SCIENCE

Why are papayas yellow?

Papaya fruits are yellow because of the conversion of the carotenoid lycopene to other carotenoids, beta-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin, by enzymes such as lycopene beta-cyclase. These carotenoids…

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A WRINKLE IN TIME

What are 4 key events that take place on the Dark Planet in A Wrinkle in Time?

The climax of the story happens on the dark planet of Camazotz, where Meg and Charles Wallace’s father is imprisoned. If I had to identify the most important four, it would be these: 1) Charles…

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IMMIGRATION & U.S. POLICY

What would be an excellent and sophisticated thesis on the topic of a pathway to citizenship in…

What would make an excellent and sophisticated approach to talking about the issue of immigration and paths to citizenship is to move away from generalities and partisanship and focus in depth on…

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SCIENCE

How is reflection different from refraction?

Reflection and refraction are terms commonly associated with light. There are a number of differences between the two, such as: Reflection takes place when light bounces off a surface (say the…

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A WAGNER MATINEE

In “A Wagner Matinee” how would you describe Aunt Georgiana’s life before she married Howard? I…

Before she married Howard, Georgiana lived in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was a music teacher. There, too, she was able to attend the symphony and was afforded cultural opportunities. However,…

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THE GIVER

Why was it so difficult for the rules to change in The Giver?

In any society it can be difficult to change traditions, rules, or beliefs that have been in place for a long time. This is especially true when no one questions them or the reason they are in…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

In To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Harper Lee include the scene where Atticus shoots the dog?

There are both practical and symbolic purposes for including the incident where Atticus shoots the rabid dog. First, the incident shows that the town of Maycomb looks to Atticus to do what most…

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SCIENCE

How is sperm transferred to the egg?

During intercourse, a male may deposit his sperm in the vaginal cavity of a female. Each ejaculation contains an average of 280 million sperm cells, any less than 20 million indicates there is an…

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REFERENCE

What does the word “lave” mean?

There are several ways of defining the term “lave.” Its most common meaning is to wash or bathe something, though it may also refer to the way a body of water flows and “washes up” on the shore….

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HISTORY

Compare Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism in a short summary

Political unrest, confusion, and conflicts among the people led to the development of the three philosophies that sought to guide the people’s way of life amidst all the chaos. The three…

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BUSINESS

How will the profit be affected if the fixed costs rise? How about reduced fixed and variable…

Profits will fall if fixed costs (or, for that matter, variable costs) rise. Profits will rise if fixed costs or variable costs fall. Fixed costs are those costs which do not change regardless of…

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LAW AND POLITICS

How can laws affect me?

Laws affect almost every aspect of our personal lives as well as civic society. For example, many countries regulate tobacco, alcohol, and very mind-altering substances such as opioids and…

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

How will opportunities at Purdue University support your interests, both inside and out of the…

Purdue University, universally known as a top-rated school for engineering (several astronauts were students there), agriculture (“home” of Orville Redenbaker” popcorn), and several other…

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SCIENCE

The current in an air-core solenoid is reduced from 3.99 A to zero over 5.9s. The solenoid has…

In this case you should apply the law of electromagnetic induction of Faraday. Ԑi = N(Δφ/Δt) Where: Ԑi, is the EMF induced in the coil. N, is the number of turns of the coil where the EMF is…

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SCIENCE

How many grams of carbon dioxide would be required to form 332.31 grams of glucose, assuming…

The chemical reaction that converts carbon dioxide and water to glucose can be written as: 6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O26CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2Here, 6 moles of carbon dioxide reacts with 6 moles of water and…

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SCIENCE

If you began with 9.23 moles of hydrochloric acid and excess amounts of aluminum, how many grams…

This is a stoichometry problem, in which you use the relationship between reactants and/or products in a chemical equation to calculate the quantity of one substance base on the quantity of any…

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OF MICE AND MEN

What is a quote in the book Of Mice and Men describing Curley’s wife?

Curley’s wife first appears in the bunkhouse in Chapter Two. Both men glanced up, for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there looking in. She had full,…

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MACBETH

Why do you disagree that Macbeth’s character is that of a “tool”?

I’m not sure I do disagree with the statement that Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s play is a “tool”, although being a professor, I would probably use more formal language to describe him. If you…

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A SOUND OF THUNDER

How do they choose which dinosaurs to kill in “A Sound of Thunder”? How do they mark them?

The only dinosaurs that are killed are about to die anyway. The time travel safari company Time Safari, Inc. allows its customers a unique experience. They get to go back in time and kill a…

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HISTORY

Explain why Taft’s policies offended progressives, including Roosevelt.

President Theodore Roosevelt appointed William Howard Taft as his war secretary. He declined to run for reelection and supported Taft for the presidency. Taft won the election, against the Democrat…

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ROMEO AND JULIET

How do the Friar’s motives differ from the couple’s motives in Romeo and Juliet?

In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is a good friend and supplementary father figure to Romeo. The young man is distant from his own father (as most noble children of…

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THOM GUNN

Please help me interpret the poem’s meaning. What lines are particularly striking in “The Nature…

In this poem, Gunn describes a search for meaning and selfhood, using images of rooms. In the first stanza, he leaves a room that he is “fond” of, but which he also describes using heavy,…

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POETRY

In “The Chimney Sweeper’s Complaint,” what do the words wretched, helpless, and doomed convey…

In Mary Alcock’s “The Chimney Sweeper’s Complaint,” the speaker is a “chimney sweeper’s boy,” an apprentice to a chimney sweep. The speaker has no parents or real home and is subject to the…

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HISTORY

Discuss the factors that drove exploration and colonialism in the 14th and 15th centuries.

The Europeans were curious to know what existed beyond the old world as supported by Renaissance ideals. They wanted to experience and observe the environment in the new world, and because of this…

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THE GIVER

In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, from whose point of view is the story narrated?

Lois Lowry’s The Giver is written in the 3rd person Limited Omniscient point of view. This means that the narrator sees the story unfold through the eyes of the protagonist. However, if a story is…

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RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

Why does Rikki-Tikki answer Chuchundra scornfully in “Rikki-tikki-tavi”?

Rikki is scornful of Chuchundra because he is a coward and wasting Rikki’s time. Riki-tikki-tavi is very brave. Bravery is a trait of mongooses, apparently. Even when he faces extreme danger,…

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AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM

What are the major neoclassicist themes in an Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope?

An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope encapsulates the Neoclassical literary theories of eighteenth-century England, a period sometimes referred to as “Augustan” for the way writers…

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THE LADY OR THE TIGER?

When did this book come out?

Actually, “The Lady or the Tiger” is a short story written by Frank R. Stockton in 1882. It was first published in a magazine called The Century. “The Lady or the Tiger” is a very popular…

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LYDDIE

What’s your personal statement on the book Lyddie? What did it mean to you? Can you relate or…

This question is entirely up to you. In order to best answer the question though, a complete reading of the book is necessary. Reading chapter summaries and character descriptions won’t give you…

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HOOT

Can you help me understand books, specifically Hoot by Carl Hiaasen?

Here are some ideas that will help you understand fiction books, using Hoot as an example. When you start reading a novel, think first about characters. Who is the book about? The first person or…

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THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

Please find four similes from chapter 1 or 2 in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

Similes are all about comparisons and they make writing interesting and create visual pictures to enable the reader to have a broader understanding of the meaning or significance of something….

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RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

What kind of animal is Nag in the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”?

Nag, and his wife Nagaina, are snakes. Specifically they are cobra snakes. Big, black cobras to be really specific. While wandering around the garden one day, Rikki-tikki comes upon Darzee and…