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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does the symbol of the mockingbird function in To Kill A Mockingbird, and to what end?
The symbol of the mockingbird in the novel is one that asks the reader to figure out what characters are, in fact, mockingbirds. The understanding of the metaphor comes when Atticus explains to Jem…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Who covers up Scout on the night of the fire?
In Chapter 8, Miss Maudie’s house catches on fire. Atticus wakes the children in the middle of the night and tells them to stand in the Radley’s front yard. Jem and Scout watch the fire from the…
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- EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER
Why does Flick’s name have an onomatopoeic quality to it, and how does this sound device help to…
Flick’s name suggests the renowned high school ex-basketball player’s expertise at scoring. This name also creates the image of the basketball player’s speed and wrist movement–a movement Updike…
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- HISTORY
Who was Bartolomeu Dias’ wife? What was her name?
Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer in the 1400s. Unfortunately, there is very little information about his wife. Her name remains a mystery. It is possible that records exist in Portugal…
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- BUSINESS
How can a business make use of cross elasticity of demand to maximize revenue and stay competitive?
Cross elasticity of demand (also referred to as cross-price elasticity) measures the change in the quantity demanded of Good A in response to a change in the price of Good B. How these goods will…
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- THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL
Who sent Miss Strangeworth the green letter?
When Miss Strangeworth is writing her anonymous letters she prepares three of them on different-colored sheets of paper and in matching envelopes. She addressed an envelope to Don Crane using a…
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- THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER
In “The Devil and Tom Walker”, what type of customer used Tom’s business?
Tom negotiates a deal with the Devil to exchange his soul for a buried treasure chest (although this aspect of the deal goes unstated in the text, but it is explicitly implied and said to be…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
What are examples of diction in the first chapter of The Scarlet Letter?
Diction encompasses the choice of words that defines the writing style of an author, or a speaker. It is a determinant factor in what would be considered good writing, or a good speech, because…
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- HISTORY
Analyze the developments that lead to the foundation of the Scientific Revolution.
The Scientific Revolution was a movement in the seventeenth century which transformed our understanding of science and mathematics and served as a prelude to the Enlightenment. This revolution was,…
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- SCIENCE
Water is stored in a huge dam built in hilly terrain and used to produce electric power. Explain…
A reservoir is a large amount of water stored in one place. Reservoirs are usually formed when a dam is built across a river. A dam is a large wall that prevents water from passing. Thus, the river…
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- SCIENCE
Projectile motion is the motion in which the only force that acts on the body (known as the projectile) is gravity. An example of projectile motion is the motion of a ball thrown upwards or a…
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- JANE EYRE
How would you describe Jane Eyre?
Jane Eyre is both the title of a novel by Charlotte Bronte and the name of that novel’s protagonist. From her earliest days, Jane Eyre’s life is fraught with tragedy. Jane is an orphan who lived…
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- AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH
In the poem “An Irish Airman Foresees his Death” by Yeats, find examples and comment on the…
In William Butler Yeats’s poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” (written in 1918 and published in 1919), the use of contrasts highlights the idea that the airman is fighting for little purpose…
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- OTHELLO
What’s the main idea of Othello?
Othello is a massively complex and important work of literature. It seems somewhat odd to put a finger on a single main idea, but I will do my best. Shakespeare’s plays tend to be about human…
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- THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
In The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, what kind of dog is Enzo’s mother?
Enzo describes his mother as a Lab or Labrador Retriever. He maintains that he doesn’t remember much about her, but he does remember that she had “pendulous teats that swung to and fro” as he and…
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- HISTORY
What is the impact of globalization?
Globalization, or the totally interconnected marketplace, has many negative effects on the world at large. It creates a system that favors countries that are already developed while widening the…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Discuss the views of the following theoretical frameworks in sociological analysis: Karl Marx,…
Emile Durkheim, “the father of sociology,” is known for his early work on suicide among Protestants and Catholics in Europe, which was one of the first studies that used statistical methods…
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- SOMERSET MAUGHAM
What is the psychological theme in the short story The Kite by W. Somerset Maugham? How is the…
In the world of psychology, the relationship between the mother and son in William Somerset Maugham’s short story “The Kite” is an Oedipus complex. In Greek mythology, Oedipus, the King of…
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- THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Masque of Red Death,” how is the seventh room different from the…
In this story, the first six rooms, from east to west, have walls that are draped in velvet tapestries of a particular color (in order: blue, purple, green, orange, white, violent) with carpeting…
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- LYDDIE
In the book Lyddie what happens to Lyddie and Charles’ father?
When Lyddie opens, Mr. Worthen, Lyddie’s father, has been away for two years. He left the family because the prospects he had for making money on their farm had soured. The maple trees he had on…
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- SCIENCE
What are the differences between biodegradation and bioremediation?
Biodegradation is the biological process in which a material is biologically degraded. It is a natural process, that takes place without human intervention. Bioremediation is the engineered process…
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- HISTORY
“In the twentieth century nationalism destroyed the empires it created in the nineteenth…
While this statement has some truth to it, there are also ways to critique it. On the one hand, you can clearly say that this statement is true in some ways. Nationalism did rise in the 19th…
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- SCIENCE
How are meiosis I and meiosis II different?
During the process of meiosis, the parent cell goes through two rounds of nuclear division, meiosis I and meiosis II, to produce 4 non-identical daughter cells with half of the amount of genetic…
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- SCIENCE
While a persons weight would be different on the moon and the planets than on the earth, would…
The amount of matter a person is made of is the same in every location. The mass of a body is the sum of the masses of all of the atoms it contains. It’s literally a number of particles so it’s…
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- LOVE FOR LOVE
Explain the following lines: “If you were to wish, I would depict our love to the world; engrave…
Notice that the first phrase is in the subjunctive mood, “if you were to wish.” The poet might have written, “if you HAD wished”, which would have made us understand that he was talking about…
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- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Analyze the poem ‘A Night Thought’ by William Wordsworth.
‘A Night Thought’ is a small yet thought-provoking lyrical poem by William Wordsworth. Divided into three stanzas with six lines each, the poem compares and contrasts the “happy” moon with…
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- HISTORY
What role did Count Brechtold play in World War I?
Count Leopold Berchtold was the Imperial Foreign Minister for Austria-Hungary at the beginning of World War I. After Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914,…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
At the end of chapter 27 in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, what event is going to happen based…
Throughout the entire chapter, we learn about Bob Ewell and the grudges he holds against anyone involved in the trial of Tom Robinson. Ewell feels he has been shamed by the testimony of Tom…
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- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X
When was Charlestown prison built according to The Autobiography of Malcolm X?
In Chapter 10, we learn that Charlestown State Prison was built in 1805. This is where Shorty and Malcolm are incarcerated for ten years. To discover how both men ended up at the prison, we will…
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- BEOWULF
What are the traits of an epic hero?
The posts above outline the qualities of the epic hero. Let’s take a look at how they are specifically demonstrated in the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf is famous—he is known to the Danes before he…
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- BUSINESS
Why is it that liberal radio talk shows can not get a large enough audience to stay on the air…
There are a variety of reasons why liberal radio talk show hosts have been unable to gain the mass followings of conservative hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. According to media…
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- HAMLET
What are the contrasts between King Hamlet and Claudius?
The first difference between the two king is expressed by Hamlet himself in Act 1, scene 4: … that these men, …Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,… Shall in the general censure take…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Many Americans believe that marriage and family are the centers of everyone’s lives, when in…
There have been several factors that have developed in our society that have made family life less important. One of these trends is the growing demand of the workplace. Employers now expect…
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- HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS
What is the main conflict in the story “Hills Like White Elephants”?
In this story, the American and the girl, Jig, are a couple in love who travel around, seemingly carefree. And although this story consists mostly of dialogue and small talk, the couple are…
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- TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
How does Peter feel about Fudge being asked to do the commercial in Judy Blume’s Tales of a…
In Chapter 8 of Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Peter is extremely shocked and jealous when Fudge is chosen by Mr. Vincent, president of the Toddle-Bike company, to do his…
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- TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
Who is Mr. Denberg in Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing?
In Chapter 8 of Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Mr. Denberg is identified as the director of the Toddle-Bike commercial that Mr. Hatcher is currently working on for the Toddle-Bike…
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- ESSAY LAB
I’m writing an argument essay about curfews for teenagers. Originally, my thesis read:…
I’m not sure your final rewrite states what you are trying to say. It makes it sound like fighting crime is what will protect youth from victimization, which isn’t accurate. Furthermore, I’m not…
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- SCIENCE
A ball is thrown upward with a velocity of 30.0 m/s. Compute for: a. the time to reach the…
Hello! Let’s assume that the initial height is zero. If not, nothing changes but the question b.: what is the maximum height reached over the initial height? Denote the initial velocity as V0.V0….
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- AFTER TWENTY YEARS
In the story “After Twenty Years,” what does the police officer do after saying good night to the…
The policeman, whom we later learn is Jimmy Wells, asks Bob, the man in the doorway, a pointed question. “I’ll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call time on him…
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- A RETRIEVED REFORMATION
In “A Retrieved Reformation,” who is the good guy, Jimmy or Ben?
Jimmy is the good guy. He is the viewpoint character. He is the guy we are rooting for–especially after he falls in love and becomes a changed man. We want to see him go straight, to become an…
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- ANIMAL FARM
Who was the original owner of the farm?
The original owner of the farm is Mr. Jones. The first sentence of the story gives us this information as well as other important details about him. It says: Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are some examples of oppression that were caused by racial discrimination in To Kill A…
The most prominent example of oppression caused by racial discrimination involves the conviction of Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was an African-American who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell….
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- SCIENCE
A rock contains a radioactive element with a half-life of 100 million years. Tests show that…
Radioactivity involves the decay of an unstable isotope into another, more stable atomic configuration. This typically changes the number of particles in the atom by breaking off or changing the…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
In Great Expectations, Pip is about to die and he regrets things. What page is that on?
In Chapter 53 Pip has fallen into the clutches of Orlick, who tells him he plans to kill him and throw his body into the lime kiln where it will be dissolved. Orlick had lured him there with a note…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What kind of picture is Arthur Miller painting of Puritan society, in The Crucible? How does act…
The picture Arthur Miller paints is of a society obsessed in the fight against whatever it deems evil. In this society, strict adherence to the Church’s tenets and Biblical instruction is…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
What is the full name of William Shakespeare? Who are his siblings?
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564. Traditionally his birth date is set at April 23, 1564. His parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William was the oldest…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Based on descriptions found in the first 10 chapters of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, how…
Within the first four chapters of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, we learn a great deal about the location of the fictional town named Maycomb and the layout of Scout’s neighborhood.In the…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, how does Nick claim objectivity, but then uses judgmental language?
In The Great Gatsby, Nick’s claim of objectivity followed up with judgmental language sets the tone from page one that he’ll be an unreliable narrator. This idea of an unreliable narrator creates a…
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- SCIENCE
Why do molecules react with each other in certain quantities?
The Law of Definite Proportions states that compounds always always contain the same proportions of elements, so the elements and compounds that form them react in these specific ratios. This is…
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- BUSINESS
What ideas might be confusing to a student of business or leadership in the article “Leadership…
As someone who teaches management and business students every day, I would imagine that some students would find it confusing to think that they must vary their styles of management. We operate…
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