Why is Boo Radley so different?
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why is Boo Radley so different?
Boo Radley has essentially been held prisoner by his religious zealot of a father since he was in his teens. Boo got in trouble with some other boys and was going to be sent to a reformatory, but…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Can you write down 3 themes that are clearly presented in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Three apparent themes in TKAM are: maturity and growing up; good vs. evil; and courage in the face of adversity. Maturity can be seen clearly through the characters of Scout and Jem, as we as…
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- IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
I need a chapter summaries for Chapters 8-10 of In the Time of the Butterflies.just some key…
Chapters 8 and 9 are summarized at the link below. Hopefully someone will post Chapter 10 for you.
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- THE PEARL
In the novel ‘The Pearl,’ how is the priest not a priest?John Steinbeck.
The priest in this story performs his clergical duties but he is certainly not wholeheartedly a “servant of God.” Neither is he portrayed as being abjectly corrupt. He is simply a man tempted by…
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- ANNE BRADSTREET
Can you give me three poetic elements and examples in Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving…
In Bradstreet’s poem, one can find many examples of poetic elements. One such element lies in structure. There are 12 lines, and each line rhymes with its subsequent one, creating a form of six…
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- CONTENTS OF THE DEAD MAN’S POCKET
How are the senses used in “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket”?
It is clear that the main way in which the author uses the sense in this story is to evoke the absolute horror and fear of the situation of Tom Benecke as he goes out onto the ledge of his…
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- THE GIVER
In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, why are the nurturers considering releasing Gabriel? How does the…
Gabriel has a hard time sleeping through the night, and is small for his age. In the “perfect” society desired by the community, this is enough to “release” a child. Jonas’ father, who works with…
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- BUSINESS
What are economic naturalists?
So far as I know, the only meaning of term is that it is the title of a book by Cornell economist Robert Frank. In a sense, this book is sort of like “Freakonomics” in that it tries to use economic…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
Brave New World is a novel of ideas. Give 3 examples of diffrent ways huxley presents ideas and…
Here are some themes that Huxley is presenting in the novel: Free will versus enslavement. Hardly anyone in the society has any choices because they’re all pretty much bred to be what they’re…
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- A ROOM WITH A VIEW
What actions in the novel show Lucy’s dependence?
Hello, need-help. I hope this is of some use: Lucy, being a late Victorian/Edwardian upper class woman raised in the country side has to deal with three separate situations: Growing up, evolving as…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why does Atticus go to the jail in Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Atticus shows his unflinching courage and determination when he goes to the jail by himself in Chapter 15 of the Harper Lee novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Earlier in the day, he had been paid a…
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- THE NECKLACE
Explain the effect of class-consciousness has on Mathilde LoiselIn the necklace, mathilde losiel…
Hello! First, let’s analyze the accepted notion of what is class consciousness. According to the likes of Marx, and George Lukasc, this feeling is created by each socioeconomic class as a group,…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
In “The Crucible”, what role does Parris play during the testimony? Why does he lie about the…
In act three, we really see how Parris works in the courts. He insinuates himself into everything that the court does–he offers opinions, he offers background information about everyone that…
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- CHEMISTRY
Free radicals are atoms or groups of atoms that can be very dangerous to the human body. Free radicals occur when various types of atoms interact with oxygen and thereby come to have an odd number…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
The author, Harper Lee, makes many observations about life and human nature through the speech…
As Atticus begins his final summation during the Tom Robinson trial in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, “he did something he didn’t ordinarily do. He unhitched is watch and chain and…
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- CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY
In ch 13 of Cry, the Beloved Country how does the author use the passage to present the main…
Hello, can you please clarify which passage you are referring to? Or if you are taking about all of chapter 13? Thanks!
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- THE CANTERBURY TALES
In “The Pardoner’s Tale”, where does the old man tell the rioters to look for Death, and how do…
The three drunkards are really very rude to the old man. He greets them very politely, but one of the drunkards responded rudely and asked him why he was still alive – as he was so old, he should…
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- WILLIAM BLAKE
Is William Blake a pantheist? Prove with illustrations from his works.
Yes. William Blake is a known pantheist. As you know, a Pantheist is person who holds to the metaphysical argument that God is everything around us, and not a separate entity for which we need to…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What does Jem think when Atticus calls he and Scout from the balcony in Chapter 20 of To Kill a…
Atticus has just concluded his final summation when Calpurnia suddenly appears in the courtroom at the end of Chapter 20 in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem and Scout wait…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
Besides Homer Barron and the change in Emily’s town, what is another symbol that represents the…
Emily herself embodies the most obvious symbolic reference to the decline of the Old South in the William Faulkner short story, “A Rose for Emily.” The lone survivor of the once respected…
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- THE ROAD
I need three references to “the fire” in the book (give PAGE NUMBERS) and make an assertion…
“Fire” is mentioned 76 times in the novel. Most of the time it is used literally to mean fire. A few times is it used as a metaphor by the father and/or son. Pg. 83: “Nothing bad is going to…
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- HISTORY
The Blitz was a period during World War II in which the German airforce (known as the Luftwaffe) engaged in heavy bombing of Britain. The time frame for the Blitz is generally given as September…
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- THE ODYSSEY
Who gets married at the beginning of “The Odyssey.” book 4
I assume you are asking about the beginning of Book 4 and not about the beginning of the whole epic. No one is getting married at the beginning of the Odyssey as a whole. At the beginning of Book…
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- LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
In La Belle Dame sand Merci, who is speaking in Stanzas I- III?
There are two opinions on the construction of La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats. The first is that there is an unidentified observer speaking to a knight lying on a hillside; but this view…
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- MACBETH
What are Lady Macbeth’s contradictory thoughts and feelings in Act 3 Scene 2?
As the scene begins, Lady Macbeth is depressed. She has prodded her husband to perform a terrible murder that she had planned, and she feels that she has gained nothing from it: Nought’s had,…
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- THE BEST OF O. HENRY
What is a typical O. Henry ending?
- Henry’s stories that are often comic or sentimental tales are developed upon some contradiction or incongruity in the narrative. For instance, in “After Twenty Years” the contradiction is that…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
What is a good evaluation paragraph for a book review for “Of Mice and Men”? it should say it…
There are many ways to pursue this. In evaluating the work, I think there has to be discussion of some of the themes that arise from it. This might be a good location to discuss how Steinbeck…
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- KINDRED
How do Dana’s personality traits, in the two different time periods, influence her behavior as…
“I was probably less prepared for the reality [of violence] than the child crying not far from me.” Dana is a progressive and liberal thinking woman. In the novel Kindred, by Octavia Butler we…
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- THE SEAFARER
Looking for some quotes on how the themes lonlieness/alienation or exile are conveyed using…
In “The Seafarer,” loneliness and alienation are themes referred to often by the poem’s speaker. The seafarer describes loneliness on the water in the following quote using imagery that describes…
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- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
What does Paul Baümer think of the enemy in All Quiet on the Western Front? How do these…
In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer thinks that the enemy is human. Throughout the novel, Paul comments on the devastating effects of war and its ability to make soldiers dehumanize the…
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- THE MACHINE GUNNERS
Who were the Nazis? this is about the machine gunners.
The Nazis were the political party, led by Adolf Hitler, who controlled Germany during World War II and the years leading up to it. The word “Nazi” comes from the German name for the political…
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- BUSINESS
What is the importance of marketing to the organization? What are the top three marketing…
Marketing is actually a production function, a must for any organization. It simply helps “produce demand.” Demand grows in Nature yes, and yes that happens naturally as well, but only for that…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
Explain: “In an instant he had reached the extremity of the niche, and finding his progress…
I assume you are asking for an explanation of the sentence, rather than a grammatical breakdown of each word. Please let me know if this is not correct. This quote, from Edgar Allan Poe’s…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
Explain: “It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that…
I assume you are asking for an explanation of the sentence, rather than a grammatical breakdown. Please let me know if this is not correct. The sentence in question begins the fourth…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
In The Crucible how does Danforth create drama?
Danforth loves being in control, creating drama, and adding suspense with his almighty word and power. He pauses dramatically; he explains himself with too many words, making people fidgety, he…
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- ANGELS IN AMERICA
What was the meaning of “I,I,I,I…” used by the Angel(s) in the HBO series Angels in America?
In the HBO adaptation of Angels in America and in the play itself, the angel always repeats this first-person pronoun. Your question is very good but also very specialized. You would probably do…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
In “Fahrenheit 451” what did Montag discover about Granger and his friends?The answer is not:…
Upon first appearances, Granger and his friends seem to be a bunch of vagabond homeless people, hanging out on the fringes of society, down on their luck. As Montag talks with Granger, one of…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
Can you break down this sentence for me: “In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his…
Would you like the sentence broken down in terms of meaning or in grammatical terms (diagramming)? The two are connected, of course, and I’ll try my hand at both, using a common method in…
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- HISTORY
Military ContractorsI recently watched a movie, State of Play, that raises the issue of the…
It sort of depends on how you define private contractors and what you say military operations are. There have been private contractors working for the military ever since the Revolutionary War….
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- BUSINESS
Using a clearly labeled diagram, explain how the equlibrium price and equilibrium quantity are…
The equilibrium quantity produced by a monopoly firm is determined by using the firm’s marginal revenue and marginal cost curves. The firm will always produce (in order to maximize profit or…
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- HISTORY
THE BEGINNING OF MODERN AGEI have to write a project for the following topic-THE BEGINNING OF…
Research the development of the printing press. Or how did Gutenberg’s Bible lead to Martin Luther & the Protestant Reformation? The dissemination of scientific & technological ideas?…
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- AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
What is Dr. Armstrong’s crime in the story “And Then There Were None”?What is his crime? What is…
Dr. Armstrong was a wealthy and successful doctor, but he had a problem with alcohol. He operated on a patient several years back while under the influence of alcohol, and something went terribly…
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- ALL MY SONS
In All My Sons, what is the crime as told by Joe Keller?
To the end, Joe does not believe that the true crime lies with his giving the order to ship the faulty airplane cylinders. Near the end of Act 3, Joe tells Chris that everyone who was associated…
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- THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER
What is the name of the river near Matt’s cabin, in The Sign of the Beaver?
The large river near Matt’s family’s cabin is the Penobscot River. There is actually a smaller river which runs closer to their new home as well, but it is unnamed. In 1768, parcels of land were…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
In the short story, “A Rose for Emily,” if Homer Barron is the antagonist, does it matter that…
One of the aspects of William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” is the life of loneliness Miss Grierson lives as a spinster in the small Southern town of Jefferson. Faulkner…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What is Rebecca’s explanation of the girls’ behavior in “The Crucible”, Act One?
In Act I of “The Crucible”, Rev. Parris’ daughter is seemingly “bewitched” and can not wake up. At this point of the play, Rebecca Nurse comes to the Parris household to see what is going on (as…
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- LITERATURE
How do I analyze an extract from a novel?Should i know the novel before start analyzing.what are…
Yes, if you have the time, you’ll definitely want to read the entire novel before you analyze an extract from that novel. To me, there are at least two main steps when it comes to analyzing an…
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- WILLIAM FAULKNER
What sort of person is William Faulkner? What kind of knowledge Does the storyteller have? Can he…
The nature of the question is quite broad, so I will try to offer up something even though it might not be exactly what you need. Faulkner is probably one of the most gifted storytellers. Using…
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- THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US
Summary of “The World is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth.no
This poem is actually a sonnet by William Wordsworth. Written in the Romantic thematic style, there are many elements which make it distinctive to Wordsworth’s beliefs and systems. From the…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
The author speaks of buildings, through the comment about Emily as a statue. If she is a fallen…
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