Which factors may affect the growth of an Elodea plant?

Elodea is a water plant--the entire plant, including its leaves, grows under water. It is easy to maintain and is grown in many home aquariums. Even though it is under water, Elodea performs photosynthesis. Because it does, it has some of the same needs as other green plants--sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. Anything that affects the plant's access to these necessities will affect the growth of Elodea. This includes:

Murkiness of water, whether in a...

Elodea is a water plant--the entire plant, including its leaves, grows under water. It is easy to maintain and is grown in many home aquariums. Even though it is under water, Elodea performs photosynthesis. Because it does, it has some of the same needs as other green plants--sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. Anything that affects the plant's access to these necessities will affect the growth of Elodea. This includes:

Murkiness of water, whether in a pond or an aquarium, will reduce the amount of sunlight available for photosynthesis and reduce the plant's growth.

Eutrophication--over-growth of algae and plant life such as Elodea due to excess fertilizer runoff--can cause first an increase (from increased nutrient levels), then a decrease in Elodea growth due to the competition for space and necessary chemicals.

Elodea is generally anchored to the soil under the water. The soil type is another factor that can affect the growth of Elodea; it grows best in a mix of sand and clay.

Elodea grows best at moderate temperatures, about 50 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures that are either too high or too low will inhibit growth.

Big mammals became extinct on the continent of Australia. According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, how did this impact the history of the people on...

To cobble together an answer to this question, we have to look in a couple different places in Guns, Germs, and Steel.  When we do, we will find that the extinction of large marsupials in Australia meant that the Australian people would have a harder time developing agriculture and would, therefore, have less of a chance to develop a wealthy and powerful civilization.

The first part of the answer can be found on p....

To cobble together an answer to this question, we have to look in a couple different places in Guns, Germs, and Steel.  When we do, we will find that the extinction of large marsupials in Australia meant that the Australian people would have a harder time developing agriculture and would, therefore, have less of a chance to develop a wealthy and powerful civilization.

The first part of the answer can be found on p. 308 in the book.  There, Diamond tells us that there were many large animals in Australia during the Ice Ages.  However, these large animals either died off or were exterminated by hunters when humans arrived in Australia.  What this meant, Diamond says, was that Australia had no large animals that could be domesticated.  The largest animal that could be was the dingo, which is a species of dog.

This brings us to the other part of our answer.  That is, we need to talk about why it was important that there were no large domesticable animals in Australia.  For this, we can look at p. 88.  Beginning on that page, Diamond tells us why large domesticated animals can do so much to help people develop agriculture.  He says that, first of all, domesticated animals give people a source of protein in their diet. People can eat the animals and can get dairy products from some large animals as well.  Next, domesticated animals produce manure, which can be used to fertilize fields, thus making agriculture more productive.  Finally, large animals can also pull plows.  This, too, makes it much easier for farmers to grow more food on a given amount of land.  Without large domesticable mammals, Australians would have had a much harder time developing agriculture.

Throughout his book, Diamond tells us that agriculture is the key to developing a strong and wealthy society.  People who could not develop agriculture were not likely to develop as rapidly or as effectively.  Thus, the extinction of the large animals in Australia meant that humans in Australia would not be able to develop a rich and powerful society.

Does Jimmy Valentine or Ben Price show greater courage at the end of "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry?

Jimmy Valentine shows far greater courage at the end of "A Retrieved Reformation" because he knows he is probably sacrificing everything to save the life of a little girl trapped inside a bank vault. Ben Price is not necessarily sacrificing anything. He is just resolving one of his many cases by letting one criminal go. He may not even have to report his decision to his superiors at the detective agency he works for. He believes that Jimmy Valentine is truly reformed and no longer a threat to banks or society. 

Jimmy, on the other hand, is exposing his true identity as a master safecracker, and in doing so believes he is giving up the girl to whom he is engaged. This is presented as his greatest and hardest loss. He also believes he is giving up his profitable business in the town of Elmore, his identity as Ralph Spencer, and the respect of Annabel's family and that of most of the citizens of Elmore. Instead, he is accepting his fate as a prisoner in a state penitentiary, without any hope of another reformation after he is released. He was previously serving four years for one bank job, so he can expect to be sentenced to four times as long, sixteen years, because Ben Price would be arresting him for four bank jobs. The sentence might even be worse because he has a prison record. His friends on the outside may want to distance themselves from him because of this lengthening record. Jimmy's desolation can be seen in his behavior after he releases the little girl from the vault.

“Hello, Ben!” said Jimmy, still with his strange smile. “You’re here at last, are you? Let’s go. I don’t care, now.”

And then Ben Price acted rather strangely. “I guess you’re wrong about this, Mr. Spencer,” he said. “I don’t believe I know you, do I?”

Jimmy's "strange smile" is undoubtedly at the irony of fate. Irony is often like a bad joke. Just when he thought he had given up his life of crime in exchange for a much better life as an honorable citizen, an accident forces him to open his suit-case full of specialized burglar tools to release a little girl whose life is in danger.

Considering the Principle of Homogeneity of Dimensions, is the following equation correct? F=mh, where F = force , and h = height.

The Principle of Homogeneity of Dimensions states that all terms inside a physical formula must be the same. Really, it is a bad idea to add meters to kilograms (multiplying meters by kilograms is okay).

There are only two terms in our formula `F = m*h,` `F` and `m*h.` We have to check and compare their dimensions.

Force `F` has the dimension of Newtons (`N`). `N` is the same as `kg*m/s^2`; we can derive this...

The Principle of Homogeneity of Dimensions states that all terms inside a physical formula must be the same. Really, it is a bad idea to add meters to kilograms (multiplying meters by kilograms is okay).

There are only two terms in our formula `F = m*h,` `F` and `m*h.` We have to check and compare their dimensions.

Force `F` has the dimension of Newtons (`N`). `N` is the same as `kg*m/s^2`; we can derive this from Newton's Second Law `F = ma.` Height `h` has the dimension of meters (`m`), and mass `m` has the dimension of `kg.` In terms of dimensional formulas `F = [M*L*T^(-2)],` `m = [M]` and `h = [L].`

So there is `[M*L*T^(-2)]` at the left and `[M*L]` at the right. These dimensions are different, so no, this formula cannot be correct.

How does Shakespeare present his female characters in his tragedies (Macbeth) and comedies (Much Ado About Nothing)?

Shakespeare presents his female characters in a variety of ways in both tragedies and comedies. It is easier to specifically compare Macbeth to Much Ado About Nothing than to make generalizations.

Macbethhas few female characters and is one of Shakespeare’s shorter plays. Lady Macbeth is one of his most famous women. Some admire her for her strength and pragmatism, while many paint her as a wicked, Eve-like character who brings about Macbeth’s downfall. She...

Shakespeare presents his female characters in a variety of ways in both tragedies and comedies. It is easier to specifically compare Macbeth to Much Ado About Nothing than to make generalizations.

Macbeth has few female characters and is one of Shakespeare’s shorter plays. Lady Macbeth is one of his most famous women. Some admire her for her strength and pragmatism, while many paint her as a wicked, Eve-like character who brings about Macbeth’s downfall. She calls on evil spirits to fill her “from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty!” Though she initially holds the power in her marriage, she eventually goes insane and dies. Other female characters include the androgynous witches who also lure Macbeth towards evil and Lady Macduff, Macduff’s ill-fated wife. These feminine characters are complex but powerless, unless they turn to the forces of darkness.

Much Ado, on the other hand, features a number of strong women. Beatrice is an incredibly outspoken, witty, and independent young woman who refuses to marry. Against her will, she falls in love with the irascible Benedick. Her cousin Hero is much milder and more obedient, but even she participates in tricking Beatrice into loving Benedick, as does the minor female character Ursula. Margaret is another playful, strong-minded individual, a flirtatious woman whose secret liaison leads to a series of deceptions and misunderstandings. After being wrongfully shamed at her wedding, Hero narrowly averts becoming a tragic heroine. This being a comedy, the situation is eventually sorted out.

As you can see, the female characters in Much Ado About Nothing, apart from Hero, have agency and a much better time than the women in Macbeth, unless you include the gleefully evil witches as women.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the euro system? Explain.

The euro system has created a large zone within Europe in which various countries all share the same currency.  This single currency system has one major advantage, as well as one major disadvantage.

The major advantage of having a single currency is that it makes trade between countries much easier.  It does this in a number of ways.  Companies that want to trade within the euro zone do not have to exchange currency in order...

The euro system has created a large zone within Europe in which various countries all share the same currency.  This single currency system has one major advantage, as well as one major disadvantage.

The major advantage of having a single currency is that it makes trade between countries much easier.  It does this in a number of ways.  Companies that want to trade within the euro zone do not have to exchange currency in order to do so.  This reduces the cost of buying and selling across national borders.  People and companies who want to shop can do so much more easily because they know what the prices offered by suppliers in various countries mean.  Imagine if you are a car manufacturer and you want to compare the price of parts made by suppliers in five different countries.  This requires you to calculate exchange rates, which takes time and therefore costs more money.  With a single currency, you do not have to do this.  In addition, with a single currency, this hypothetical auto maker would not have to worry about changes in the exchange rate.  Since their country and the suppliers’ countries all have the same currency, they know that changes in exchange rates will not change their costs.  In all of these ways, and more, the existence of the euro makes it easier for people and companies in the euro zone to trade with one another, even if they are in different countries.

The major disadvantage of the single currency has to do with the economies of specific countries.  The problem is that you have many countries with very different economies all tied to the same currency.  This makes it impossible for different countries to change their monetary policies to adjust for the needs of their economies.  For example, if Greece is in a recession but other euro zone countries are not, Greece cannot simply implement a looser monetary policy because it does not have its own currency.  Similarly, countries cannot devalue their currency when they are part of the euro zone. This was another problem for Greece in its recent economic crisis.  If it had had its own currency, it could have allowed it to devalue, which would have helped the Greek economy significantly.  When countries with different economies are linked together in a single currency, they can be harmed because they all have to have the same monetary policies and currency values even though it might be better for separate countries to have separate policies.

Thus, the euro system is good for business in general because it makes it cheaper and easier to do business between countries.  However, the euro system’s major disadvantage is that it does not allow different countries to have different policies that fit their respective economies.

How does Saki make the ending so powerful in "Sredni Vashtar"?

The ending of Saki's "Sredni Vashtar" is powerful because it has elements of the mysterious and the preternatural that converge with the realism of the story.

Saki's narrative is rife with intense feelings, though many of which are masked. Mrs. de Ropp is the "uninspired" guardian of ten-year-old Conradin,  a sickly, but imaginative boy who "hates this cousin with a desperate sincerity" and is in "perpetual antagonism" with her. She feels it is her duty to thwart the boy "for his good," and it is a duty that she does not find "unpleasurable." With such tension between this stringent adult and imaginative boy, there is generated a tension which becomes almost palpable.

In order to subvert his cousin and to have something on which to pour his affection Conradin keeps a little Houdan hen in a half-hidden, unused tool shed to which his guardian gives no attention. Farther back in the gloom of this old shed is later hidden a "polecat-ferret," surreptitiously brought in for Conradin by a butcher-boy. To this ferret Conradin gives the exotic name, Sredni Vashtar

...for he was a god who laid some special stress on the fierce impatient side of things, as opposed to the Woman's religion, which, as far as Conradin could observe, went to great lengths in the contrary direction.

Every Thursday Conradin holds a "mystic and elaborate" ceremony before the hutch of Sredni Vashtar, "the great ferret." He celebrates some ailment of the woman such as a severe toothache, and offers the ferret some stolen nutmeg in homage. 

After some time and to Conradin's dismay, his guardian discovers his visits to the Houdan hen, and she has the unfortunate bird taken away. In protest, Conradin sets his face stoically and declines without emotion to eat his toast at tea time. 

"I thought you liked toast," she exclaimed, with an injured air, observing that he did not touch it. "Sometimes," said Conradin.

Later, when he has the opportunity, Conradin visits the tool-shed:

...in the evening there was an innovation in the worship of the hutch-god. Conradin had been wont to chant his praises; tonight he asked a boon.

In supplication to Sredni Vashtar, Conradin requests that the "polecat" avenge the loss of the hen. But, he only says, "Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar." The boy leaves it up to his revered god to act according to its nature. With a sob for his lost pet, Conradin returns to the house. Every night Conradin repeats to his god, "Do one thing for me."

Finally, Mrs. de Ropp notices that Conradin still goes to the old shed. Angrily, she asks the boy what he yet has in there. After she discovers the hutch, she tells Conradin that she suspects that he has guinea pigs; these, she declares, will be cleared out the next day. In despair, Conradin feels certain that the woman will go in the shed the next day and come out in triumph. His ferret, a god no longer, will then be carried out by the gardener. In despair Conradin chants loudly and fervently "the hymn of his threatened idol":

Sredni Vashtar went forth, His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white. His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death. Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful.

The boy's intense belief in his god, his powerful feelings of hatred, and the innate nature of the polecat converge as does happen in life. Of course, realistically, the intrinsic nature of the ferret probably causes the demise of Mrs. de Ropp, but there is a possibility of the power of the human will as a factor. What also takes the ending further than reality is the cool and preternatural indifference displayed by Conradin when he discovers that Sredni Vashtar has, indeed, avenged him.

How does Scrooge behave with his nephew before the ghost has transformed his heart in A Christmas Carol?

Scrooge will not suffer his nephew's good cheer when he comes to visit his uncle's office.

When Fred, Scrooge's jovial nephew, visits his uncle, he calls out swiftly as he enters, "A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!"

"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"

Fred is astonished. "Christmas a humbug, uncle!....You don't mean that, I am sure?" Scrooge assures his nephew that he does, indeed, mean exactly that. He asks Fred for what reason he is happy...

Scrooge will not suffer his nephew's good cheer when he comes to visit his uncle's office.

When Fred, Scrooge's jovial nephew, visits his uncle, he calls out swiftly as he enters, "A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!"

"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"

Fred is astonished. "Christmas a humbug, uncle!....You don't mean that, I am sure?" Scrooge assures his nephew that he does, indeed, mean exactly that. He asks Fred for what reason he is happy because he is "poor enough." To this remark, Fred cleverly turns his uncle's question back upon him as he asks his Uncle Ebeneezer what right he has to be so gloomy and morose. "You're rich enough."

Having nothing else to express himself, Scrooge reiterates, "Humbug!...What is Christmas to you but a time to pay bills without the money?" Then, even though his nephew tries to cajole him into a more cheerful mood, Scrooge continues to rant, arguing that he will keep Christmas as he pleases; after all, it has not done Fred any good.
Fred tells his uncle that all things cannot be measured by monetary profit. Christmas is, to Fred,

...a good time...a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time... when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

Hearing this pronouncement of the merits of Christmastime, Bob Crachit applauds from the other room. Embarrassed that he has demonstrated the impropriety of listening, Bob quickly goes about stoking his pitiful fire from one lonely coal. Scrooge shouts out a threat to fire him if he hears anything else, adding, "I wonder you don't go into Parliament!" alluding to the vocal exchanges among those in this office.

Despite Scrooge's harsh and cruel words, Fred invites his uncle to Christmas dinner at his home. But, Scrooge declines, saying sharply, "Good afternoon!"

This early scene in the novella of Dickens serves to characterize Ebenezer Scrooge as a cold, heartless, materialistic old curmudgeon.

How does the behavior of the school children in To Kill a Mockingbird depict parental influence?

During lunchtime, Miss Caroline notices Walter Cunningham Jr. doesn't have a lunch and offers to lend him a quarter to buy one. Walter Cunningham timidly refuses Miss Caroline's quarter. Miss Caroline, unfamiliar with Walter's family background, offers him the quarter again. Again, Walter refuses to accept the quarter. Scout gives insight into why Walter will not accept the quarter by saying,

"The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back—no church baskets, and no scrip...

During lunchtime, Miss Caroline notices Walter Cunningham Jr. doesn't have a lunch and offers to lend him a quarter to buy one. Walter Cunningham timidly refuses Miss Caroline's quarter. Miss Caroline, unfamiliar with Walter's family background, offers him the quarter again. Again, Walter refuses to accept the quarter. Scout gives insight into why Walter will not accept the quarter by saying,

"The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back—no church baskets, and no scrip stamps. They never took anything off of anybody, they get along on what they have" (Lee 14).

Walter's parents are self-reliant and have integrity. He is influenced by their moral character and does not accept Miss Caroline's quarter because he knows he cannot pay her back.

In Chapter 3, a small bug crawls out of Burris Ewell's hair, and Miss Caroline tells him to bathe before he comes back to school tomorrow. Burris rudely responds by saying, "You ain’t sendin’ me home, missus. I was on the verge of leavin’ — I done done my time for this year" (Lee 18). One of Scout's classmates explains to Miss Caroline that Burris' father is contentious and doesn't care if he attends school or not. When Miss Caroline asks Burris to sit down, he says, "You try and make me, missus" (Lee 18). Burris then proceeds to cuss at Miss Caroline, calling her a "snot-nosed slut of a schoolteacher." Burris' disrespectful behavior is similar to his father's. Bob Ewell is the most despicable citizen in Maycomb and Burris is greatly influenced by his father's negative personality. Burris is rude and offensive just like his father.

Both Walter and Burris are products of their environment and are greatly influenced by their parents. Like his father, Walter has integrity; Burris is a disrespectful individual like Bob Ewell.

What topics related to the following quotes can I discuss in my essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding?"You can feel as if you're not...

You have a good start here with a selection of important passages. In your introduction, you might want to discuss how the narrative arc of the novel is reflected in the intensification of fear and violence from one quotation to the next. At first, the boys feel a formless fear of the primitive, reacting on a primal rather than rational level. The destruction of the conch represents a violent break with civilized values. The final...

You have a good start here with a selection of important passages. In your introduction, you might want to discuss how the narrative arc of the novel is reflected in the intensification of fear and violence from one quotation to the next. At first, the boys feel a formless fear of the primitive, reacting on a primal rather than rational level. The destruction of the conch represents a violent break with civilized values. The final call for murder completes the descent into primal terror and ensuing violence. 

For themes, you might start with talking about how the act of hunting, although intended to obtain food, also stimulates a sense of insecurity, and that efforts of the boys to make their lives more secure in terms of survival also expose them to the raw insecurity of primitive existence in the absence of a civilized safety net providing food and shelter.

For the second quotation you should look at how both the conch and Piggy represent the civilized, rational intellect, and how their destruction represents the disintegration of the superego.

The boys' final descent into murder of "the beast" portrays the boys trying to silence their fears by externalizing them and then killing a scapegoat. This reification of formless fear, however, seems to intensify fear and rage rather than removing it. Had the rescuers not arrived, it is likely that the boys would have descended into a downward spiral of violence and superstition. 

What is the main theme in Richard Rodriguez's essay "The Fear of Losing a Culture"?

The main theme of Rodriguez's essay is that Latin American culture will not disappear as Latin American people immigrate to the United States; instead, Latin culture will form a synthesis with North American culture. As he writes, "The genius of Latin America is the habit of synthesis. We assimilate." He writes about the way in which Latin America has created new "bloodlines" through the introduction of one culture to another. For example, the music of...

The main theme of Rodriguez's essay is that Latin American culture will not disappear as Latin American people immigrate to the United States; instead, Latin culture will form a synthesis with North American culture. As he writes, "The genius of Latin America is the habit of synthesis. We assimilate." He writes about the way in which Latin America has created new "bloodlines" through the introduction of one culture to another. For example, the music of Latin America is a "litany of bloodlines," as he writes. In other words, Latin music merges many traditions, including the African drum, the German accordion, and the Muslim call to prayer. While the U.S. was shaped by Protestantism, which insisted on maintaining a distinction and distance between Europeans and Native Americans, in Latin America, there was what Rodriguez calls "meltdown conversion" characteristic of the Catholic conception of the world. This means that different cultures combined in Latin America.

Rodriguez, who wrote this essay in 1988, believes that the American culture, long insistent on individualism, is ready to embrace more communal cultures--the Asian culture and the Latin American culture. He believes that North Americans might embrace the Latin idea of leisure and of emotional expression. He thinks that now is the time for Latins to express a less timid version of their culture in the United States. As he writes, "expect marriage," meaning that both the Latin American and North American culture will change as the two cultures mingle. 

What do you notice about the way the dialogue is written in Speak? Why do you think the author chose to write the dialogue in this way?

In Speak, the dialogue is written in Melinda's voice.  In choosing to construct the dialogue this way, Anderson makes sure that we get to know her protagonist.  We are able to hear Melinda "speak" even if the rest of the world cannot or will not.

In the world Melinda lives, she is marginalized.  From both literal and symbolic perspectives, she is unable to speak. Merryweather High is not going to include Melinda.  From the opening...

In Speak, the dialogue is written in Melinda's voice.  In choosing to construct the dialogue this way, Anderson makes sure that we get to know her protagonist.  We are able to hear Melinda "speak" even if the rest of the world cannot or will not.

In the world Melinda lives, she is marginalized.  From both literal and symbolic perspectives, she is unable to speak. Merryweather High is not going to include Melinda.  From the opening pages, conversations with Melinda are one-sided.  We see this in examples such as Rachel who mouths "I hate you" to her, to Heather who is more interested in being seen than listening, to Mr. Neck who commands Melinda to sit up front.  

Anderson's writes dialogue interpreted through Melinda's own voice precisely because she is not being heard in high school.  This is seen in a dialogue between Melinda and Mr. Neck, her Social Studies teacher:

My social studies teacher is Mr. Neck, the same guy who  growled at me to sit down in the auditorium. He remembers  me fondly. "I got my eye on you. Front row." 

Nice seeing you again, too. I bet he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Vietnam or Iraq — one of those TV wars. 

In the world of Merryweather High, there is no conversation between conversation between Melinda and Mr. Neck.  He orders.  She complies.  However, through Anderson's style, we are put inside Melinda's mind.  We get to know her as a result.  We see her sense of humor. When she says, "He remembers me fondly" and "Nice seeing you again, too," we are able to understand more about Melinda.  We can see her perceptive wit cut through the veneer of high school.  This is only possible because Anderson enables us to cut through Melinda's outward silence.

Anderson puts us in Melinda's head in order to hear her speak.  It is a stylistic technique that allows the novel's message to emerge.  Anderson wants to underscore that everyone has a voice.  Even the people we might discard have a voice.  High school and settings like this tend to silence other people's point of view.  Anderson's work suggests reminds us that it is essential to afford everyone the chance to be heard.  In constructing dialogue in Speak through Melinda's voice, Anderson is able to develop this theme.

How does priming prompt consumers to think about a particular product and help affirm biases about a product? How do marketers use the priming...

Priming in psychology is the effect that exposing someone to an earlier stimulus has on their response to a stimulus that is introduced later. For example, experiments have found that respondents who are exposed to rude words before an interview are more likely to interrupt the interviewer. Priming in marketing can be used in different ways. For example, a 1999 experiment conducted by North et al. found that grocery shoppers who were exposed to German music in the store bought more German wine, while those exposed to French music in the store bought more French wine. The shoppers were unaware the auditory priming affected their buying behavior. 

Some examples of priming include those that use smiles in their campaigns. Using a smile has been shown to increase the amount of liquid people drink. For example, in 2015, Coke used a "Laughter Mob" video in Belgium as part of its #ChooseHappiness campaign. This video featured a man laughing on a train and others laughing as a result. The priming effect was using laughter to influence people to buy and drink Coke. Laughter can also be used to promote other types of buying behavior, not just those related to drinking. For example, it could be used to influence people to visit a restaurant or resort.

According to an article in Health Psychology, food has been found to have an effect on eating behaviors (see the link below). Many ads show food, such as the Chips Ahoy! S'mores TV Ad, "Camping Trip," which shows the chocolate center of the cookie. In this case, just seeing food is intended to influence someone to buy it. This priming effect of showing food could also be used to get someone to buy healthy food. 

Music also has a priming effect. For example, a Volkswagen ad uses the lyrical Allison Krauss and Union Station song "When You Say Nothing At All" to prompt people to buy a Volkswagen. The priming effect is using music to make people feel lyrical and loving so they will associate that feeling with Volkswagen and want to buy one of the company's cars. This priming effect could also be used to promote other buying behaviors, such as purchasing a loving greeting card. 

What is the minimum level of hemoglobin required for survival?

Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells which helps to transport oxygen throughout the body. There is a normal, healthy range for hemoglobin levels, and most healthy people fall within this range when they have a blood test. The healthy range of hemoglobin may vary depending on factors such as age and biological sex.

The normal ranges for children are 14-24 g/dL for newborn babies and 9.5-13 g/dL for infants. The normal ranges...

Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells which helps to transport oxygen throughout the body. There is a normal, healthy range for hemoglobin levels, and most healthy people fall within this range when they have a blood test. The healthy range of hemoglobin may vary depending on factors such as age and biological sex.

The normal ranges for children are 14-24 g/dL for newborn babies and 9.5-13 g/dL for infants. The normal ranges for adult males is 13.8-17.2 g/dL, and for adult females, 12.1-15.1 g/dL. Children who have grown out of infancy but have  not quite finished puberty are expected to fall somewhere between the infant and adult ranges, typically around 13 or 14 g/dL depending on age and biological sex.

Someone who has levels of hemoglobin which are clinically low or low but within normal range may experience fatigue, weight loss, shortness of breath, and skin which is paler than normal. Some conditions cause a chronically low level of hemoglobin, like hypothyroidism, cancer, and chronic anemia. In such cases, low hemoglobin and its cause should be closely followed by a physician.

There is no one, standard minimum level of hemoglobin agreed upon in the medical community. Hemoglobin levels are highly variable from person to person and may even shift within one person over the course of several days. In the past, it was generally agreed upon by hematologists and those concerned with blood transfusion that 10g/dL of hemoglobin was the absolute minimum acceptable amount. More recently, this value has been questioned, as hemoglobin levels are only one facet of respiration and hemostasis. While low hemoglobin increases risk of death, it is the stress placed on the heart and poor oxygenation to the brain and other tissues which would be the actual cause of death. 

If you or someone you know has low hemoglobin levels, please see a physician to discuss how you can manage this condition. Having adequate protein intake and getting exercise are good ways to ensure the health of your red blood cells.

`y = 100e^(-2x)` Use the derivative to determine whether the function is strictly monotonic on its entire domain and therefore has an inverse...

We are asked to determine if the function `y=100e^(-2x) ` has an inverse function by finding if the function is strictly monotonic on its entire domain using the derivative. The domain is all real numbers.

` y'=-200e^(-2x) ` and y'<0 for all real x so the function is strictly monotonic (in this case strictly decreasing) and therefore has an inverse function.

The graph:

We are asked to determine if the function `y=100e^(-2x) ` has an inverse function by finding if the function is strictly monotonic on its entire domain using the derivative. The domain is all real numbers.

` y'=-200e^(-2x) ` and y'<0 for all real x so the function is strictly monotonic (in this case strictly decreasing) and therefore has an inverse function.

The graph:

What is real time processing in information technology?

Real time processing technology captures and processes and responds to data as the events generating that data are happening in the real world. Unlike batch processing, real time processing deals with a continuous stream of inputs and has hard deadlines for completing tasks. 

A good way to understand the difference between real time and batch processing would be to think about data processing for airplanes. A scientist might study aircraft landings by having sensors collect...

Real time processing technology captures and processes and responds to data as the events generating that data are happening in the real world. Unlike batch processing, real time processing deals with a continuous stream of inputs and has hard deadlines for completing tasks. 

A good way to understand the difference between real time and batch processing would be to think about data processing for airplanes. A scientist might study aircraft landings by having sensors collect data as a plane approaches the airport and lands, and then after the plane lands, process the data as a batch. For the scientist, there is no need to get results immediately. At the opposite extreme, imagine software that is used in autoland systems for aircraft in low visibility. The software has to process information concerning altitude in real time and correct the airplane's speed of descent in response to that information. A delay of a few seconds could result in the plane crashing.

Most forms of process control software, whether ones that help run complex machinery or ones that enable you to play video games, must operate in real time. Other types of software, such as banking applications or back office software packages, are usually handled by fast batch processing, which increases efficiency by grouping together large numbers of similar operations. 

What is the significance of the "holy edifice" in Act 1, scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice?

The reference to a church is made by Salarino during their conversation about Antonio's depressed mood. He says, in part:

Should I go to churchAnd see the holy edifice of stone,

Salarino and Salanio are concerned about their friend's sadness and are trying to establish what has put him in this melancholy mood.

'Holy edifice of stone' refers to a church building constructed of stone. The significance of Salarino's reference lies in the fact...

The reference to a church is made by Salarino during their conversation about Antonio's depressed mood. He says, in part:

Should I go to church
And see the holy edifice of stone,

Salarino and Salanio are concerned about their friend's sadness and are trying to establish what has put him in this melancholy mood.

'Holy edifice of stone' refers to a church building constructed of stone. The significance of Salarino's reference lies in the fact that seeing the church building which is secure and strong, would make him immediately reflect about the dangers his ship would have to face at sea. He is, in fact, drawing a contrast between the solidity and power of a rock and the fragile nature of a ship. Dangerous rocks would destroy a ship if it should, even gently, touch its sides. He would, at once have lost not only his ship but also his merchandise which, obviously, would drive him to tears.

The church building, made of stone, is also symbolic of the strength of one's faith. The church is a symbol of the power of belief. The ship, in this allusion is a fragile vessel and represents humanity. What Salarino is suggesting is that the church, symbol of a person's faith, is more powerful than anything and, therefore, offers protection. Anything or anyone who does not believe in its power can be utterly destroyed, just as a ship can be destroyed by dangerous rocks.

Furthermore, Salarino's metaphoric reference also stems from the fact that sailors would visit the church before leaving on an arduous journey, asking for guidance and protection. The church reminds him of the power of nature and how easily one can be destroyed by its force. He suggests that one can have something and then, suddenly, have nothing if one should veer off course and crash into dangerous rocks, both literally and metaphorically. 

In the book "The Dispossessed" We have seen that the women in Urrasti society are clearly defined as “the Other” socially, politically, and...

In stark contrast to Anarres, which was founded by a woman and promotes relative gender equality, Urrasti women are highly objectified and othered. Despite their limited social status, Urrasti women often exert their power through their mode of dress. Shevek is surprised when he meets Vea and other Urrasti women who dress in far more revealing outfits than Takver and the other women on Annares. Throughout the story, it is revealed that Urrasti women use...

In stark contrast to Anarres, which was founded by a woman and promotes relative gender equality, Urrasti women are highly objectified and othered. Despite their limited social status, Urrasti women often exert their power through their mode of dress. Shevek is surprised when he meets Vea and other Urrasti women who dress in far more revealing outfits than Takver and the other women on Annares. Throughout the story, it is revealed that Urrasti women use their femininity to exert some form of power over the men who rule their society. Vea is aware that she holds power when men desire her and makes use of this fact through her often flirtatious behavior. Through Vea, Shevek also learns that Urrasti women find great power in the inner spirituality of the planet. While they are politically and scientifically stifled, they are often able to exert more influence in religious and artistic circles. Even in a laboratory setting, one of Shevek's colleagues notes that female employees make a name for themselves through their industriousness and willingness to work for the good of the team. Each of these subtle forms of power is an example of how Urrasti women do their best to thrive under limiting circumstances.

When did Walker's mother show her temper?

In her essay "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens," Alice Walker talks about her mother's resilience in the face of racism and poverty. Walker's mother and father were sharecroppers in Georgia. However, despite their lowly circumstances, Walker's mother expected more for her children and insisted that Alice, particularly, get the education that was not accessible to her.

Mrs. Walker loses her temper when their white landlord dares to say that her children need not progress...

In her essay "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens," Alice Walker talks about her mother's resilience in the face of racism and poverty. Walker's mother and father were sharecroppers in Georgia. However, despite their lowly circumstances, Walker's mother expected more for her children and insisted that Alice, particularly, get the education that was not accessible to her.

Mrs. Walker loses her temper when their white landlord dares to say that her children need not progress beyond their status as field hands :

And this is how I came to know my mother: she seemed a large, soft, loving-eyed woman who was rarely impatient in our home. Her quick violent temper was on view only a few times a year, when she battled with the white landlord who had the misfortune to suggest to her that her children did not need to go to school.

Walker's mother is very tender and loving, particularly toward her family. Loving them also requires her to defend them against those who seek to circumscribe their lives. "The white landlord" makes this mistake.

Why does Randy want to talk to Ponyboy?

The answer to your question lies in Chapter 7. However, to understand what Randy is referring to when he talks to Ponyboy, we will have to recall events from the preceding chapter.

In Chapter 6, Ponyboy and Johnny saved some schoolchildren from a burning church building. As a result, both boys were injured. In Chapter 7, we discover that Johnny is badly injured and is in critical condition. He is in severe shock, has third-degree...

The answer to your question lies in Chapter 7. However, to understand what Randy is referring to when he talks to Ponyboy, we will have to recall events from the preceding chapter.

In Chapter 6, Ponyboy and Johnny saved some schoolchildren from a burning church building. As a result, both boys were injured. In Chapter 7, we discover that Johnny is badly injured and is in critical condition. He is in severe shock, has third-degree burns, and his back is broken.

In contrast, Ponyboy only has a few burns and a bruise across his back. So, he gets released from the hospital in short order. A little while after he returns home, Randy (Marcia's Soc boyfriend) turns up to speak to Ponyboy. Randy appears anxious to talk to Ponyboy about his rescue of the schoolchildren; he wants to know why Ponyboy rescued them. Randy maintains that, if he had been in Ponyboy's place, he would have let the children burn to death.

For his part, Ponyboy asserts that he wanted to save the children, even if it doesn't make sense to Randy. Randy responds that he never expected a Greaser to do such a heroic thing. Then, he confesses to Ponyboy that he has no intention of attending the upcoming rumble. Randy is still in deep grief at the loss of his good friend, Bob, and he's come to the conclusion that all the fighting and killing has become meaningless to him.

Ponyboy assures Randy that he would have saved the children as well if he had been in Ponyboy's place. Ponyboy's vote of confidence comforts Randy, who now understands that Socs and Greasers are more alike than they dare to admit. At the end of the conversation, Ponyboy has a similar epiphany: "Socs were just guys after all. Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too."

So, on the surface, Randy may have wanted to talk to Ponyboy about the reasons for Ponyboy's altruistic action. In reality, however, Randy is desperate to reclaim his own humanity in the midst of the violent life he has led. Randy has a deep need to recognize both the humanity in him (a Soc) and Ponyboy (a Greaser) in order to justify his decision to stay away from the upcoming rumble. This is why he wants to know why Ponyboy acted as he did.

What are 10 songs that can be used as a soundtrack in Romeo and Juliet?

I think that songs by The Beatles could be used in a Romeo and Juliet soundtrack.  For example, "When I'm Sixty-Four" is about a couple wondering if they will be around for one another when they get older. Such a song would be ideal for Romeo and Juliet, two young people who are wondering if they will last to see the joys of old age or even tomorrow. Another Beatles song, "Yesterday," addresses the feelings of how things look in retrospect. When Romeo is about to take the apothecary's potion and before Juliet takes her own life, both of them could use the song to think about how "yesterday/ love was such an easy game to play/ now I need a place to hide away." "She's Leaving Home" is a song that could convey how Juliet's parents might feel upon realizing the folly of their actions.  This song is about a mother and father lamenting their daughter having left home to pursue her own life. Juliet would fit such a description and the song's mournful tone might match the Capulets' emotional state at the end of the drama.

Love is a dominant theme in the drama.  Many songs use it as their foundation.  It makes sense that the soundtrack highlights it.  For example, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" or Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" could serve as effective testaments to the love that Romeo and Juliet experience.  Both songs speak of a love that goes on, perhaps even after death.  In this way, each song can represent the feelings that both Romeo and Juliet share. When we are looking for a song to capture the moment that Romeo first sees Juliet, Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" would work very well. When he first lays eyes on Juliet, it is clear that he will not forget her.  The song captures a moment that is singularly distinctive, and thus can represent his feelings towards her.

Romeo and Juliet experience intense feelings towards their parents.  The feud between both families establishes the "star-crossed" path of the lovers.   Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" could be an anthem to convey how both lovers end up disobeying their parents.  Leaving their parents represents how they are "not gonna take it anymore."  DJ Jazzy Jeff's and the Fresh Prince's song, "Parents Just Don't Understand" is a very effective song to capture Romeo's and Juliet's feelings towards their parents.  Their "parents just don't understand" their love.  Finally, I think that it might be interesting to include a song from the Nurse's and Friar Laurence's perspectives.  Both are older people who are loyal to the kids.  However, they understand the dangers that exist for both young lovers.  Rodgers's and Hammerstein's "Hello, Young Lovers" is a beautiful song that captures what it means to wish the best for people in love.  Both the Nurse and Friar Laurence could easily speak verses like to Romeo and Juliet such as,  "I hope your troubles are few/ All my good wishes go with you tonight."  The song offers advice to those in the throes of the most intense of feelings.

The ending of the drama is a complex one.  There is reconciliation, but it comes at a cost.  Two young people have to die in order for the adults to find restoration.  In this light, the soundtrack could conclude with two songs that capture the complexity of love. Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" details the transition from innocence to experience.  This dynamic represents what Romeo and Juliet endure.  It also could speak to how both families must approach reality now that their children are dead. For the last song on the soundtrack, I think that finding a song to capture the experience of love would be a powerful coda.   Shakespeare shows how love is both creative and destructive.  It is filled with nuances.  There is nothing clear, other than love can be simultaneous strength and weakness.  In that light, U2's song, "Love is Blindness," would be a great song to conclude the soundtrack.  The opening stanza communicates an emotional dynamic that encapsulates Romeo and Juliet:

Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me
Oh my heart
Love is blindness

Love is filled with contradictions.  Romeo and Juliet cannot articulate much clear about love, other than they need one another.  The intricacy, dependence, and emotional yearning so intrinsic to their love is captured in U2's song.

What themes are linked in Athol Fugard's plays The Road to Mecca and My Children! My Africa!?

While Athol Fugard's play My Children! My Africa! more overtly concerns apartheid than his play The Road to Mecca, both very clearly concern the theme of being crushed by an oppressive social system.

The Road to Mecca is set in New Bethesda, a predominantly white village established by the Dutch Reformed Church, 1875, in the Karoo, South Africa's semi-desert. Being set in a predominantly white village, the play does not contain the same overtly racial tensions found in My Children! My Africa!; however, since Fugard was a strong critic of apartheid who wrote all of his anti-apartheid plays in exile, both plays certainly contain critical anti-apartheid tones.

In The Road To Mecca, since her husband's death, the protagonist Miss Helen has felt at liberty to pursue her true creativity. The result is that she has filled her yard with cement statues of animals and Wise Men--all facing towards Mecca in the east. Yet, all who live in the village think she has gone completely insane. People, like Marius, the minister, continue to try to imprison Miss Helen by insisting she move into an assisted living facility. Marius's belief that she should be in an assisted living facility, rather than continue to live independently and freely express herself, represents an oppressive social system and helps develop Fugard's theme concerning oppressive social systems. It represents a repressive social system because it shows how much society has a tendency to believe that those who move against the grain of society should be repressed.

In addition, Marius represents those in favor of apartheid, which further helps develop Fugard's theme concerning oppressive social systems. We see him subtly express a favorable opinion of apartheid when he makes the following comment to Elsa:

There are no hungry people, white of Coloured, in this village. (p. 43)

His comment reveals his blind optimism, an optimism fueled by racial prejudices. We further see his racial prejudices when Miss Helen bemoans the news that the Divisional Council is moving her African friend Katrina out of the village. Marius wrongfully interprets her comment as bemoaning the fact that she is losing a faithful servant, as we can tell when he says in reply, "I'll lend you my faithful old Nonna" (p. 53). His comment exposes his racism because it shows he only equates Africans with servitude, not friendship as Miss Helen does. Marius's racism further serves to develop the theme revealing the hardships and consequences that go hand in hand with oppressive societies.

Similarly, in My Children! My Africa!, Fugard develops the theme concerning the hardships of oppression through his plot and characters. Set in a Bantu classroom, the play much more overtly concerns the topic of apartheid. The star student, Thami Mbikwana, is involved in publicly protesting against apartheid and the Bantu Education Act of 1953, which segregated schools into white and nonwhite schools and permitted the government to stop funding nonwhite schools. While Thami's teacher, Mr. Anela Myalatya, called Mr. M for short, acknowledges the hardships segregation causes, he strongly objects to the violent methods of protest Thami is involved in, methods Mr. M refers to as "vandalism and lawless behavior." Fugard uses Thami's actions to develop the theme concerning the hardships and consequences of an oppressive society. In addition, though Mr. M and Thami both oppose apartheid, the ending of the play is tragic because Thami and his comrades murder Mr. M for having given to the police the names of his students who participated in the school boycott. The dramatic ending serves to illustrate that an oppressive society can even divide those who should be united, a further consequence of apartheid.

The narrator tells us Cheevy "dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, and Priam's neighbors." What are the possible downsides of living in any of these...

None of the ancient tales or narratives being referenced in this line have happy outcomes; thus, the author is suggesting to us that dreaming of them and romanticizing them shows a lack of fundamental historical knowledge. 

Thebes: The main reference is to Sophocles and his portrait of the Theban dynasty. Oedipus kills his father Laius and marries his mother Jocasta. When these facts are discovered, Jocasta commits suicide and Oedipus blinds himself. Thebes is engulfed in fratricidal wars in which both of Oedipus's sons die. His daughter Antigone and her fiancé Haemon both commit suicide. 

Priam: Priam was a Trojan on the losing side of a war with the Greeks. The neighboring areas were subject to pillaging and rape by the invading Greek armies.

Camelot: Guinevere, Arthur's wife, and Lancelot, his best friend, are having an affair. Arthur is killed by his illegitimate son Mordred. Although many of the knights are noble and even heroic, this is also a tale of great suffering.

Is Hamlet psychoanalytic? Would you stage a production of Hamlet as a reproduction, realistic or contemporized/ modernized drama? How could the...

Sigmund Freud, the inventor of psychoanalysis, was born in 1856, almost two and a half centuries after the death of Shakespeare in 1616. Thus there is really no way that the play Hamletcould have been influenced by psychoanalysis. While one can apply psychoanalytic theory to almost anything, as it purports to give a universal account of human nature, it would not be wise to do so for two reasons, first that its application to...

Sigmund Freud, the inventor of psychoanalysis, was born in 1856, almost two and a half centuries after the death of Shakespeare in 1616. Thus there is really no way that the play Hamlet could have been influenced by psychoanalysis. While one can apply psychoanalytic theory to almost anything, as it purports to give a universal account of human nature, it would not be wise to do so for two reasons, first that its application to Shakespeare is anachronistic and second that traditional psychoanalytic theory has, to a large degree, been rendered obsolete by more modern, scientifically based accounts of how the human brain functions.

Although there are many different ways to stage Hamlet, I would choose an attempt to reproduce many elements of its original staging, albeit with female actors playing female roles. The reason for this is that many of the plot elements of the play, including Hamlet's outrage over his mother's marriage to Claudius, are clearly grounded in religious and court traditions of his period. Also, it just strikes me as glaringly incongruous to have people speaking Elizabethan English in productions set in other periods (although more abstract settings can be effective).

The main thing the creative team would need to do to stage such a production would be careful research to guarantee authenticity in everything from costumes to movement style and props to accents. 

Explain America's industrial growth during the World War I era.

While the U.S. economy was in a recession when World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, the economy quickly rebounded while the U.S. provided war materials to Europeans. The period of American neutrality, which lasted until 1917, allowed the U.S. to convert factories to wartime use so that they were already running when the U.S. later joined the war.

The American government bankrolled a lot of the new production. During the period 1914...

While the U.S. economy was in a recession when World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, the economy quickly rebounded while the U.S. provided war materials to Europeans. The period of American neutrality, which lasted until 1917, allowed the U.S. to convert factories to wartime use so that they were already running when the U.S. later joined the war.

The American government bankrolled a lot of the new production. During the period 1914 to 1918, 3 million people were added to the military payroll, while one million people were added to the government payroll. Unemployment declined from 7.9 percent to 1.4 percent (see the National Bureau of Economic Research statistics at the link below), as people were employed in the military and in defense plants. The government also controlled prices and rates of production through agencies such as the War Industries Board. Much of the industrial growth during World War I was fueled by government spending and controlled through government administration.

In John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, how is Shmuel on a hero's quest?

The search for his father represents Shmuel's heroic quest in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

All heroic quests begin with an important mission.  Shmuel divulges this when he tells Bruno that he must find his father.  Shmuel tells Bruno that his father "went on work duty with some other men and none of them have come back."  Shmuel further informs Bruno that while he did "some exploration" to try to find him, he was...

The search for his father represents Shmuel's heroic quest in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

All heroic quests begin with an important mission.  Shmuel divulges this when he tells Bruno that he must find his father.  Shmuel tells Bruno that his father "went on work duty with some other men and none of them have come back."  Shmuel further informs Bruno that while he did "some exploration" to try to find him, he was not successful.

Like many heroic quests, Shmuel enlists help on his mission. When Bruno proposes to cross the fence into "Out-With," Shmuel recognizes that he could have assistance. Shmuel recognizes the value of having "someone to help him in the search for his papa." When Bruno crosses into "Out-With," he does not like what he sees and wants to return home.  As with many archetypal heroic voyages, the hero's focus does not deviate despite calls of protest or resistance.   When Bruno says he wants to stop looking, Shmuel reminds Bruno of the mission at hand:  "Shmuel stopped walking and starred at him.  'But Papa,' he said, 'You said you'd help me find him."  Upon being reminded of his promise and the importance of the quest, Bruno agrees and both boys continue to search until they are no longer able to do so.  

While it might not have been intentional, Shmuel sacrifices his life for the quest.  This shows a hero who gives everything they have to fulfill their quest.

Please discuss the summary of Doyle's "How It Happened."

A discussion about the "How it Happened" summary must begin with the knowledge that we have a nameless, first person narrator who has a chauffeur named Perkins.  Our narrator is returning from London and is met at the local station by his chauffeur.  Our narrator wants to try his new car which had just been purchased and delivered.  Before he begins driving however, the narrator is warned that the gears are not what he is...

A discussion about the "How it Happened" summary must begin with the knowledge that we have a nameless, first person narrator who has a chauffeur named Perkins.  Our narrator is returning from London and is met at the local station by his chauffeur.  Our narrator wants to try his new car which had just been purchased and delivered.  Before he begins driving however, the narrator is warned that the gears are not what he is used to.  Things begin to go wrong after the two drive over the crest of Claystall Hill.  The narrator loses control of the car.  The narrator desperately tries to get the car home while the wheels are "whirring" and is asked to jump out of the car by Perkins.  Our narrator does not jump out.  Instead, he arrives home and crashes the gate suddenly.  We soon learn that Perkins is injured in the crash.  More interestingly, though, our narrator meets Stanley, a deceased friend.  This should lead the reader to believe that the narrator has died in the accident.

"Stanley, you are dead."

[Stanley] looked at me with the same old gentle, wistful smile.

“So are you,” he answered.

What are the three domestic macroeconomic policy goals? Explain each in detail.

There are three goals that macroeconomic policymakers are generally trying to accomplish.  These three goals are: 1) economic growth, 2) low inflation, and 3) low unemployment.

Economic growth is the first of these goals. Economic growth can be defined as an increase in the country’s ability to produce goods and services.  Policymakers will want to help the country’s economy increase the amounts of resources that it has available for use.  Economic growth is good because...

There are three goals that macroeconomic policymakers are generally trying to accomplish.  These three goals are: 1) economic growth, 2) low inflation, and 3) low unemployment.

Economic growth is the first of these goals. Economic growth can be defined as an increase in the country’s ability to produce goods and services.  Policymakers will want to help the country’s economy increase the amounts of resources that it has available for use.  Economic growth is good because it means that people in the country have more goods and services and, thereby, a higher standard of living.

A second goal is low unemployment.  This goal generally goes along with economic growth.  When the economy grows, unemployment is generally low.  Low unemployment is good partly because it means that more of the people who want work will have it and partly because it means that more people are making goods and services to increase the standard of living in the country.

Finally, macroeconomic policy tries to keep the rate of inflation low.  This can be difficult in times of economic growth and low unemployment because economic growth and low unemployment can bring about inflation.  Inflation is the increase in the average price level in the economy.  When the prices of goods and services in general rise, the economy experiences inflation.  Policymakers try to keep inflation low because high inflation harms people who are on fixed incomes and because high rates of inflation make it less likely that people will want to lend money.

Macroeconomic policymakers, then, attempt to achieve all three of these goals, even though the goals can be hard to achieve simultaneously.

What are some similarities in the achievements of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X?

Two similarities in the achievements of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X lie in the way they taught themselves to be literate and in the tone of their writings.

Both men did not receive strong and sustained formal instruction in literacy. As a slave, Frederick Douglass did not even receive an education.  He initially learned the fundamentals of reading from Sophia Auld, one of his mistresses. Upon hearing of what his wife was doing, Hugh Auld...

Two similarities in the achievements of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X lie in the way they taught themselves to be literate and in the tone of their writings.

Both men did not receive strong and sustained formal instruction in literacy. As a slave, Frederick Douglass did not even receive an education.  He initially learned the fundamentals of reading from Sophia Auld, one of his mistresses. Upon hearing of what his wife was doing, Hugh Auld forbade her from teaching the slave.  Douglass had to piece together the elements of literacy instruction from outside sources.  His reading and writing skills were self-taught.  Malcolm X's path followed a similar arc. While he did receive formal education, it was limited.  Malcolm X dropped out of school and lacked a foundation for effective reading and writing.  While he was in prison, he relearned the skills needed to be an effective reader and thinker. This took the form of familiarizing himself with every word in the dictionary and reading increasingly complex works. Like Douglass, his building of reading and writing skills took place under his own guidance. 

Both men are also similar in the defiant tone they strike towards white society. Frederick Douglass is unabashed in his condemnation of slavery.  He does not believe that slavery needs to be gradually eliminated.  He demands its dissolution.  He sees it as "fatal poison." When he challenges Covey, Douglass shows a defiance associated with his stance on slavery:  "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.’’ Malcolm X was equally forceful in his opposition to racism perpetrated by members of the white community.  This blunt rejection of racism is seen in his insistence that African-Americans must achieve their freedom "by any means necessary" and in his advocation for self-defense.  Like Douglass, he was unapologetic about his approach.  Both men are similar in how the tone of their work caused consternation in the white community. Both men's legacies were forged because of this tone towards injustice.

In the novel, "The Dispossessed," the inhabitants of both Urras and Anarres are “Cetian.” However, despite being the same “race,” the...

The government and ruling social class of Annares use the fear of the ideological other to reinforce the group think that is already inherent on Annares. Despite the fact that Urras and Anarres are populated by the same "race" of Cetians, the Anarrestis use the significant cultural differences between cultures to create an ideological divide that makes it easier to maintain the hegemony on Anarres. This is accomplished by sharing often exaggerated stories of what...

The government and ruling social class of Annares use the fear of the ideological other to reinforce the group think that is already inherent on Annares. Despite the fact that Urras and Anarres are populated by the same "race" of Cetians, the Anarrestis use the significant cultural differences between cultures to create an ideological divide that makes it easier to maintain the hegemony on Anarres. This is accomplished by sharing often exaggerated stories of what life of Urras is like, from the decadence to the disregard for the lower classes. By inciting fear against the decadence of the Urrasti government, Anarres is able to maintain hegemony by warning its people that the only alternative to communal life and abnegation on Anarres is the wildly unchecked plutocracy of Urras.

The primary medium through which Anarres preserves its hegemony is its social and labor systems. The Anarrestis are true pacifists, foregoing the use of military might to accomplish their goals. Instead, the close-knit society is set up in such a way that Anarresti citizens keep one another in check. While it is not explicitly outlawed to express individuality, as Shevek does by taking a committed life partner, excelling in the sciences and leaving to visit Urras, the social pressure to preserve hegemony is so strong that few Anarrestis are willing or able to overcome it. Similarly, the labor system reinforces this hegemony by humbling the ranks of Anarres through shared labor during times of hardship. Even brilliant men like Shevek are forced to endure lengthy periods of harsh physical labor, ensuring that the lower ranks of Anarresti society do not rise above the dominant group.

In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, what does Paul think is the best thing to come out of the war?

Paul thinks that the best thing to come out of the war is the development of comradeship or esprit de corps within the soldier ranks.

We did not break down, but adapted ourselves; our twenty years, which made many another thing so grievous, helped us in this. But by far the most important result was that it awakened in us a strong, practical sense of esprit de corps, which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war-comradeship.

Paul explains that "on the borders of death, life follows an amazingly simple course"; the soldiers in the trenches are most concerned about the necessity of prevailing over the enemy and the prospect of surviving the brutal onslaught against them. Everything is reduced to the question of survival. Paul maintains that allowing anything else to distract them "would consume energies unnecessarily." Yet, within this dark atmosphere, an element of comradeship prevails, and Paul asserts that it helps every soldier "escape the abyss of solitude." During the late hours of the night, those on night-watch or patrol take comfort in hearing the steady breathing of their sleeping comrades.

Does location affect the likelihood of encountering different Pokemon?

Yes.

There are certain Pokemon that are hypothesized to be location locked by continents.

• Tauros: North America


• Mr. Mime: Western Europe


• Kangaskhan: Australia / New Zealand


• Farfetch'd: Asia

There are other Pokemon that will spawn more frequently in parks/certain areas.  For example, in Seattle Scyther is found in the Arboretum, and Lickitungs can be found in Discovery Park.  Try to search Facebook/Reddit for Pokemon Go groups in your city.  You will probably be able to...

Yes.

There are certain Pokemon that are hypothesized to be location locked by continents.

• Tauros: North America


• Mr. Mime: Western Europe


• Kangaskhan: Australia / New Zealand


• Farfetch'd: Asia

There are other Pokemon that will spawn more frequently in parks/certain areas.  For example, in Seattle Scyther is found in the Arboretum, and Lickitungs can be found in Discovery Park.  Try to search Facebook/Reddit for Pokemon Go groups in your city.  You will probably be able to find some documentation of where Pokemon show up in parks and other public places.

There is another hypothesis that more rare Pokemon will show up at higher density spots of cell reception, which is why you might hear a story about everyone on your college campus quad catching a Dragonite. 

Here is a great video showing people stampeding at night trying to catch a wild Vaporeon (Eevees may be common, but Vaporeons are very rare to find).

The best advice I have is to check out national parks, monuments, and other popular public places near where you live.  You might only get Weedles and Pidgeys at your house.  But there is a good chance something rare will spawn in a nearby park.  And because there will be more people playing, you will have a higher chance of finding rare Pokemon like Snorlax or Dragonite.

Why is it necessary to at least have marginal revenue in a health care organization?

Your question can be considered two ways.

1. First, I'll assume you're talking about the business term “marginal revenue.” Marginal revenue is the money a business makes by increasing its sales by one unit. It can be a complicated economic concept to understand. A company's goal, of course, is to keep marginal revenue above marginal cost—this means they are making a profit. Some health care organizations are for-profit companies. To stay in business, they are going...

Your question can be considered two ways.

1. First, I'll assume you're talking about the business term “marginal revenue.” Marginal revenue is the money a business makes by increasing its sales by one unit. It can be a complicated economic concept to understand. A company's goal, of course, is to keep marginal revenue above marginal cost—this means they are making a profit. Some health care organizations are for-profit companies. To stay in business, they are going to have to keep marginal revenue high enough, or marginal cost low enough, to keep making a profit. Once revenue falls below cost, it is no longer a financially viable business. They are also going to have to make enough profit to make shareholders happy and help their company expand and develop. 

2. It is possible, however, that you mean “some revenue” by the using the term “marginal revenue” in your question. In other words, you might be asking why a health care organization needs to be making at least some money, or be at least a bit profitable. The answer is similar to the answer in the first paragraph, with an important difference. A non-profit health organization exists to provide a service, not to turn a profit. But to keep operating, they still probably need to generate a little bit of profit—after all, they need to be able to hire people, buy equipment, buy supplies, pay for expensive insurance, etc.

So, although they are not tasked with making money for shareholders or for a parent company that is trying to expand, they can only continue to exist if they make enough money to stay afloat. Due to the nature of competition and inflation, that means making a little more money over time than they did previously. It also means making at least a little more money than they spend.  

Summarize The Story of My Life by Helen Keller.

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is an autobiography, which was published when the author was in her early twenties.  In it, Helen told her life story from birth until she was in college.  Helen began by giving family background about her parents and ancestors.  She told about her early life, before she became deaf and blind due to an illness.  She detailed the facts about her illness.  Helen described her vague memories after she lost her sight and hearing:

I got used to the silence and darkness that surrounded me and forgot that it had ever been different.

Helen briefly wrote about what her life was like as a little girl, before Miss Sullivan came to be her teacher.  During this time, Helen struggled with frustration because she longed to be like everyone else.  She knew that she was different.  Her frustrations were manifested in fits of rage.

Desperate, Helen's parents contacted many experts.  Finally, they met with the famous Alexander Graham Bell.  He suggested that they contact Mr. Anagnos, who was in charge of the Perkins Institution for the Blind.  Through Mr. Anagnos, Mr. and Mrs. Keller were able to connect with Miss Sullivan.  The young woman came to Alabama to become Helen's teacher.

Miss Sullivan attempted to reach Helen by communicating with her.  Helen could not make the connection between the letters spelled into her palm by Miss Sullivan and the objects they were describing.  Finally, one day Miss Sullivan's teachings broke through.  Helen finally understood.  This changed her life.  Helen described this moment as her "soul's sudden awakening."  

Helen was a fast learner, and soon she knew how to spell and read using raised letters.  She left home with Miss Sullivan to attend school.  She even learned how to speak.  Throughout the first twenty years of Helen's life, she did a great deal of traveling.  Miss Sullivan, her constant companion, traveled with her.  Helen made friends wherever she went, whether it was in New York or in Nova Scotia.  Friendship was important to Helen.  She also loved to learn new things and to spend time in nature.

Helen eventually was accepted into Radcliffe College.  She was happy and relieved.  Helen ended her autobiography when she was still a student at Radcliffe.

What reason did the Supreme Court give for ruling as it did in Vernonia School District v. Acton?

The case of Vernonia School District v. Acton had to do with the drug testing of student-athletes in the public schools.  Acton argued that requiring all student-athletes to be tested violated the 4th Amendment prohibition against illegal searches and seizures.  The Supreme Court ruled against Acton by a 6-3 vote, saying that mandatory drug testing was constitutional.  Their basic reasoning was that the students do not have a legitimate expectation of privacy and that the degree to which their privacy is violated is outweighed by the school’s interest in preventing drug use.

The Fourth Amendment only protects against searches and seizures where someone has a reasonable expectation of privacy.  If, for example, you have a four-foot fence around your yard next to a sidewalk, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in that yard because anyone can see over the fence and into the yard.  The Supreme Court ruled that the student-athletes had very little expectation of privacy.  Students in general already have a lower level of expectation of privacy because they can, for example, be required to have vaccinations, to have their hearing tested, and to have their vision tested.  Athletes have even less expectation of privacy because, among other things, they have to have physical exams to play and they have to change in front of everyone in locker rooms.  Because of all of this, student-athletes have very little reason to expect privacy.

Even if someone has a reason to expect privacy, that expectation is overridden if the government has a very strong need to do so (the technical term is interest in doing so).  In this situation, the Court ruled that the school had a very strong interest in keeping students from doing drugs.  Since the students had little right to expect privacy and since the school had a strong interest in drug-testing, the Court ruled that the drug tests were constitutional.

What is one disadvantage to a national policy that must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy?

The most important disadvantage to having centralized national policy instead of local policy is the inability to adapt to local circumstances. In any society, local regions are going to differ from one another to greater or lesser degree, and if their needs differ strongly enough, national policies that are one-size-fits-all could be ineffective or harmful.A good example of this is minimum wage. Prices vary substantially between different regions within any large country; for example...

The most important disadvantage to having centralized national policy instead of local policy is the inability to adapt to local circumstances. In any society, local regions are going to differ from one another to greater or lesser degree, and if their needs differ strongly enough, national policies that are one-size-fits-all could be ineffective or harmful.

A good example of this is minimum wage. Prices vary substantially between different regions within any large country; for example prices in San Francisco are much higher than prices in rural Tennessee. A federal minimum wage that is fixed at a nominal dollar figure like $10 or $15 could have very different effects in those two places; in San Francisco it might be beneficial in helping people afford the high prices, or not even matter because wages are already above that level, while in Tennessee it could be harmful as it requires paying unreasonably high real wages in some industries.

It is sometimes possible to design federal policies that work around this problem (in this case, you could set a minimum wage at purchasing power parity), but often a better solution is simply to allow local governments to make their own decisions on certain issues.

What were the results of bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II?

Long-term, the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima showed the world the power of an atomic weapon.  The Soviet Union distrusted America for using the weapon to end the war and the Russians started to capture nuclear scientists all over their sector of Germany in order to work on their own version of "the bomb."  After the Soviets developed nuclear weapons, both sides sought to increase their nuclear capacity, because in a nuclear war, it was...

Long-term, the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima showed the world the power of an atomic weapon.  The Soviet Union distrusted America for using the weapon to end the war and the Russians started to capture nuclear scientists all over their sector of Germany in order to work on their own version of "the bomb."  After the Soviets developed nuclear weapons, both sides sought to increase their nuclear capacity, because in a nuclear war, it was understood that whoever fired first would win, and that nuclear warfare would most likely cause destruction all over the world.  The Soviets and Americans soon developed bomber fleets, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and nuclear submarines in order to bomb cities.  Politicians in both countries used nuclear preparedness as a rallying cry, and John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960 because the previous administration created an alleged "missile gap" which did not exist.  The Cuban Missile Crisis was sparked by the threat of a nuclear war, and it opened up negotiations between the White House and Kremlin.  The United Nations took an active role in deciding which nations could have nuclear weapons after the fall of the Soviet Union, and this fear of nuclear proliferation has meant economic sanctions for North Korea and regime change in Iraq.  

There were some peaceful things to come out of the nuclear arms race, however.  Scientists developed nuclear power, and "nuclear" became a positive buzzword of the 1950s.  The ideal family was said to be "nuclear" if it had a mom, dad, and children.  Through developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, scientists also developed the rockets needed to go into space.  America poured more money into teaching children math and science in order to create a new generation of scientists.  

Short-term results of the bombing are that Nagasaki and Hiroshima were wiped off the face of the Earth, thousands died due to radiation poisoning and the blast itself, and imperial Japan surrendered, thus making unnecessary the invasion of Japan slated for November 1945.  America became the sole occupier of Japan, tried its war criminals, and assisted with the creation of the new Japanese constitution that was more liberal than America's at the time.  

What details are revealed about Mayella Ewell during the trial?

Before Tom Robinson's trial at the courthouse, not much was known of the Ewells, and even less of Mayella. The only specific mention of knowledge of Mayella before the trial was the description of the beautiful geraniums she cared for in their ramshackle front yard. During her testimony, Atticus first asked questions to paint a picture to the jury of the Ewells' home life. From that, we learned that Mayella was 19 years old, the...

Before Tom Robinson's trial at the courthouse, not much was known of the Ewells, and even less of Mayella. The only specific mention of knowledge of Mayella before the trial was the description of the beautiful geraniums she cared for in their ramshackle front yard. During her testimony, Atticus first asked questions to paint a picture to the jury of the Ewells' home life. From that, we learned that Mayella was 19 years old, the oldest of eight children. Their mother passed away when she was young, leaving Mayella to become her siblings' surrogate mother and (possibly) her father's surrogate wife. She only received two or three years of schooling, as her father decided that, with the two of them being literate, there was no need for the rest of the children to go to school. Even though the family received welfare checks from the county, there wasn't enough money to feed the whole family, especially after Mr. Ewell spent the money on alcohol. The children had to rummage through the garbage heap for food. We learn that Mayella doesn't have any friends, and Atticus suspects that Mr. Ewell abuses and possibly molests her, despite her assertion that “My paw’s never touched a hair o’my head in my life".

During the various testimonies, it became clear that there were discrepancies between the Ewells’ story and the apparent truth. Atticus got Bob to admit that, despite her being allegedly beaten and raped, no one thought to get Mayella a doctor. This was suspicious, because it meant there was no medical documentation of her original injuries. Mayella left holes in her testimony. At first she claimed the encounter in question was the first time Tom was in her yard, but then admits she “might” have invited him before, but couldn’t remember. Her memory was also unclear regarding whether or not she specifically recalled Tom hitting her in the face. She had no answer to why none of the other children were witness to the event. When Tom testified, he revealed that Mayella had hired him for “odd jobs” many times, that she had sent the other children out for ice cream, and that she had tried to seduce him against his will, only to be discovered by Bob, causing Tom to run away. The most damning discrepancy was that Bob was proven to be left handed, and that Tom Robinson’s left arm was lame. Scout observed: 

His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side. It ended in a small shriveled hand, and from as far away as the balcony I could see that it was no use to him.

This evidence made it almost impossible for Tom to have been responsible for Mayella’s injuries.

I need to compare Banjo Paterson's poem "On Kiley's Run" with Judith Wright's poems "Brothers and Sisters" and "South of My Days" in terms of...

"On Kiley's Run," "Brothers and Sisters," and "South of My Days" are all poems about Australia's past, including its settlement by the English--a process in which hopeful dreams met with bare reality. "On Kiley's Run" by Paterson is a poem about Australia's past and early settlement in the bush. The poem uses the central image of the run of sheep to show how times have changed in Australia. Written in a rhyming form, the poem is narrated by a settler who remembers the "good old station life." This refers to the types of settlements that Australians who raised livestock would live in. They were generally granted leases to the land by the British crown. The life he describes is pastoral and communal, and the sheep use the run to feed themselves. He says of watching the racehorse, "the sport was free." Kiley, the ranch owner, did not charge people for watching racehorses, and they lived together peacefully.

However, droughts destroyed this carefree way of life, and "Old Kiley died--of broken heart." In the second half of the poem, Patterson sets up a contrast between the free and lively times when the ranch was run by the station to the more modern times when it is run by an absentee landlord who lives in England. The main concern of the new owner is "how to dock/Expenses." He cuts the wages of the people who live on the ranch, and the sheep that pass by can't use the land to graze on. The ranch does not have a neighborly feel now, and "All life and sport and hope have died." This poem is about the death of the early and what in retrospect was an exuberant settler's life in Australia and the turning over of ranches to private interests. Aboriginal people are not referred to in Kiley's poem, though the stations were built on land that the Aboriginal people lived on.

Like Paterson's poem, Wright's "Brothers and Sisters" also deals with the decline of the dreams of English settlers in Australia. The road where they settled "turned out to be a cul-de-sac," and this image is a metaphor for the settlers' lost dreams, as they realize that "the plans were lost" to build a bridge to the coast. Instead, they live on in a situation of gradual decay. Wright's poem, like Paterson's, uses a series of images to portray this decay, such as the pianola that "has lost a note." The idea of the "bush coming near" means that the Australian wilderness where the Aboriginal people live is reaching the settlers' land and reclaiming it. The theme of this poem is very similar to that of "On Kiley's Run," though it uses a more modern poetic form without rhyming and with stanzas of different lengths (Paterson's stanzas are of equal length).

"South of My Days" by Wright also talks about Australia's past through the voice of a narrator who grew up near the tableland. The narrator speaks about Dan, an old ranch hand who can narrate 70 years of stories about the past, including one about the drought in "nineteen-one." These stories are in the narrator's past, and she dreams about them as she thinks about "the lean high country/full of old stories that still go walking in my sleep." This poem is also similar to Paterson's in theme, though it also uses non-rhyming lines and a more modern form. For more information about aboriginal poetry, see the link below. There are poems by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, an Aboriginal poet and activist. You can compare her poems, such as "No More Boomerang," to those of Wright. Her poems deal with Aboriginal people and the Australian landscape. 

What are some examples of word choice that convey the setting of "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing?

Word choices that convey the story's setting -- in fact the two different settings -- include the "wild bay" and the "safe beach."  We know, right away, that we are in a beachy, vacation setting based on words like "shore" and "holiday"; further, Jerry focuses on the swinging of his mother's "white, naked arm" and how she carries her "bright-striped bag" and, later, how she sits under her beach umbrella that "looked like a slice...

Word choices that convey the story's setting -- in fact the two different settings -- include the "wild bay" and the "safe beach."  We know, right away, that we are in a beachy, vacation setting based on words like "shore" and "holiday"; further, Jerry focuses on the swinging of his mother's "white, naked arm" and how she carries her "bright-striped bag" and, later, how she sits under her beach umbrella that "looked like a slice or orange peel."  Moreover, the narrator's descriptions of the wild bay and its unpredictability help to convey the sense of danger in this setting.  It has "rough, sharp rock" with water that "showed stains of purple and darker blue."  Even more notable are the description of rocks that lay on the ocean bottom as "discolored monsters" and the mentions of "irregular cold currents" that "shocked [Jerry's] limbs."  The water is a "solid, heavy blue," letting us know that the setting is, indeed, a large body of water.

Can you please give me an example of two quotes and techniques from Macbeth and Schindler's List which link to the theme of power?

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play that explores the tragic consequences of greed and the lust for power.  The Scottish general Macbeth is told by a trio of witches that he will become the Thane of Cawdor and then the King of Scotland.  In an effort to expedite and fulfill this prophecy, Macbeth embarks on a murderous tirade with the encouragement of his wife, Lady Macbeth, and the two attempt to kill anyone who sits between Macbeth and the crown.  However, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s insatiable ambition leads to their own demise, as Lady Macbeth kills herself and Macbeth is killed by Macduff.  Thus, the theme of power is integral to the plot and characterizations of this play. 

A quote that captures Macbeth’s hunger for power arrives in Act One, Scene Seven when Macbeth delivers a monologue that contemplates the murder of King Duncan.  He states the following lines:

I have no spur

To prick the sides of my intent, but only

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself

And falls on th' other. (I. vii. 25-28)

In the above quote, Macbeth reveals that he is motivated by “vaulting ambition,” which is the metaphoric spur that pricks his side and urges him to act.  The diction of “vaulting” further establishes this desire as disastrous because it will lead to a chain reaction of murderous events.  Also, “vaulting,” seems to suggest that Macbeth’s ambition will never be satisfied, which conveys his lust for power as urgent and ravenous.    

A quote that epitomizes this “vaulting ambition” and lust for power is in Act Four, Scene One when Macbeth plans to kill Macduff’s wife and children to ensure his ascent of power.    He gives the following lines:

Time, thou anticipat’st my dread exploits.

The flighty purpose never is o'ertook

Unless the deed go with it. From this moment

The very firstlings of my heart shall be

The firstlings of my hand. And even now,

To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done:

That trace him in his line. (V. i. 150-156)

The above quote opens with an apostrophe because Macbeth addresses the inanimate Time, begging it to anticipate his ill-conceived acts, for only Time knows the bad things that he will eventually perform.  By stating, “The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand,” Macbeth reveals that the desires of his heart will be the actions of his hands.  This quote is only an example of parallelism because the sentence uses successive verbal constructions.  Finally, Macbeth concludes with the metaphor of “To crown my thoughts with acts,” which figuratively says he will act out all of his thoughts, but the word “crown” can also act as a double entendre because Macbeth is not just talking about following his thoughts with actions, but revealing how these actions will help him assume and maintain the royal crown.   Therefore, Macbeth is a tragic play that explores the connections of power and corruption.

While Schindler’s List is a 1993 film that chronicles the atrocities of the Holocaust, it comments on the consequences of unchecked power.  The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German entrepreneur who works to save imprisoned Jews during World War II.  In the beginning of the film, a Jewish woman speaks with the Judenrat, which was the Jewish council, and states, “They come into our house and tell us we don't live there anymore. It now belongs to a certain SS officer … aren't you supposed to be able to help?”  In this quote, the Jewish woman explains how the Jews are being run out of their homes and defenseless against the more powerful SS officers.  This quote is significant because it shows how the Jews are legally relocated to vulnerable positions—they have no voice against the German authorities. 

In perhaps the most explicit discussion of power in the film, Schindler and Goeth, the Commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp who would heartlessly murder Jews and shoot prisoners from his balcony, talk about the fear, control and power—three themes that echo the tenets of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The dialogue is as follows:

Goeth: Control is power. That's power.

Schindler: Is that why they fear us?

Goeth: We have the power to kill, that's why they fear us.

Schindler: They fear us because we have the power to kill arbitrarily. A man commits a crime, he should know better. We have him killed and we feel pretty good about it. Or we kill him ourselves and we feel even better. That's not power, though, that's justice. That's different than power. Power is when we have every justification to kill... and we don't.

Goeth: You think that's power.

Schindler: That's what the emperors had. A man stole something, he's brought in before the emperor, he throws himself down on the ground, he begs for mercy, he knows he's going to die. And the emperor pardons him. This worthless man, he lets him go.

In the above exchange, Schindler and Goeth discuss the meaning of power.  While Goeth asserts that control is power, Schindler claims power is self-control and discipline.  This is significant to the film because Schindler suggests the German imprisonment and murder of Jews is actually an act of weakness.  Further, it challenges the grounds of the Nazi Party because it ties in the concept of justice and justification.  In comparison to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Schindler’s List explores the nature and actions of humans with unchecked and insatiable power, but it is here in this quote that power is

What quotes in To Kill A Mockingbird show pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different?

There are several scenes throughout the novel that depict the citizens of Maycomb taking pride in conformity and distrusting those who are different. One of the most notable examples of people taking pride in conformity takes place in Chapter 24 during Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle. Miss Merriweather discusses her prejudiced views and boastfully says,

"At least we don’t have that sin on our shoulders down here. People up there set ’em free, but you don’t see ’em settin’ at the table with ’em. At least we don’t have the deceit to say to ’em yes you’re as good as we are but stay away from us. Down here we just say you live your way and we’ll live ours. I think that woman, that Mrs. Roosevelt’s lost her mind—just plain lost her mind coming down to Birmingham and tryin’ to sit with ’em. If I was the Mayor of Birmingham I’d—" (Lee 142).

She is proud to live in the South where citizens are unapologetic about segregating their society based on race.

Miss Merriweather also deeply distrusts individuals who support African Americans. She comments,

"I tell you there are some good but misguided people in this town. Good, but misguided. Folks in this town who think they’re doing right, I mean. Now far be it from me to say who, but some of ’em in this town thought they were doing the right thing a while back, but all they did was stir ’em up. That’s all they did" (Lee 142).

She feels that people like Atticus, who challenge Maycomb's prejudiced community are "misguided" and disagrees with their ideology.

Another scene throughout the novel that portrays how the citizens of Maycomb distrust those who are different takes place in Chapter 20. Dolphus Raymond explains to Scout and Dill why he pretends to be an alcoholic. When commenting on the community members of Maycomb, he says,

"When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey—that’s why he won’t change his ways. He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he does" (Lee 123).

The citizens of Maycomb view him with contempt because he chooses to openly associate with African Americans which was considered taboo in 1930s Alabama. Dolphus pretends to be drunk in order to avoid inevitable confrontation. The citizens distrust Dolphus and he is considered an outcast for his way of life.