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LiteratureIn the novel, the border between the United States and Mexico is not just a border but a wall. Referred to as "el otro lado," or the other side, the border divides families forever. It separates...
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Anne BradstreetThe writing style in Sarah Kemble Knight's The Journal of Madame Knight is lively and personable. While describing the travails she encounters getting around colonial New England, she narrates her...
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LiteratureWhat are some similarities and differences between Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye and...Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye and Esther Greenwood in The Bell Jar are both miserable in the midst of academic privilege and material wealth. Esther Greenwood says at the beginning of...
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LiteratureOne of the main themes in the novel Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande is the strength of family ties. Juana's father, Apá, travels across the Mexican–U.S. border to "el otro lado," or...
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Arthur MillerIf you were to use the scene in Act II in which Willy Loman talks to Howard about Dave Singleman, Willy's ideal of the successful salesman and the man he hoped to be like, it might be best to have...
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HistoryReeb was a Unitarian Universalist minister who was beaten to death in Selma, Alabama in 1965 for his for his support of Martin Luther King's efforts to organize a march from Selma to Montgomery....
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Arthur Miller1.) what do you think is the most important theme of the play (death of a salesman) and why? (1-2... 1 imageI would say that Death of a Salesman's most important theme is to be true to yourself and work to develop what you are good at and drawn to, rather than trying to get rich quickly. Willy Loman buys...
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Literature"Puerto Rican Obituary" is the obituary speech that the speaker might have given for the five Puerto Rican people he gives only first names—"Juan/Miguel/Milagros/Olga/Manuel"—in the poem. He...
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LiteratureI believe that this question is asking about Juana from John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. Juana is Kino's wife. One thing to note about Juana is that she is both physically and emotionally...
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LiteratureOn the surface, there may seem to be sharp and distinct social differences between the United States and Algeria. The lives of Algerian people are generally defined by the rules of Islam. The...
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William BradfordIn the first chapter "Of Plymouth Plantation" entitled "The Separatist Interpretation of the Reformation in England, 1550-1607," Bradford writes about the conditions which convinced the Pilgrims to...
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The PedestrianBased on the wording of the question, it seems like explanations need to be provided for the statements that fit with Leonard Mead. Of the four statements, I feel that "feels trapped" is the only...
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The PedestrianBased on the wording of the question, it seems that the answer only needs to explain the items that do apply to "The Pedestrian." Totalitarian government: This applies to the story. The...
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The GiverJonas, the protagonist of The Giver, feels trapped in his community because the community does not allow him to be close to people, and it imposes unfair and brutal laws (such as the impending...
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The GiverI would like to argue that "society is closely monitored" in The Giver more than just "somewhat" and that Jonas's society does have "highly developed technology." The citizens in The Giver are...
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The New Jim CrowIn The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander points out that the freed slaves were not able to automatically exercise their new legal rights. Former slave owners and prejudiced politicians were...
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The New Jim CrowIn The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander looks at several laws and court cases to analyze the ways in which the United States legal system disadvantages African Americans. Alexander identifies...
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The New Jim CrowIn the The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander traces the history of race in the United States from the days of slavery to modern times. Alexander’s thesis is that we are currently living in a new...
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AmericanahOne of the most important themes of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah is Americanization. When the novel's protagonist, Ifemelu, returns to her home country of Nigeria after spending years in...
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Dark MoneyJane Mayer begins Dark Money by considering the early years of the billionaires—and their companies—who dominate conservative politics today. She documents the rise of Fred C. Koch’s...
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Dark MoneyDark Money charts the rise of the Koch family, beginning with Fred Koch, who started building Koch Industries in the 1930s and 40s when he developed a more efficient system for extracting gasoline...
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Dark MoneyIn Dark Money, investigative journalist Jane Mayer digs deep into the story of campaign finance in America. Her 2016 exposé works to undermine the popular belief that increasingly powerful...
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AmericanahCurt and Blaine are American men with whom the main character, Ifemelu, has significant relationships in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah. Curt is the well-to-do cousin of Ifemelu’s...
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The GiverBoth the societies of The Giver and that of "The Pedestrian" exert great control over their citizens. 1.Totalitarian government In the world of The Giver, everything is controlled—the weather,...
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AmericanahIn Part Two of her novel Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie introduces Obinze's perspective and begins to tell Ifemelu's life story. The section begins in Lagos, Nigeria, where Ifemelu’s...
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Law and PoliticsThe story about the siting of Pocatello's womens prison reinforces the principles of pluralism and elitism. The author makes the point that politics, rather than rationality, is the main driver of...
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eNotes HelpA communications strategy is designed to convey your organization's objectives and goals clearly to all stakeholders. The communication strategy usually begins with a statement of purpose--in other...
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A Midsummer Night's DreamThe comically tragic play-within-a-play in A Midsummer Night's Dream is presented as a condensed form of the important themes and ideas of Shakespeare's play itself. Further, the bumbling...
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Law and PoliticsA logic model generally contains the following four elements: the inputs for a program: what will make it work, including money, personnel, etc. activities: which activities, such as training, are...
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HomegoingIn the novel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (of which you can read a full summary in the eNotes study guide), Esi Asara is born in Asanteland in what is now the Republic of Ghana. After a comfortable...
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HomegoingFamily is one of the central themes of Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing. (To read more about the themes of Homegoing, check out the eNotes study guide.) The novel follows the stories of two families...
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HomegoingYaa Gyasi chronicles the lives of several of Effia Otcher’s descendants in her novel Homegoing. (You can read an in-depth discussion of the characters in Homegoing, including Effia's descendants,...
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LiteratureHomer, being Greek, wrote the The Iliad from a viewpoint mainly favoring the Greeks. Yes, he created some admirable Trojans, such as King Priam and Prince Hector, but it was Greek culture to admire...
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We Should All Be FeministsGender is a major theme of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists. Adichie says that “gender as it functions today is a grave injustice.” She tells the story of one of her...
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We Should All Be FeministsAdichie begins We Should All Be Feminists with a story about how, when she was fourteen, her good friend Okoloma called her a feminist. Adichie didn’t know what the word meant, but she could tell...
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We Should All Be FeministsIn We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses growing up in Nigeria. When she was younger, she attended a primary school in Nsukka, a town in southeastern Nigeria. At the...
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Marie de FranceIn Lay of the Were-Wolf, the lady plays two roles: that of supportive wife and villainess. In Beowulf, Grendel's mother also plays two roles. Besides being the chief villainess, she is also a...
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Matha) I need help to solve the initial value problem given by x' = 10y, y' = -10x, x(0) = 3 and y(0)...(a) We have to solve the initial value problem given by: `x'=10y` `y'=-10x` with initial conditions: `x(0)=3` `y(0)=4` Now we can write the above problem in matrix form as shown:...
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MathAccording to the variations of parameters method, the formula for the particular solution of the equation of the form `y''+q(x)y' + r(x) y = g(x)` is `Y_P = -y_1 int y_2(x)g(x)/(W(y_1, y_2))...
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The RefugeesLiem is the main character of “The Other Man” from The Refugees. He is eighteen years old and grew up in Long Xuyen, Vietnam. When he was seventeen, his family sent him to work in Saigon. While...
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The RefugeesImmigration is a main theme in The Refugees. It is immigration that brings the refugees of the story to the United States. Most of the characters are either first- or second-generation immigrants,...
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The Refugees“Black Eyed Women” is the first story in The Refugees. It is narrated by an unnamed thirty-eight-year-old woman who immigrated to the United States from Vietnam when she was a teenager. She is...
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The Book ThiefThe idea of knowledge as a defense against ignorance and prejudice. In the movie, knowledge is represented as a defense against hatred and intolerance. At the beginning of the story, we learn that...
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HistoryMost American presidents have been complicated figures. The kind of personality that pursues and ultimately wins the highest office in the land is, almost by definition, outside the realm of the...
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LiteratureIf you were to go through the trash of the main character in Noggin, Travis Ray Coates, you might find the whiteboard that he used to write on when he was in the hospital and was regaining his...
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LiteratureMarie de France's "Lay of the Werewolf," a courtly romance, focuses on upper-class people: aristocrats and royalty. The story presents us with a baron, a lady, a knight, and a king as the main...
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Bad FeministIn Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay brings up The Help in the chapter titled “The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods and Other Quaint Remembrances from 1960s Mississippi: Thoughts on The Help.” In this...
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Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates describes several significant settings in his book Between the World and Me (on which you can find a full analysis in the eNotes study guide). First is Baltimore, Maryland, where...
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Bad FeministBad Feminist is a collection of essays that touch on a variety of topics including popular culture, politics, sexuality, and her own personal experiences. Some of the essays had been previously...
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Bad FeministIn Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay explores many pop culture artifacts through the lens of feminism. One notable example is her essay about the “Prince Charming” figure, in which she examines how...