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HistoryShays’ Rebellion occurred in central and western Massachusetts in 1786-1787. The farmers in these areas were upset that they were losing their farms and being put in jail because they couldn’t...
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HistoryThomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and in so doing he created a new nation and took humanity one step closer to recognizing the rights of all to participate in...
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Social SciencesConscription occurs anytime a government imposes military enrollment on its citizenry. Conscription was a common practice for European nations during World War I, and Germany's system can be taken...
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Annie JohnYou have a well-written, engaging, and thoughtful essay here, Camille! I added some suggestions in blue font (you'll need to take out) and edited the rest of the document. You should be ready to...
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Social SciencesThe answer to your very interesting question will depend upon your perspective regarding war. First, you will have to decide whether the war was justified. Was World War I fought to defend the...
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Business1. The attached article gives a fairly balanced view of the proposed increase of the minimum wage in California to $15/hr. It cites an economist, Michael Reich, as suggesting the minimum wage...
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LiteratureIs it the conflict within or conflict between characters that makes Shakespeare's play King Henry...Henry V takes place against the backdrop of The Hundred Years' War, which, as the name suggests, was a long, drawn-out conflict—a particularly brutal one at that—between England and France. The...
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ReferenceHow does John Rupert Firth describe the concept of context of utterances in linguistics? Please provide examples. A leading figure in linguistics in the 1950s, John Rupert Firth’s work gave rise...
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ReferenceRoy Harris was a linguistics professor who spent the past 25 years researching the development of an integrative approach to signs and semiological systems. He believed that this research was...
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Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingSince Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a work of fiction, there is little we can learn directly from reading the story. We should not assume that any of the characters act as a mouthpiece for the...
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LiteratureLink, like a lot of Southern white children at the time, was raised by a black nanny. In his case, it was Nana Healey. Nana is a kind, caring, considerate lady who takes very good care of Link. He...
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LiteratureImagist poetry is rather distinct from Symbolist poetry. The former developed in England and the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century as an alternative to Romantic and...
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SlamNick Hornby's novel Slam centers around a teenage boy named Sam and the many connections in his life to teenage pregnancy. On his sixteenth birthday, Sam's girlfriend Alicia tells him she might be...
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ReferenceThis standard brainteaser has a simple answer: you are on the North Pole. Because "north" is measured relative to the North Pole—and because traveling east and west preserves your distance from...
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ReferenceCentripetal force is the force required to keep an object moving in a circle. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, so, to prevent spinning objects from flying off in the straight line that...
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ReferenceThis question gives us the 45 degree angular velocity of a golf ball. Our first step is to split that angular vector into the ball's upwards momentum (which fights gravity) and it's forward...
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ReferenceWhen you throw a golf ball straight up, assuming that wind and air resistance are irrelevant, it is pulled back down by gravity, which decelerates it by 9.8 meters/second every second. That...
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ReferenceThis question is missing some basic assumptions, but based on the standard way these questions are typically phrased, I am assuming that the friction and air resistance are irrelevant. Given that,...
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ReferenceThe question you posed is a famous brainteaser. It is often used in the technology industry. The key idea to grasp in this question is that the earth is a sphere. Therefore, if a person is at the...
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Annie JohnFor most of her life, Annie's identity has been intimately bound up with the extraordinarily relationship she has with her mother. When she hits puberty and their relationship breaks down, she has...
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Annie JohnI have an essay about Annie John (approximatively 3 pages) and I have to answer to this question:...Annie's relationship with her mother is arguably the most important relationship in the book. At the start of the story, Annie is as close to her mom as any child could be. The whole world revolves...
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MathHello! We can find the rate at which sand is leaking in volume per time. It is natural to measure time in minutes and volume in cubical inches for this problem. Denote the radius of the cone (and...
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HistoryThe first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence has to do with the ideas of inalienable rights or natural rights, a core idea of the Enlightenment. Inalienable rights, referred to in the...
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Second Language AcquisitionComing from an English as a Foreign Language specialist, the universal consensus is that you should teach any foreign language completely, along with its rules, meanings, proper and ethical usage....
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ReferenceI believe that this question is asking a straightforward velocity and distance question without having to calculate for things like friction and rates of acceleration and deceleration of the boat....
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The Giver1. Jonas's training will alienate him from his friends and family since he will not be allowed to discuss it with them. He will be afraid that he might mistakenly do or say something that he is not...
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HistoryThe United States and France were having some difficulties, partly because of the Jay Treaty (which George Washington signed to prevent a war with Great Britain). The Jay Treaty limited France's...
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ScienceTo understand this, we must first provide definitions for "disaster" and "hazard" in order to differentiate between the two. According to Merriam-Webster, there are a few definitions each for...
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Fahrenheit 451At the end of part two, Montag leaves Faber's house and travels home to find Mildred and her friends watching the parlor wall televisions. Montag, who is furious with society, attempts to shock the...
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Tuck EverlastingBasically, the man in the yellow suit plans to sell the water to the highest bidder. In exchange for returning Winnie Foster to her home, the man in the yellow suit will become the sole owner of...
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HistoryThe Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was one of NAACP’s (the National Association for the advancement of Colored People) greatest victories. This 1954 court case resulted in the...
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Everyday UseDee (Wangero) makes her comment in the context of a conversation about what to do with quilts that were made from "pieces of dresses [that] Grandma used to wear." Their mother has promised the...
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HistoryThe French and Indian War was waged between Britain and France in their various colonies in North America. Both countries were attempting to expand their territories by annexing areas belonging to...
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"I Have a Dream" speechThere are many examples of repetition in Martin Luther King Junior's "I Have a Dream" speech. The repetition serves as emphasis. Since the speech was given orally, the repetition also helps the...
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Once Upon a TimeAlthough Nadine Gordimer was a famous writer-activist from South Africa, she chose to make this particular story "color-blind." Essentially, she chose to omit the race of the family she wrote...
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The Lonely LondonersHenry Oliver—Galahad—is the character who best represents loneliness in The Lonely Londoners. His experiences create more isolation with every unmet expectation and the resulting loneliness is...
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The Things They CarriedThe baby buffalo scene is likely more disturbing because the animal is defenseless against the onslaught of Rat Kiley's bullets. The text tells us that, unlike Curt Lemon, the baby buffalo does not...
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"The Four Freedoms"Here Roosevelt makes a case for US involvement in WWII, which as of yet had been confined to, yet rapidly spreading, throughout Europe and beyond. He makes the case that the US, in the largest...
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Animal FarmIn chapter 7, Napoleon calls an assembly to begin his purge and orders his dogs to immediately attack four defenseless pigs. The dogs drag the pigs by their ears in front of Napoleon before three...
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The Monkey's PawParagraph six of "The Monkey's Paw" helps to illuminate the impulsive nature of Mr. White. While Mr. White plays chess with his son, he tries to divert Herbert's attention away from the board...
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Animal FarmAfter Snowball is driven from the farm he is used as a scapegoat for every conceivable ill. Napoleon's dictatorship becomes ever more repressive and there are growing food shortages thanks to his...
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OzymandiasThe main idea of this poem is that all tyrants are eventually defeated and reduced to nothing. Although Ozymandias thought he was a great and terrifying monarch, ruling over a mighty kingdom, all...
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To Kill a MockingbirdIn chapter 11, Jem loses his temper after Mrs. Dubose makes several derogatory comments about his father, and he ends up destroying her camellia bush. As a punishment, Atticus forces Jem to read to...
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ReferenceBackground Income inequality is defined as the “disposable income” in a household in a given year and includes revenue received regularly from work activities or investments. Income inequality...
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Boule de SuifYour question asks whether someone who comes from a humble background and lives within the parameters of a lower social class could live satisfied or content regardless of this limitation. It also...
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To Room NineteenInitially, there seems little to suggest that either Susan or Matthew are prepared to challenge society's norms in any way. Why should they? On the surface, they appear to have it all: a happy...
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ReferenceIn an ideal world, consumers are generally better served when there is competition between various industries. Competition tends to help keep prices in check and often prevents companies from...
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HistoryHow did the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas transform native cultures and life? at least...We can't write an essay for you, but we can offer some help. Here are some concepts you could explore in your essay. War. The European arrivals on the New World were, in large part, there to...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveFrederick Douglass's Narrative is one of the best known slave narratives. New England abolitionists, particularly William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator,...
