Crystal Hoffmann
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I just recently completed my Master's Degree in Biology at UC Irvine and I also hold a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction. I received my Bachelor's degree from UC Irvine in both Biology and Philosophy with minors in both Mathematics and Spanish. Now, is it any wonder that I teach high school English, ELD, and PE?
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Answered a Question in The Interlopers
The narrator of "The Interlopers" is the omniscient narrator. This type of narrator is a kind of mind reader, it is the all-knowing narrator. The narrator is not a character in the story and almost... -
Answered a Question in The Sniper
"The Sniper" takes place historically during the Irish Civil War in the 1920s that even divided families. The story begins with a sense of danger when the author describes the how the "heavy guns... -
Answered a Question in Speak
In Melinda's Spanish class the students do not have respect for their teacher and this lack of respect was established the first day of class according to Melinda. The teacher thought that she... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
When Amir says, "I don't want to forget anymore," he is saying that he is ready to face what happened to Hassan the day Amir won the kite championship and Hassan ran it for him. Hassan was raped... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
The insult is never named, or rather the "thousand injuries" were never named by Fortunato. We know that Montresor is an unreliable narrator because he never names the insults and his account of... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
I have been in several jungles around the world and it feels fantastic, exciting, and invigorating to be in one- that is of you are not being hunted. If I were Rainsford in the jungle my experience... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Ibis
Hurst begins the story using more complex diction to distinguish between Brother, the adult remembering the past and Brother, the young boy who pushed, embarrassed, frightened, and loved his... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
The reason Zaroff makes such a good character in the book is the surprise that comes with him. The whole island itself is not what it seems as Rainsford finds out. He hardly expects there to be a... -
Answered a Question in In the Time of the Butterflies
The Mirabel sisters are faced with several conflicts throughout the novel. Internally each young woman struggles with becoming who she desires to be while remaining loyal to her family wanted her... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Ibis
Doodle's Brother takes Doodle to Old Woman Swamp because he is ashamed that his brother cannot walk. He anticipates being embarrassed when people find out that he has a disabled brother so he is... -
Answered a Question in The Cay
In the beginning of the novel before Phillip lost his eyesight he was very judgmental of Timothy based solely on the fact that he was black. He was raised by his mother to think that he was somehow... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Benjamin is the cynic on the farm and he makes no effort to hide it. He believes that the conditions on the farm are bad and that no change in power would ever really change the conditions on the... -
Answered a Question in 1984
Each Outer Party member in Oceania is on a very tight schedule. These schedules make it possible for the Inner Party and Big Brother to have almost total control over the Outer Party members.... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The government does not see these men as a real threat because they are removed from the city and they are so few. The government has control of the masses and that is the ultimate goal. Men living... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
Amir needed the acceptance of his father because he felt so much guilt over his mother's death and his father's grief over it. Amir felt that he was the cause of his mother's death, that he... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Mollie runs away from the farm because she has never supported the rebellion. Mollie loved being under Mr. Jones' rule because she got plenty of sugar and she was allowed to wear ribbons in her... -
Answered a Question in The Cay
Timothy was a native to the islands and so he knew that hurricane season could be upon them while they were on the island. This particular hurricane came rather early though. Timothy was nervous... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
Lennie likes soft things and while he and George are traveling to Soledad Lennie is carrying a dead mouse in his pocket. Lennie likes to take the mouse out and stroke it while they walk. This... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
Antithesis is when two ideas or characters are juxtaposed to one another to illustrate their qualities more clearly. In the world of Fahrenheit 451 there are two sides, those who... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
The physical geography is a huge influence on the novel because it gives the reader the historical context needed to understand Afghanistan's political unrest and the warring that takes place. The... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
The rising action in a story is known as the events in the plot that lead up or build up to the climax, or the highest point of action in the story. The rising action in the story actually comes... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
Curley wears a "glove fulla Vaseline" because he's "keepin his han' soft for his wife" according to Candy the swamper. He tells George about it when they arrive at the ranch and he says it with... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
It is actually Montag's destiny, it's as if his physical genes have destined him to becoming a fireman. Every fireman, when he begins to think about it, has soot colored hair, dark eyes, and a... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
The plot of a story is made up of the exposition, rising action, falling action, and resolution. The climax is a key part to the plot because it indicates the highest point of action in the story... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
Lennie's weakness is his mental capacity, he is slow, often times does not understand situations, often times does not understand his own physical strength, and has trouble relating to others in... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Mr. Jones was not a good farmer and leader to his farm which is why he lost it all to the animals. Mr. Jones allegorically represented the last czar of Russia, Nicholas II. He was a lazy farmer who... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The TV family is called "family" because they actually serve that role in society. Each house is equipped with at least one TV wall, most have multiple walls in one room and the shows are actually... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Ibis
Doodle did a lot with his short life of five years. He surprised everyone by living longer than three months and walking, but he went even further than that and surprised his brother with... -
Answered a Question in Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Hawthorne uses a lot of symbolism and allegory in his written works and we can see both in this story. He uses mostly Romantic symbolism in this story. The rose which he brings back to life is a... -
Answered a Question in The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Ivan a judge in the high court with a child and a wife is found to be living a good and simple life, or so he thought. He begins to feel sick and finds out that he is terminal. It is at this point... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
"Come on now, we're going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them." Granger suggests that building a mirror factory is the... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The government permits the men to stay by the railroad tracks because the government does ot think that their small faction of memorized book pieces ca do any real damage to the society as long as... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
This society cannot allow a dissident to escape. In order to preserve the society they had to have an end to the chase so they found some innocent soul to take his place. It would not be fitting to... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
Odysseus wants to visit the Cyclops out of pure curiosity. He knows that he has the protection of the gods and he believes himself to be more than human so he does not fear entering Polyphemus'... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Napoleon puts near impossible demands on the animals of the farm. At first the animals agree because it's for the good of the farm. They also agree to the heavy work loads because they feel a need... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The parlor TV walls are actually interactive. They talk to the person who has signed up to engaged with them. Montag and Mildred have three walls and Mildred longs for a fourth so she can have a... -
Answered a Question in 1984
There are no martyrs in this society because the Inner Party has constructed the reconditioning system in the Ministry of Love. Any possible dissidents are conditioned to their most vulnerable... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Napoleon takes the young from their parents and educates them himself, pigs in particular. He took the nine puppies first and trained them to be loyal to him and ferocious beasts that would do his... -
Answered a Question in World War I
Germany faced a lot of problems at the end of World War I. Germany had gained some territories during World War I, but toward the close of the war Germany was forced to concede and sign a peace... -
Answered a Question in The Cold War
The Cold War describes a period of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. The reason it is known as "cold" is because there was no actual physical combat. There was a race to see... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury paints a very bleak picture of a society that is virtually without feeling in which each of its members are given the illusion of happiness and contentment, but they are actually just... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Animal Farm engages culture because of its allegorical features. It is not simply a story about animals overthrowing the farmer on a farm, but it is a paralleled allegory for the Russian Revolution... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
The story is only told from one point of view, third person limited. The narrator tells the story about Jim and Della, but we only know what Della thinks and feels. If the story were omniscient we,... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
The narrator is certainly an unreliable one. The story is told from Montresor, the narrator's, point of view. At the opening of the story Montresor claims that Fortunato has committed "a thousand... -
Answered a Question in Night
The first place that the Jews were sent after the arrival of the German soldiers in Sighet was actually to the ghettos. It was iin the spring of 1944 and the Jews thought that the end of the war... -
Answered a Question in Night
The Jews of Sighet never fought against each new law and edict passed because they thought if they went along with it the war would end and they wouldn't have to fight. They believed wholeheartedly... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Napoleon uses several methods of exercising his power over the animals, one powerful method is through food. Food is what motivates most of these animals and is one big reason that motivated them... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The two love separate lives and the society has set it up so that relationships are shallow, superficial, and virtually meaningless. This society is all about giving people the illusionsof what... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The government gained control over the people through a process in which they eliminated, over time, literature and media which could be deemed offensive or thought provoking. The government began... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
Beatty's clearest explanation for the decline of civilization came in the Hearth and the Salamander when he says of houses in comparison to people, "If you don't want a house built, hide the nails...
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