Jennifer Taubenheim
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I am a general and special edcation teacher. I love the academics, but have a real passion for working with kids with behavior problems. I teach at an alternative middle school, and am currently working on my Masters degree in special education with a focus in behavioral disorders.
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Answered a Question in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Twain's story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is written in 1st person narration. The narrator begins by saying that a friend of his had asked him to visit Simon Wheeler and ask... -
Answered a Question in The Westing Game
In Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game, the delivery boy is described as "uncommon-looking." He is described this way because he was sixty-two years old. Obviously the term "delivery boy" generally... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Hester left Amsterdam and went to New England to start a new life. She waited for her husband for a long time until she assumed that he was dead. She is then found to be pregnant. She is forced to... -
Answered a Question in Sons and Lovers
There are a few different themes found in D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers: The Oedipus complex, bondage, contradictions and oppositions, and nature and flowers. The Oedipus Complex- the name comes... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
As Huck and Jim are on their way to Cairo, Jim tells Huck about how he is going work and save money so that he can buy his family back and they will be together again. He says that he would even be... -
Answered a Question in Ethan Frome
There are a few different themes that can be seen in Ethan Frome. One of them is the contrast of personal fulfillment as compared to duty to family and society. This is made clear through the... -
Answered a Question in History
There are actually few similarities between Mexican food and Spanish food. One example would be tortillas. They are used in the cooking of both cultures, although they are a staple in Mexican food... -
Answered a Question in Nissim Ezekiel
Nissim Ezekiel was born December 14, 1924 in Mumbai. His parents were both in education, with his mother being principal of a school and his father being a professor of botanly at Wilson College.... -
Answered a Question in The Alchemist
There is a very spiritual/new age feel to The Alchemist. The boy learns about things that he cannot discover through books. Instead he needs to be able to learn through his experiences and to... -
Answered a Question in Julie of the Wolves
Miyax has been staying in the woods with the wolves but she relalizes that the weather is getting worse and she needs to leave. She decides to find a village so that she can get some help from... -
Answered a Question in The Raven
The first thing he asks the raven to tell him is his name("...Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore..." Stanza 8). The speaker continues talking and gets himself more and... -
Answered a Question in History
The colonists who chose to come from England to America were looking for religious freedom and greater opportunities. They thought that they would be left alone. But it was a time of imperialism.... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
“Life is for the strong, and, if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure… I hunt the scum of the earth-...” Zaroff is sadistic and arrogant. He... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
The light came from the head of the Ghost of Christmas Past: But the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Not sure which spirit you are talking about, so I will cover all of them. Marley- Scrooge does not believe Marley is really there. He is fairly confrontational with Marley. "The truth is, that he... -
Answered a Question in The Old Man and the Sea
I believe he actually went 87 days without catching fish. "Santiago," the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was hauled up. "I could go with you again. We've made some... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Scrooge was coming home at night. As he looked at the door knocker, he suddenly saw the face of Marley, his long-deceased business partner. This happened without any "intermediate process of... -
Answered a Question in A Jury of Her Peers
A Jury of Her Peers is a fitting title because it describes the understanding that was between the women as to what Minnie Wright had gone through, and they acquitted her of murder. Minnie had been... -
Answered a Question in East of Eden
This topic has been discussed on the enotes page listed below. However, here is a quick summary. The main theme is the battle between good and evil. The battle can be between good vs. evil people... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
The Buchanan’s house is an important symbol of their status, as well as their wealth. It is located in the East Egg which is considered to be the fashionable side of Long Island. This is where the... -
Answered a Question in Look Back in Anger
Basic summary of Act III. Jimmy and Cliff are sitting reading the Sunday paper while Helena is ironing. They talk about an article in the newspaper and goof off for a while. Cliff says that he is... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout has been waiting for her entire life to start school, but it does not turn out the way that she expects it to. Her teacher is Miss Caroline Fisher. Miss Caroline is a new teacher and new to... -
Answered a Question in The Pinballs
The main characters in The Pinballs are a girl (Carlie) and two boys (Harvey and Thomas J). The kids are in foster care for various reasons. They have been moved from foster home to foster home and... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Here is the text leading up to the amount. The amount is listed right at the end. The widow said she meant to give Huck a home under her roof and have him educated; and that when she could spare... -
Answered a Question in Twilight
In chapter 15, Bella wakes up and sees that Edward is still there. He tells her that Charlie left an hour earlier and disconnected her battery cables, apparently trying to keep her at home in case... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
To continue from the previous post, Scrooge tells his nephew to keep Christmas in his own way, and he will keep Christmas in his. To this his nephew replies, "But you don't keep it." Scrooge says,... -
Answered a Question in Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Richard and his brother helped a little kitten that they found in their backyard and this made their father angry. The kitten was making too much noise, and their father told Richard to, “Kill that... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
I assume that the comment that you are referring to is when Atticus says, “The Ku Klux Klan is gone.” The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, were formed was formed in 1865 by veteran soldiers of the Confederate... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
There was a meeting of the gods on Mount Olympus and Athena was arguing that they should help Odysseus. Through her arguments, she convinced Zeus to send his son Hermes to Ogygia to save Odysseus... -
Answered a Question in History
WWI occured as a result of political instability, alliances, arms build-up, mistrust, etc. Much simplified, here is what happened: 1. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed... -
Answered a Question in The Crucible
Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, was accused of being a witch and she was sent to prison. John wants to save her as well as the others in the community who have been falsely accused. The... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
In Stave 3, the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to observe Christmas in the Cratchit house. Scrooge sees that they do not have much. The clothes of the women are old and worn, decorated... -
Answered a Question in The Yellow Wallpaper
There are a couple of different types of conflict going on in the story. I believe that the primary conflict is Man vs. Society. The protagonist is living in a society (and further, a home) where... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado is a short story on the topic of revenge that deals with the frightening concept of being buried alive (although in this case it is more of an immurement, or being buried... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Metaphor- “The creature was a party of boys (pg 16).” This choice of words also has strong symbolic meaning in the overall story. Literally, they were, as a group, working their way through a...