mike krupp
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Born & raised in California. Served noncombat in Vietnam. Graduated BSEE from UC Berkeley. Worked mostly as software engineer designing laser control systems for medical use. Now retired. 1 daughter, now in high school, heading for college.
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Answered a Question in Great Expectations
Warning: this essay has nothing to do with your question, but I can't resist making a comment. Missy575 gives an excellent answer and lists some points I had missed. Dickens actually wrote... -
Answered a Question in Araby
Holy cow: 3 sentences! This story is worth much more because of its intensity of emotion and its final disappointment. However: I think the flashback occurs when the narrator returns to the... -
Answered a Question in Robert Frost
Let's start with the mechanics. The poem is written in quatrains, or four-line stanzas, in which three-beat and four-beat lines alternate. This is a traditional form; see the Wikipedia... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
Poe's stories and poems are usually dark and pessimistic, often invoke the malignant supernatural, demonic possession, and death, and usually show deterioration of the narrator. I think Poe sums up... -
Answered a Question in Essays
Elaborating on "hmccrory"'s answer: You want people to read your editorial, and afterwards to say "that's the best I've ever read. Hire that person!" So, start with a snappy title, something like... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
The phrase "A lamb to the slaughter" refers to lambs who are slaughtered for their meat. The also used to be slaughtered so their skins could be made into particularly good gloves. The lamb is... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
For more casual reading, I think of books by Thomas Harris: Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Hannibal Rising, which all deal with the psychotic Hannibal Lecter. In these books the narrator... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
We have to distinguish between "unstable" psychology, in which the subject's mental state can change from time to time, and "pathological" psychology: in this case, a mental state in which... -
Answered a Question in Literature
I think your statement "I'm only as good as my Teacher Is" has elements of truth and -- well, call it "non-truth". It isn't true that you are defined by your teacher's opinion. I have... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
That's a tricky one. Personally, I think Montresor is clearly an "unreliable narrator" (suggestion: This is a common term used when discussing literature; Google it and get a good idea what it... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
It would have helped if you'd referred to "The Devil and Tom Walker". However, the eagle-eyed Sherlock Holmes figured it out. Notice when this story is set: 1727, almost 50 years before the... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus has to be persuaded to meet the dog. He sees that the dog is clearly a danger to his family and the public, and further appears to be in great misery. The important point is...