Paige Hancock
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Teacher, freelance writer, former high school/college-age tutor with a BA in sociology and literature.
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Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
In Kurt Vonnegut's story Harrison Bergeron, the U.S. government in 2081 enforces full equality by "handicapping" everyone who possesses physical strength, intelligence, talent, beauty, or any other... -
Answered a Question in History
The Iroquois nations refers to the political alliance created by the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca people, which was likely developed in the mid-15th century. Each nation elected a... -
Answered a Question in The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank was a thirteen-year-old girl who recorded her thoughts and experiences while hiding from the Nazis during World War II in a diary, which was published by her father after her death. Her... -
Answered a Question in History
In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, he argues against the belief that education is like "putting sight into blind eyes." In the text, the character of Socrates argues that the ability to learn is an... -
Answered a Question in History
In his book Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville lists five values that ensured the success of America's constitutional republic. These values are liberty, egalitarianism, individualism,... -
Answered a Question in Little Brother
The main conflict faced by Marcus in Cory Doctorow's Little Brother is the Department of Homeland Security falsely accusing him of involvement in a terrorist attack. Marcus is intensely... -
Answered a Question in History
The passage of the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act in 1949 banned marriages between white and non-white South Africans and nullified existing mixed race marriages. It was amended in 1968 to... -
Answered a Question in 1984
George Orwell's 1984 was written in the mid-to-late-1940s, coinciding with the beginning of the Cold War. Orwell, a lifelong socialist, aided the Catalan anarcho-syndicalists in the Spanish Civil... -
Answered a Question in 1984
In 1984, Winston Smith is employed within the Party's propaganda department, the Ministry of Truth. His job is to ensure that all existing documentation matches the aims and beliefs of the Party,... -
Answered a Question in 1984
The oppressive, totalitarian government of 1984 is governed by a set of principles known as "Ingsoc," which means English socialism in the constructed language of the Party, Newspeak. The... -
Answered a Question in 1984
George Orwell's 1984 examines the oppression of a totalitarian surveillance state. The tyrannical government is constantly watching its citizens with secret cameras and microphones, searching for... -
Answered a Question in Olive Senior
Olive Senior's "The Two Grandmothers" is the story of a young girl whose maturation is shown in her changing attitudes towards her grandmothers. As a child, the girl states a preference for her... -
Answered a Question in Slavery
The Atlantic slave trade had a variety of negative social effects on Africa. The European exploitation of African resources and human labor, as well as the constant demand for slaves to export to... -
Answered a Question in Alexander Hamilton
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington invited Alexander Hamilton to serve as his aide, with the official title of Lieutenant Colonel. As an aide, Hamilton was given many responsibilities... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
In The Catcher in the Rye, narrator Holden Caulfield often discusses his disdain for "phonies," but also states that he enjoys lying. He describes himself as "the most terrific liar you ever saw in... -
Answered a Question in History
The Kennedy Doctrine was the set of American policies towards Latin America during Kennedy's presidency, between 1961 and 1963. Prior to Kennedy's presidency, the US government backed Cuba's... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
In The Giver, Lily experiences little development as a character. Throughout the text she is straightfoward, talkative, and innocent. Because she is so direct, her dialogue is often expository to... -
Answered a Question in Fever 1793
In Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793, Nell is a young girl who becomes orphaned and homeless after her mother dies of yellow fever. Matilda, the novel's main character, discovers her crying in the... -
Answered a Question in History
The scientific revolution, which refers to the development of modern science, occurred largely before Adam Smith's lifetime; it began with Copernicus's 16th century writings on astronomy and ended... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
In Harrison Bergeron, the phrase "unceasing vigilance" describes the work ethic of the Handicapper General agents. The word "unceasing" means "constant," and "vigilance" refers to careful... -
Answered a Question in History
Christian leaders in the 14th century faced a number of challenges, including the Western Schism, the Spanish Inquisition, and the Hesychast Controversy. The Western Schism refers to a conflict... -
Answered a Question in European Exploration of America
Colonization in Africa devastated the continent; from the earliest days of international slave trade in the 17th century to the Belgian presence in the Congo during the 20th century, European... -
Answered a Question in History
Thomas Jefferson supported a democratic state that made decisions on the basis of majority rule voting by its citizens, and opposed the concept of minority rule as tyrannical. Jefferson argued that... -
Answered a Question in History
In the 16th century, the demand for African slaves by European colonial powers increased as England and Spain officially legalized international slave trade. One effect of this in West Africa was... -
Answered a Question in The Lady, or the Tiger?
The unusual custom in the society of Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? is the arbitrary legal system referenced in the title. When someone in this society commits a crime, their trial... -
Answered a Question in Anton Chekhov
"Farce" refers to a dramatic work that utilizes absurdity as a literary device by placing exaggerated characters in improbable situations. Anton Chekhov's The Proposal is an example of farce... -
Answered a Question in Freak the Mighty
One conflict in the book Freak the Mighty is the internal conflict experienced by the narrator, Max. At the beginning of the book, Max has low self-esteem, believes that his grandparents don't love... -
Answered a Question in Yellow Face
In David Henry Hwang's play, Yellow Face, the playwright tells a fictionalized story based on his own real life experience of backlash for casting a white Brit as an Asian character in the play... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
In Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio enters to interrupt a fight between two Capulet servants and two Montague households. The fight begins when Abram and Balthasar, trusted servants of... -
Answered a Question in History
Prior to the earliest days of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, Haiti was a French colony with an enslaved African-descended population numbering 500,000. Because this number was over ten times the... -
Answered a Question in Alice Walker
The poem New Face by Alice Walker describes the speaker's reactions to falling in love. The speaker describes overcoming their worry about falling in love, instead choosing to fully honor,... -
Answered a Question in Bernard MacLaverty
Secrets, by Bernard MacLaverty, tells the story of an unnamed boy's relationship with his proud and secretive Aunt Mary. The story begins introducing the distance between the boy and his dying... -
Answered a Question in Ozymandias
The poem Ozymandias, by Percy Shelley, is a political sonnet that recounts a story the speaker once heard from a traveler. The traveler describes exploring the desert in his home country and... -
Answered a Question in The Hunger Games
In the dystopian future of The Hunger Games, the continent formerly known as North America is a totalitarian dictatorship called Panem. The nation was founded after a series of wars and global... -
Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
In Crispin: The Cross of Lead, the climax of the story develops after Crispin discovers that he is Lord Furnival's son, and attempts to find Bear with the help of The Brotherhood. When the group... -
Answered a Question in History
One example of African resistance to imperialism was the 1896 Battle of Adwa. This was a conflict between the Ethiopian army, led by Emperor Menelik II, and the Italian army, led by General Oreste... -
Answered a Question in Antigone
One lesson conveyed by the play Antigone is the importance of religious morality, even over state authority. Antigone's actions directly disobey King Creon's orders, but his political authority... -
Answered a Question in Angels and Demons
At the end of Angels and Demons, Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital and watches on Kohler's camera a video of the late pope's assistant branding himself with the sign of the Illuminati and... -
Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
Duke Orsino's speech at the opening of Twelfth Night expresses the lovesick feeling that follows the characters of the play, and establishes his character as melancholy and melodramatic. One... -
Answered a Question in A Very Short Story
In the sixth paragraph of Ernest Hemingway's "A Very Short Story," Luz begins a relationship with the major of the battalion in Pordonone, after the soldier leaves Genoa for America. In the letter... -
Answered a Question in The Jungle Book
In the Disney film adaptation of The Jungle Book, King Louie is the leader of the orangutans who tries to convince Mowgli to teach him how to make fire. Louie is lighthearted, fun-loving and happy,... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Both The Scarlet Letter and Assata detail misogynistic treatment of women. The Scarlet Letter tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman punished for her sexuality by the patriarchal Puritan... -
Answered a Question in Antigone
In ancient Greek drama, the chorus is a group that comments collectively on the play's action and context. The role of the chorus is to provide information not revealed in dialogue, such as context... -
Answered a Question in Oryx and Crake
The character of Crake, known in childhood as Glenn, is a genius geneticist whose plan is to create a new race of human-like creatures to replace the destructive and environmentally unfriendly Homo... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
When Jem and Scout find the two soap dolls in the Radley's tree, Scout's first reaction is fear. She believes they are "hoo-doo" (voodoo) dolls, screams, and throws them. Jem retrieves the dolls... -
Answered a Question in Robert Frost
Robert Frost's "The Pasture" is a two-stanza poem with a xAAx rhyme scheme, written in iambic pentameter except for the final line of each stanza, which utilizes iambic tetrameter. One example of a... -
Answered a Question in Holes
The book Holes, by Louis Sachar, tells the story of 14-year-old Stanley Yelnats, whose family has been cursed with bad luck for generations. The curse began when his great-great-grandfather, Elya... -
Answered a Question in Holes
Louis Sachar's Holes tells the story of 14-year-old Stanley Yelnats, whose family has been cursed with bad luck for generations. This curse manifests in Stanley's life when he is accused of... -
Answered a Question in The Unknown Citizen
The fourth line of W. H. Auden's "The Unknown Citizen" is the following: That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint. In the context of the poem, this line could be viewed as... -
Answered a Question in History
Throughout his lifetime, and despite some disagreement from his contemporaries, Christopher Columbus never abandoned the belief that his voyages had reached Asia. He believed that East Asia, the...
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