In The Giver, how are Asher, Fiona, the Giver, and the Chief Elder motivated?

Because the society in The Giver is highly controlling and restrictive, Asher and Fiona's motivations are highly controlled and restricted. These characters are not well rounded and reflect the society's limits and constraints. Lowry intentionally does not develop them fully. With that said, Asher is certainly motivated by fun, laughter, and social interaction. As a result he is assigned the role of Director of Recreation, a title that suits him well. Fiona is described as...

Because the society in The Giver is highly controlling and restrictive, Asher and Fiona's motivations are highly controlled and restricted. These characters are not well rounded and reflect the society's limits and constraints. Lowry intentionally does not develop them fully. With that said, Asher is certainly motivated by fun, laughter, and social interaction. As a result he is assigned the role of Director of Recreation, a title that suits him well. Fiona is described as more level, gentle, steady, and she has a passion for taking care of the elderly. She is assigned to the House of Old for her lifetime assignment. 

The Giver's job is to hold all of the memories of the society--both good and bad. He is motivated to transmit these memories to the new Receiver of Memory, in this case Jonas. Ultimately the Giver is motivated to help Jonas escape to Elsewhere as a way to help the community to change and grow. The Giver is a more developed character in the story, and his motivation to help Jonas and the community is well documented.

The Elders in the community are motivated to keep the members of the community under control. They have created a society that is carefully constructed so that no emotions are felt, no negative memories are accessed, and everyone has a specific role. They hide the negative aspects of the community from the citizens and are motivated to keep all members in the dark.

What is Hope's real name?

Joan Bauer's novel Hope Was Here, is a wonderful coming of age story about the title character, Hope, making her way in the world. Hope Yancey is an engaging and unique character who is moving to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, with her aunt Addie in order to work for a man who is dying of Leukemia. Addie is a short order cook and Hope is a waitress. Every place she goes, she writes "Hope was here," to...

Joan Bauer's novel Hope Was Here, is a wonderful coming of age story about the title character, Hope, making her way in the world. Hope Yancey is an engaging and unique character who is moving to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, with her aunt Addie in order to work for a man who is dying of Leukemia. Addie is a short order cook and Hope is a waitress. Every place she goes, she writes "Hope was here," to prove that she was there and had made an impact on the place. 

Her real name is revealed on page six of the novel. Hope states: 

"But my mom, Deena, left me with two things. One I kept--her gift of waitressing; the other I threw away--the name she gave me at birth which, I swear, was Tulip. How a person can look at a two pound baby all wired up in a hospital box and think Tulip is beyond me."

Hope has only seen her biological mother three times in her life: on her fifth, eighth, and thirteenth birthdays. On her eighth birthday, she asks her biological mother why she named her Tulip. Her mother explains that she once saw a movie that was set in Holland with an actress running through tulips and looking happy and free. Hope's mother explains: "I wanted to think of you that way. Happy and free. Running through tulips." Hope states that it took her twelve years to break free from the "curse" of her name and all the teasing that went with it. 

How can I compare aspects of Revolutionary Road with A Streetcar Named Desire focusing particularly on themes and the role of women?

In Revolutionary Road, there are some parallels among the female characters with those of A Streetcar Named Desire.

April Wheeler is a very attractive woman who has aspired to become an actress; however, after marrying Frank, her acting is limited to the Laurel Players, a local group of amateurs who put on a play at the high school in the suburb where they live. After an opening night that is less than stellar, Frank...

In Revolutionary Road, there are some parallels among the female characters with those of A Streetcar Named Desire.

April Wheeler is a very attractive woman who has aspired to become an actress; however, after marrying Frank, her acting is limited to the Laurel Players, a local group of amateurs who put on a play at the high school in the suburb where they live. After an opening night that is less than stellar, Frank attempts to console her, but April puts him on the defensive. She sleeps on the couch, having refused any comfort from him even when he tries to be very sympathetic during the days that follow. The fighting and instability of her relationship with her husband is not dissimilar to the relationship of Stella and Stanley. 

However, not unlike Blanche duBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, April feels herself dependent upon a male: Blanche says, "I've always been dependent upon the kindness of strangers," and she seeks and hopes to make a husband in Mitch. 

Further, Blanche's downward spiral leads to her end, as she does not want the truth. Living the truth is death for Blanche as she ends her journey at Elysian Fields. A woman who is similar to Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire is Maureen Grube, a receptionist where Frank is employed. She goes to lunch with Frank, but ends up at her apartment where she and Frank make love. Maureen finds herself exploited by a man she has depended upon, not unlike Blanche, who says of Stanley, "the first time I laid eyes on him, I thought to myself, that man is my executioner" (Scene 6).

In both plays, then, there are women who manipulate, women who are decent, and women who are exploited and marginalized.

I have been asked to write a short story focusing on one of the characters in Macbeth. I would like to choose a woman as I feel that women often...

Lady Macduff is an interesting character, although she only appears in the one scene when the soldiers invade her castle at Fife. That is in Act IV, Scene 2. You might be able to make an exciting short story out of Lady Macduff. She goes through a lot of stress in a very short time but manages to act with courage and dignity. She tries to carry on a conversation with her little boy in...

Lady Macduff is an interesting character, although she only appears in the one scene when the soldiers invade her castle at Fife. That is in Act IV, Scene 2. You might be able to make an exciting short story out of Lady Macduff. She goes through a lot of stress in a very short time but manages to act with courage and dignity. She tries to carry on a conversation with her little boy in spite of her terrible anxiety and distractions. She doesn't want her son to be affected by her fears. First she is anxious because her husband has fled to England. Then she is warned of impending danger by Ross. Finally a soldier appears with orders to murder her and her son. One of her most striking observations is the following:

Whither should I fly?
I have done no harm. But I remember now
I am in this earthly world, where to do harm
Is often laudable, to do good sometime
Accounted dangerous folly.

The three witches are also women. It would be quite a challenge to write a short story about one or all of them. 

And then there is the Waiting Gentlewoman who is watching over Lady Macbeth during the famous sleepwalking scene in Act V, Scene 1. The advantage of writing about this scene would be that you could include two women in your story: the Waiting Gentlewoman and Lady Macbeth.

In the SAGE Brief Guide to Marketing Ethics, in the section “Public Policy Issues,” found on page 35, the author states that sometimes...

The purpose of the FTC, according to their website, is to "protect consumers and promote competition." The Bureau of Consumer Protection enforces Congressional and FTC rules about competition to protect consumers against fraud committed both by individual companies and by entire industries.

Here are the seven divisions of the BCP and what they do (you can read more on the website links of each division):

• Division of Privacy and Identity Protection: protects consumers against identify...

The purpose of the FTC, according to their website, is to "protect consumers and promote competition." The Bureau of Consumer Protection enforces Congressional and FTC rules about competition to protect consumers against fraud committed both by individual companies and by entire industries.

Here are the seven divisions of the BCP and what they do (you can read more on the website links of each division):

• Division of Privacy and Identity Protection: protects consumers against identify theft and infringements on their privacy.


• Division of Advertising Practices: protects consumers against fraudulent advertising. 


• Division of Consumer & Business Education: helps educate consumers to make wise choices. 


• Division of Enforcement: oversees litigation to enforce FTC laws. 


• Division of Marketing Practices: helps protect consumers against fraud in the marketplace, including scams.


• Division of Consumer Response & Operations: analyzes data to enforce FTC legislation and educational efforts. 


• Division of Financial Practices: protects consumers against fraud and unfair practices related to finances, including debt collection, credit cards, pay day loans, and other practices.


• Division of Litigation Technology & Analysis: helps litigate consumer protection efforts. 

To file a consumer complaint, you can follow the specific steps on the homepage. For example, for an identify theft, you must call the companies that were defrauded by someone stealing your identity, and put a fraud alert on your credit card. Then, you should file an identity complaint with the FTC by going to identitytheft.com, letting the FTC know what happened, and working with them to come up with a recovery plan. Also, you should report the theft to your local police. One rule related to advertising for small businesses, for example, is that advertising must be truthful (see the link below).

`y' + ytanx = secx` Solve the first-order differential equation

Given` y'+y tanx = secx`

when the first order linear ordinary Differentian equation has the form of

`y'+p(x)y=q(x)`

then the general solution is ,

`y(x)=((int e^(int p(x) dx) *q(x)) dx +c)/e^(int p(x) dx) `

so,

`y'+y tanx = secx--------(1)`

`y'+p(x)y=q(x)---------(2)`

on comparing both we get,

`p(x) = tanx and q(x)=sec x`

so on solving with the above general solution we get:

y(x)=`((int e^(int p(x) dx) *q(x)) dx +c)/e^(int p(x) dx)`

=`((int e^(int tanx dx) *(secx))...

Given` y'+y tanx = secx`

when the first order linear ordinary Differentian equation has the form of

`y'+p(x)y=q(x)`

then the general solution is ,

`y(x)=((int e^(int p(x) dx) *q(x)) dx +c)/e^(int p(x) dx) `

so,

`y'+y tanx = secx--------(1)`

`y'+p(x)y=q(x)---------(2)`

on comparing both we get,

`p(x) = tanx and q(x)=sec x`

so on solving with the above general solution we get:

y(x)=`((int e^(int p(x) dx) *q(x)) dx +c)/e^(int p(x) dx)`

=`((int e^(int tanx dx) *(secx)) dx +c)/e^(int tanx dx) `

first we shall solve

`e^(int tanx dx)=e^(ln(secx)) = sec x `

as we know`int tanx dx = ln(secx)`  

So, proceeding further, we get

y(x) =`((int secx *secx) dx +c)/secx `

=`(int sec^2 x  dx +c)/secx`

=`(tanx+c)/secx`

=`tanx/secx + c/secx`

`y(x)=sinx+ c*cosx`

How did the Civil War affect the people and landscape of the United States? Include the following: wartime effects on gender norms; the impact of...

The American Civil War was one of the most seminal events in American history. It had far-reaching impact on people, places, and society.

Impact of the war on natural landscape

Because of the war effort both sides required tremendous resources such as food, timber, and animals. Apart from constructing farms to support troops, forests were cleared to provide building materials and fuel. In other words, the landscape was altered to meet the needs of the...

The American Civil War was one of the most seminal events in American history. It had far-reaching impact on people, places, and society.

Impact of the war on natural landscape

Because of the war effort both sides required tremendous resources such as food, timber, and animals. Apart from constructing farms to support troops, forests were cleared to provide building materials and fuel. In other words, the landscape was altered to meet the needs of the country in the war.

German-Americans and Irish Americans

German-Americans were the largest ethnic group to fight for the Union in the Civil War. Many newly immigrated Germans settled in the early 19th century in Midwestern states such as Wisconsin and Minnesota. When the War broke out, many Germans decided to fight for the Union, even if they were not citizens yet. A smaller number of German Americans, however, also served for the Confederacy.

Similarly, Irish-Americans served for the North and the South as soldiers and volunteers. It is important to note that the North-South division in the Irish American population materialized along the lines of religion; specifically, Catholic Irish Americans tended to fight for the North, whereas Protestant Irish Americans fought for the South. Given that Irish Americans and Catholics in particular were considered suspicious because of their loyalty to the Pope (a foreign “power”), the involvement of Irish Americans in the Civil War helped them to become somewhat more respected American society. 

1863 Draft Riots in New York City

Not only was the Civil War a conflict between the North and South about the rights or wrongs of slavery, but it also stirred a certain amount of class conflict. Working class white men (mostly Irish and German) protested a military draft that was enacted in the North in 1863. The draft stirred discontent among working class white males because freed black men living in the North were excluded from having to serve in the military. Working-class white males believed that this was unfair and feared that the freed slaves were competing with them on the labor market.

African Americans

The most important impact of the war was that slavery was abolished. As a consequence, many freed slaves moved to the Northeast, Midwest, and West where they settled in major cities such as Chicago or New York (see Great Migration). During the war, many freed slaves participated in the war effort for the Union.

Gender norms

During the nineteenth century, the ideology of “separate spheres” shaped gender norms. This ideology implied that women were the “fairer” and weaker sex and hence were only suitable for the “domestic realm” (i.e. as housewives and mothers). However, during the Civil War, women participated in the war effort by volunteering as nurses or even as disguising themselves as men and fighting as soldiers. While many women were active in the Abolitionist movement of the North, the scope of involvement in the war effort was nonetheless a deviation from their normal roles as wives and mothers.