Better Days Ahead, a charitable organization, has a standing agreement with First National Bank. The agreement allows Better Days Ahead to...

Let's move systematically through these numbered questions!

1. Several different accounts will be affected as a result of Jacob Henson's actions:

Accounts that would experience a credit include:

- liabilities (from the overdraft)

- expenses

- assets

Accounts that would experience a debit include:

- revenue

- equity

2. A negative bank balance would be listed in the Trial Balance as an overdraft. This Trial Balance lists all of the accounts and their balances that...

Let's move systematically through these numbered questions!

1. Several different accounts will be affected as a result of Jacob Henson's actions:

Accounts that would experience a credit include:

- liabilities (from the overdraft)

- expenses

- assets

Accounts that would experience a debit include:

- revenue

- equity

2. A negative bank balance would be listed in the Trial Balance as an overdraft. This Trial Balance lists all of the accounts and their balances that appear in the lifetime financial records of "Better Days Ahead." This report separates out credit and debit into different columns. Thus, if we are being specific, the overdraft would be marked down in the debit column of the Trial Balance.

3. Let's for the sake of the argument define ethics as the principles guiding "right action" around the business' conduct. Technically speaking, First National Bank has agreed to allow Better Days Ahead to overdraw its cash balance when funds are running low. The question itself doesn't inform us whether or not funds are actually running low when Henson overdraws. You might argue that it wouldn't make sense to expand if the stability of financial operations are already at stake; you could also argue that the expansion is being done in order to revitalize these low numbers. Let's go with the latter option: Henson technically isn't doing anything "unethical" in that the agreement does stand with the bank. However, is this necessarily a wise decision? Not really. The money spent on fundraising might have proven beneficial in bringing in donations, but from the sound of the situation (specifically, his maintained negative balance), it doesn't appear to have worked. The vague information about the office equipment also does not inspire a lot of confidence in me: was this new equipment truly necessary? Or was it simply upgrading already functional equipment? We don't have that information.

4. For the above reason, no, I do not approve of Henson's management of funds. It does not bode well for the company that he was unable to correct the negative balance. 

What is the solution and conclusion in the book "Fahrenheit 451" ?

At the end of the novel, Fahrenheit 451, Montag has joined the group of book hobos where each member of the group has memorized an important work of literature or history.  Montag has memorized two parts of the Bible, Ecclesiastes and Revelations.  There is no real solution to the story because we don’t know what happens to society and Montag after he witnesses the nuclear bombing of the town where he lived and was...

At the end of the novel, Fahrenheit 451, Montag has joined the group of book hobos where each member of the group has memorized an important work of literature or history.  Montag has memorized two parts of the Bible, Ecclesiastes and Revelations.  There is no real solution to the story because we don’t know what happens to society and Montag after he witnesses the nuclear bombing of the town where he lived and was a fireman.  Bradbury doesn’t give us any hints or clues as to what is to happen to the small group of men other than perhaps a little bit of hope that once the oppressive government is destroyed, knowledge will be born again through the memorization of the books.  By Montag memorizing Ecclesiastes, Bradbury suggests that there is a “time for everything” and the rebuilding of the society will come.

Here is the excerpt Montag memorizes suggesting that a new world is yet to come for the oppressed citizens of Fahrenheit 451.

Ecclesiastes

There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

What are the figures of speech in "All Summer in a Day"?

Ray Bradbury is a master of using figures of speech to make his writing more descriptive.  His use of metaphors, personification, similes, etc. enhances the reader’s experiences with his stories because they become so visual; and therefore, they are able to be imagined. 

Here are some examples from the story, “All Summer in a Day”.

Simile—“The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at...

Ray Bradbury is a master of using figures of speech to make his writing more descriptive.  His use of metaphors, personification, similes, etc. enhances the reader’s experiences with his stories because they become so visual; and therefore, they are able to be imagined. 

Here are some examples from the story, “All Summer in a Day”.

Simile—“The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun.”  Here, Bradbury is comparing the children to roses and weeds or good children and bad children.

Metaphor—“ . . . the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof.”  Bradbury compares the continuous raindrops to clear beads on a necklace.

Metaphor--She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost.  Bradbury is describing Margot, the main character, by relating her to a dusty album and a ghost.

Simile--"It’s like a penny," she said once, eyes closed. "No, it's not!" the children cried. "It's like a fire," she said, "in the stove."  These are Margot’s comparisons of the sun to a penny and a fire in a stove.

“They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously, even as you watched it. It was a nest of octopuses, clustering up great arms of flesh-like weed, wavering, flowering in this brief spring. It was the color of rubber and ash, this jungle, from the many years without sun. It was the color of stones and white cheeses and ink, and it was the color of the moon.”  This excerpt is full of figures of speech including personification when Bradbury compares the jungle to a nest of octopuses.

In chapter one titled "Our Society" of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Cranford, is Captain Brown a flat or round character?

In "Our Society", chapter one of the novel Cranford, Captain Brown is a round character. Round characters are presented to the reader like real people, in comparison to flat characters who only show the reader their superficial, one-dimensional surface.

In this chapter the reader learns that "the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient" and prefer to live without men. They believe that "'a man...is so in the way in the house!'” (2). In comes Captain Brown, "a half-pay captain" who "had obtained some situation on a neighbouring railroad" and moves to Cranford. He instantly challenges the "Amazonian" women's rules of society, annoying the narrator and Miss Jenkyns, the town's matriarch.

First, we learn that in a society where the women believe it tacky to speak of money, Captain Brown boasts that he is poor, and we are given specific details about his personality and speech:

I never shall forget the dismay felt when a certain Captain Brown came to live at Cranford, and openly spoke about his being poor—not in a whisper to an intimate friend, the doors and windows being previously closed, but in the public street! in a loud military voice! (6).

Next, we are told that Brown “spoke in a voice too large for the room, and joked” often (7). He is also “friendly, though the Cranford ladies had been cool” to him, and is sarcastic and honest, all traits that the narrator thinks are those of “a man who was not ashamed to be poor.”  The narrator is extremely surprised that Captain Brown, as annoying as he is to her, has earned an “extraordinary place as authority among the Cranford ladies.”  However, despite his popularity, the reader is told that he is not changed by it, but remains unpretentious and friendly.

Finally, more details that develop Brown into a round character are the fact that he has two daughters, Miss Brown and Miss Jessie, and we are given specific details about his children. The reader is even told that Brown “had taken a small house on the outskirts of the town”(8). Through the use of imagery, the reader can imagine what Brown looks like: he is described as being around sixty years old but having “a wiry, well-trained, elastic figure, a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step, which made him appear much younger than he was" (9).

The abundance of imagery and specific details about Captain Brown's personality, appearance, living/professional situations, and family makes him an obvious round character that grows on the reader, just as he did the women of Cranford.

What question is repeatedly asked in the poem "The Tyger"?

The serial questions that make up the text of William Blake's "The Tyger" are all variations on a single question, namely, "Who designed and created the Tyger?" The first question asks, "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?" To paraphrase, this means, "What kind of God could make a creature so frightening?" 

The second stanza could be paraphrased as "How far did the Creator have to go to obtain the dreadful fire...

The serial questions that make up the text of William Blake's "The Tyger" are all variations on a single question, namely, "Who designed and created the Tyger?" The first question asks, "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?" To paraphrase, this means, "What kind of God could make a creature so frightening?" 

The second stanza could be paraphrased as "How far did the Creator have to go to obtain the dreadful fire of the Tyger's eyes, and how did he dare grasp it in his hands?"

The third stanza asks what shoulder, hand, or feet could use its creative skill to mold such a fearsome beast.

The fourth stanza uses imagery of a blacksmith shop to ask what tools could have been used to fashion the deadly animal.

The fifth stanza wonders whether, when creation was complete, the God who was responsible for creating this monster smiled, or whether he mourned along with the stars at the ravenous beast. It then asks, "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" The contrast is astounding because the Tyger is the polar opposite of the gentle, harmless lamb.

Finally the last stanza reiterates word for word the question posed in the first stanza. All the questions in the poem are ways of asking what kind of God could make such a deadly and frightening animal. 

What time period is the setting for the novel Buried Onions?

The first copyright listed for Gary Soto's novel Buried Onionsis 1996 and that is precisely the year in which the protagonist Eddie goes through his travails in the barrio of southeast Fresno. Soto reveals the exact year in chapter six when Eddie is in the Navy recruiting office. Eddie is wearing a Fresno State t-shirt with a picture of a bulldog, the university's athletic mascot. The recruiter comments on the the shirt, and tells...

The first copyright listed for Gary Soto's novel Buried Onions is 1996 and that is precisely the year in which the protagonist Eddie goes through his travails in the barrio of southeast Fresno. Soto reveals the exact year in chapter six when Eddie is in the Navy recruiting office. Eddie is wearing a Fresno State t-shirt with a picture of a bulldog, the university's athletic mascot. The recruiter comments on the the shirt, and tells Eddie that Jerry Tarkanian, the basketball team's second year coach, would turn them around. Tarkanian coached at Fresno State from 1995-2002 and they were indeed successful during his tenure. Tarkanian, a quite unique individual, is more famous for his time at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he won an NCAA championship with the Runnin' Rebels in 1990. In the office there is also a picture of the president smiling from the wall, but Soto never indicates which president. Because it's 1996 the man would have been Bill Clinton. Throughout his novel Soto is quite accurate in his portrayal of Fresno in the 1990's, setting scenes at Fresno City College, Holmes Playground on First Street and Cuca's Restaurant which is still in business on F Street.  

"Is the current level of federal government spending good economic policy?”

There is no way to answer this question objectively.  Different people will have different answers. Moreover, there is no way to prove that the current level of government spending is good or bad economic policy. Here are two important factors to think about when trying to decide whether our current levels of spending are good.

First, we have to think about whether our current levels of spending are too high. The US government, of course,...

There is no way to answer this question objectively.  Different people will have different answers. Moreover, there is no way to prove that the current level of government spending is good or bad economic policy. Here are two important factors to think about when trying to decide whether our current levels of spending are good.

First, we have to think about whether our current levels of spending are too high. The US government, of course, runs a rather high deficit every year.  As of right now, our deficit is about 2.5% of GDP.  These deficits have accumulated to create a rather large debt on which the US must pay interest.  Some people would argue that these deficits and this debt are bad for the US because they create a “crowding out” effect.  That is, the government borrows so much money that there is not enough for people and businesses to borrow, making it harder for our economy to grow. If you believe this, you might conclude that our government spending is too high.

The second issue is whether our money is being spent wisely. It is not necessarily bad to have deficit spending or debt.  However, it is important that the government spend on things that will be useful in the long run.  People typically say, for instance, that government spending on roads and bridges and such is good because it creates infrastructure that allows our economy to grow. This makes such spending a good investment. On the other hand, if the government is spending on things that will not help our economy grow in the future, we could argue that our government is spending on the wrong things. If the government is spending on the wrong things, we can conclude that current levels of government spending are not good economic policy.