What testimony has been given in court by the old man who lives in the same building as the suspect in Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose?

After the jurors cloister themselves in the jury room and they take a vote, Juror No. 8 is the only one who votes "Not Guilty." When Juror No. 12 suggests that they convince him, No. 3, a very opinionated and intolerant man, goes over the facts. First, he refers to the neighbor's testimony.

The old man, who lives on the second floor under the room where the murder occurred, has testified that he heard noises that were quite loud coming from the upstairs apartment. To him, there seemed to be an argument going on; then, he heard the boy say to his father, "I'm gonna kill you." Right after this, he heard someone falling; so, he ran to his door to look out, and he saw the suspect running down the stairs and out of the house. After witnessing the boy's running away, the old man phoned the police. When the police arrived, the father was found with a knife in his chest.

This testimony seems rather damning, but it is the perseverance of Juror No. 8 in examining and re-examining the testimony and other facts of the case which lead them to feel that there is reasonable doubt about the son's being the one who stabbed his father. 

What would be a method for finding a thesis statement about JFK's assassination?

The first step might be to determine where your interests lie – in the motive?  In the political fallout? In the missed presidential opportunity? etc.  Then examine your bias or attitude or opinion about that area of inquiry – was there a conspiracy?  Did Johnson do a good job?  etc.  Then word that area and attitude in a question that has two sides to research and argue – What is the evidence for a Cuban conspiracy?  Who would benefit by Kennedy’s death?  What might have been accomplished by his presidency? etc.  This approach to a thesis statement gives you plenty of room to explore the subject and solidify your ideas as you research and write.  Leave room for discoveries during the process. Avoid being too specific at the outset of wording your thesis statement, but be exact and specific in the final draft.  Your final draft thesis statement should not be in question form, of course, but instead an arguable point of view, with researched evidence as support.  The questioning in an early draft is a way to make your final statement convincing. This project deserves your creative abilities as well as your organizational skills.

Could you give an explanation for the title of the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl?

The more times that I am forced to consider the title of this story, the more I think it is the perfect title.  

First, Mary is initially presented to the reader as a lamb.  A lamb is typically docile, meek, and mild.  Mary is waiting in the front room for Patrick to come home.  Once Patrick is home, she attends to his every need and then quietly sits near him.  She is perfectly content to bask in his glorious manliness.  

She loved to luxuriate in the presence of this man, and to feel – almost as a sunbather feels the sun – that warm male glow that came out of him to her when they were alone together. 

She is the lamb and Patrick is the protector.  That is until Patrick decides to metaphorically slaughter Mary.  He tells her that he is leaving her, and she is left completely devastated and broken. She is a slaughtered lamb.  

Mary goes to get dinner started in a daze.  She's practically a walking zombie.  Then Patrick announces that he is going out to dinner.  That's when the title of the story shifts meanings.  Mary is now the lamb coming to do the slaughtering. She is not the lamb to be slaughtered anymore.  She is the lamb to the slaughter of Patrick.  What's even better is that she brings an actual lamb to the slaughter.  Her murder weapon of choice is a leg of lamb.  

At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head.

What does Anne mean when she writes in her diary, "Paper has more patience than people"?

Anne’s point is that people can sometimes be impatient with her, but she can write whatever she wants in her diary and complain all she wants to, making her diary seem understanding and compassionate.  Anne describes a saying that “paper has more patience” when she considers that she has never written in a diary, but that writing in a diary allows her to write her innermost thoughts.

Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a "diary," unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference. (Saturday, June 20, 1942) 

Since Anne and her family are in hiding from the Nazis, there is often a lot of conflict. Too many people are in close quarters there.  Even before hiding, Anne and her mother often did not see eye to eye.  Anne felt that her mother was too critical, and her mother felt that Anne was immature or rude.  

The diary was an outlet for Anne.  She could write in it when something upset her, and write about her hopes and dreams.  That is why she named it Kitty, and said it was her only true friend.

What are the factors that encourage land pollution?

Land pollution is the long term damage, degradation or destruction of the soil and the surface of the earth by the direct or indirect activities of human beings.

Several factors encourage the activities resulting in land pollution. Waste generation is an inevitable end product of several human activities. An unwanted consequence of urbanization is the generation of huge amounts of garbage and industrial waste from factories, offices, homes, schools and hospitals. In spite of the utilization of sophisticated waste processing plants, unrecyclable items still end up in landfills, increasing the degree of land pollution.

An increase in demand for food and shelter to meet the needs of a growing population leads to the generation of more waste. Over-intensive agriculture through the use of agricultural pesticides and fertilizers lead to soil contamination and poisoning.

Mining activities and crude oil extraction for economic gains lead to oil spillage and contamination of arable land by toxic chemicals causing land pollution. Nuclear waste produced by energy generating nuclear plants are buried beneath the earth, but the harmful effects of radioactive material to the soil and other living things above it cannot be entirely eliminated.

I want help with an A level essay for the following assignment: Subject: "Pride and everything that goes along with it: Do they really bring...

You might want to start your essay by using a quotation from the King James Version of the Bible: 

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18)

This quotation is a warning against the dangers of excessive pride and emphasizes the importance of humility in the traditions of the Abrahamic religions. Your introductory paragraph should then mention that while excessive pride is condemned in many cultural traditions, many traditions also accept that some degree of pride can act as a positive motivation. Your final sentence in your introduction should point your reader forward to what you will cover in your body paragraphs.

For your body paragraphs, you might look at heroic epic for positive examples of pride. Achilles, for example, has a proud disposition, leading him to be a powerful warrior, but the clash between Agamemnon and Achilles, due to excessive pride, almost causes them to lose the war against Troy. Beowulf also is a hero who is motivated by pride in both himself and his family, something that spurs him to do great deeds; in the scene in which he fights Grendel's mother, pride helps him push through pain to triumph.

Excessive pride and ambition lead to the downfall of many characters. Satan in Paradise Lost and Macbeth are both characters whose excessive pride and ambition proves their undoing. 

In Okay for Now, how do the main characters change throughout the book?

From the beginning to the end of Okay for Now, the main character Doug and most of his family have changed significantly. Doug begins the story as a rather shy young man who feels stifled by his abusive father and brother. As the story progresses, Doug takes on more responsibility and makes more social connections, bringing him out of his shell. Mr. Powell helps Doug learn to express himself through drawing, while Miss Cowper and Mr. Ferris help him learn to read. Through this process, Doug's communication skills improve both literally and figuratively as he finds his voice through reading. By the end of the story, Doug has become a confident teenager who, as the principal says, can "go wherever he wants to go."

Doug's brothers, Christopher and Lucas, change significantly throughout the story as well. Lucas begins the story as an abusive young man who leaves his family to go to war. After being maimed in action, Lucas returns home broken, bitter and disillusioned. Through Doug's intervention and a friendship with the school's gym teacher, Lucas finds his way in the world and realizes the potential he thought was lost after his injuries.

Christopher also undergoes a significant change as the story evolves. While he was often cold and sometimes cruel to his younger brother at the beginning of the story, being accused of theft humbles Christopher. He realizes that Doug is there for him when no one else is and slowly but surely becomes a brother who can be relied upon for support.

Each one of the Swieteck brothers changes throughout Okay For Now in his own way. Although Doug's transformation is the most dramatic, it has ripple effects on the lives of his family members and everyone around him. By the end of the story, the reader is left with the sense that all of the main characters really will be okay.