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- 12521: Book Report: I Am David
- ... this book, you did not only read a fantastic story, but history at the same time. My fourth reason for liking the book relates to my third reasons, the reason is you realize since this world was created people try to run others lives. In David's case that was the soldiers and the farmer. One thing I did not like about the book was that the author made the ending ... The Character: What I liked about David, the character in the book was the way he thought of everyone before himself. Secondly I like the way, even through tough times, he tried to learn something new, like another language. .
- 12522: Yours, Jack (about Jack The Ri
- ... from now. There is no question that the police of the times bungled the investigation, in the way they handled witnesses. But was it really their fault? Jack the Ripper was an example of a new kind of criminal, one the likes of which the world had never seen. Not only did the police have to track down the future of killers, but the origins of tabloid journalism managed to complicate the investigation. The police are guilty of attempting to look ...
- 12523: Margaret Bourke-White
- ... inside. Being a woman didn't stop her and the pictures were a success. Her shots were published in magazines all over the country and got Margaret her first big job, at Fortune magazine in New York. With Margaret's photos Fortune became one of the leading photography magazines. The magazine had also made her a star but Margaret still kept her studio, which had grown to a staff of eight ... portfolio, was admitted into the country. She made a total of three trips and gained a reputation for being and expert on Russian industry. In 1931 she wrote her first book, Eyes on Russia. During World War II Margaret was sent Europe to cover the war. She got pictures of her own ship being torpedoed and became the first woman in a bomber. She also went with General Patton's troops ...
- 12524: The Life Of Abraham Lincoln
- ... born on February 12, 1809, in a one room dirt-floored log cabin in backwoods Kentucky. His father, Thomas Lincoln was a Baptist, a Jacksonian, and a carpenter by trade. He had no schooling and new only how to scribble his name. Thomas was no inspiration to young Abraham who seemed to be born with a thirst for knowledge and grew very fond of reading and writing which he knew nothing ... old. In 1811, when Abraham was two years old. The family moved about 10 miles northeast to Knob Creek, Kentucky. Five years later, facing eviction, Thomas moved again, this time to Indiana, and erected a new home at Pigeon Creek. When Abe was seven tragedy fell upon the family, Mrs. Nancy Lincoln (abe’s mom) died. But a year later Thomas fell in love with Sarah Johnstonand shortly after got married ... shoulders and large limbs. In February 1830, lincoln moved to Macon county in Illinois. The next year Linciln struck out on his own and he got a job working on a flatboat, carrying goods to New Orleans. During one of his trips did Abe first see tha tortures of slavery and the horror of seeing Negroes in chains being whipped and sold like cattle. Meanwhile love found Abe in the ...
- 12525: Night
- Elie Wiesel's Night is a true account of what the holocaust did, not only to the Jews, but to humanity as well. People all over the world were devastated by this horrendous act, and there are still people today who have not overcome its effects. An example of the horrible acts of the Nazis that stands out occurs at the end of World War II, when Elie and the rest of the inmates at the Buna camp were being force to transfer to the Gleiwitz camp. The transfer was a long, tiring journey through bitter cold and heavy ... the mirror and saw a "corpses". Elie felt he had no soul left. He felt that he was just a body and the Nazis had ripped his soul out of him. People all over the world felt like Elie felt. People that were not directly involved with the Holocaust were emotionally drained by the event. By the end of the war Elie had no faith left in God or his ...
- 12526: Charles Dickens
- ... Charles moves to Italy. The Chimes is published. · 1846 - Becomes editor for Daily News for a month. · 1847 - First sketches are published called Dombey and Son. · 1849 - David Copperfield is published. · 1850 - He edits a new magazine called Household Words. · 1852 - The novel Bleak House is published. · 1853 - Sketches of Hard Times appears in Household Words. · 1856 - Little Dorrit also appears in Household Words. · 1859 - Quits editing Household Words and start ... the poor society of London and dealt with it through his novels such as Oliver Twist, The Christmas Carol, David Copperfield and in The Old Curiosity Shop where it shows the destruction of an illusory world is the key concern and the city itself is an agent in this destruction. HIS BOOKS Mostly all of his novels are based on what The author, Charles Dickens went through during his life in ...
- 12527: Henry David Thoreau
- ... First, Thoreau was intent upon resisting the debilitating effects of the industrial revolution. The Walden experiment allowed him to “turn back the clock” to the simpler, agrarian way of life that was quickly disappearing in New England. Second, by reducing his expenditures, he reduced the time necessary to support himself, and thus he could devote more time to the perfection of his art. And third, he and Emerson had asserted that ... for him being in love with himself and being by himself is that he thinks you have to be alone to be able to appreciate nature. You have to imagine and go into a spiritual world to become part of nature. He wants to be alone so he can get to know who he is, by doing this he can then think about how he fits into part of nature. We ...
- 12528: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... benefited the American people. During his administration, Congress passed laws to regulate the railroads, food & drugs, and conservation of natural resources. As far as foreign relations. Roosevelt fought to get United States to become a world leader. He felt in for us to be a strong forces to back us up. Three examples of things that he did with foreign relations where that while he was president he strengthened the navy ... very important. He helped with foreign affairs, reforms, and conservation of natural resources. He impacted our country so heavily that some things he did still are carried out or are being used today in out new modern society. All in all Theodore Roosevelt was a very important and influential president in out history.
- 12529: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... When we think of Theodore Roosevelt, we think of him as the twenty-sixth President of the United States. However, there was a much bigger picture to this man. A great man was born in New York City on October 27, 1858, this man was Theodore Roosevelt. At an early age, Theodore suffered from asthma and defective vision. Until the age of eleven, he was a sickly, puny, fair-haired, nearsighted ... to colonel in Puerto Rico, he led the “Rough Riders” in a heroic charge up Kettle Hill in the battle for San Juan. This feat established his reputation throughout the United States. Roosevelt returned to New York in the summer of 1898 to run for governor. Roosevelt became the best governor of that time. He supported pro labor measures even as he called out the National Guard to suppress a strike ... press named him, “the trustbuster.” But in truth he supported big corporations, if they behave in an economical beneficial manner. In 1912, as the Progressive Party’s presidential nominee, he defended big business in his “New Nationalism” platform. The first major achievement of Roosevelt’s second term was the Hepburn Act of 1906, which gave the Interstate Commerce Commission power to fix railroad rates and to prohibit discrimination among shippers. ...
- 12530: Pablo Picasso
- ... in a local school. He wanted Picasso to become a great artist some day. Picasso's painting style changed more over the period of his life than any other great artist. He was always trying new and different things. When his best friend died, Picasso felt alone and sad and all of his paintings during this period contained lots of blue. This was called the Blue Period. Picasso explained the Blue ... work of his Blue Period was La Vie (Couple Nu et Femme avec Enfant) of 1903. During this period, he would prefer to paint beggars because it allowed him to see both sides of the world. Picasso's Blue period ended in 1904, when he fell in love with a girl named Fernande. This was the beginning of the Rose Period. In the Rose Period, his works were filled with delicate ...
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