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- 12571: The Writings of David Foster Wallace
- ... Foster Wallace, a 34 year old teacher at Illinois State University has been considered by many to be a “literary it-boy”. In his short stories he attempts to open up the reader to a world of reality. Through his writing he describes what the common writer refuses to write--the nature of topics and thoughts only spoken about indirectly. One of his favorite topics is addiction. Whether it be addiction ... contain any good ending/bad ending, as we are normally used to seeing. Others who have read his work are either fascinated or disgusted. I guess it depends on if you live in the real world or not. We do have to admit that many of us don’t. As many know, Wallace’s work deals a lot of the addictions we find everyday in our lives. Addiction is shown in ... talked about indirectly, especially heated topics. We never actually “come out with it”. Wallace turns that around and talks about it with a shocking directness, as if he didn’t have a care in the world. To be honest, he probably doesn’t have one care in that bandanna-wrapped head of his. I have enjoyed his style of writing, and his very open topics. Never have I seen a ...
- 12572: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... that gained national attention. They joined in local demonstrations against segregated restaurants, hotels, transit, and housing. This strategy worked because of the scenes of violent acts against young protestors in newspapers and televisions around the world. During the demonstrations, King was arrested and taken to jail. National reaction to the Birmingham violence built support for the struggle for black civil rights. The demonstrations forced white leaders to negotiate an end to ... garbage workers in the spring of 1968. He was assassinated in Memphis by a sniper on April 4. News of the assassination resulted in an outpouring of shock and anger throughout the nation and the world, prompting riots in more than 100 United States cities in the days following King’s death. In 1969 James Earl Ray, an escaped convict, pleaded guilty to the murder of King and was sentenced to ... ideas effect us presently. His nonviolent and peaceful ways to gain unity and racial equality are tactics used from the everyday working-class citizen, to some of the most highly recognized officials all around the world just as Gandhi’s use of peaceful and nonviolent protest had a great impact on the way Dr. King did things to gain justice and equality.
- 12573: Ernest Hemingway
- ... this point in his life he spent time in Key West Florida, Spain and Africa. He returned to Spain during the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939. He was also a correspondent that covered World War II. After the war Hemingway went to live in Havana, Cuba and then in Ketchum, Idaho. He developed an interest in bull fighting and used this them in his writing of his book Death ... s early life as it relates to the movie In Love and War. The movie In Love and War is based upon the true story of Earnest Hemingway's life. The movie takes place during World War I, in Italy. Earnest goes to Italy to work as an ambulance driver. When he arrives in Italy he asks to be sent to the front lines. This request is denied time and time ... graduation he enlisted in the army, rather than go to college like his father wanted him to. But while boxing in high school, he damaged his eye and was barred from serving in the First World War. Disappointed by the rejection, he was still not going to attend college. In 1917 he went to Kansas and became a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. During his time at the ...
- 12574: Stalin
- ... National Question. Stalin was arrested and sent to Siberia before the essay was published in 1913. Stalin was released from exile upon the overthrow of the Russian monarchy in the February (or March, in the New Style calendar) phase of the Russian Revolution. He went to Petrograd (later Leningrad; now Saint Petersburg), where he became a member of the party’s Central Committee bureau. He then asserted editorial control over the party newspaper, Pravda (Truth). Although he did not play a prominent role in the Bolshevik takeover of the government in October (November, New Style), Stalin became a member of the new government’s Soviet (Council) of People’s Commissars (Russian acronym, Sovnarkom), heading the Commissariat for Nationality Affairs. Given the vital importance of nationality issues at a time when the Bolsheviks were trying to keep ...
- 12575: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... the enemy and immediately started firing their cannons at the enemy. The French won the first battle at Ostrovna. Napoleon’s brother-in-law Murat drove the remaining Russians into the woods. The Russians took new positions. The Russians came out of the woods yelling and screaming. The French beat them down, and the Russians retreated back into the woods. Napoleon ordered the fighting to stop so he could survey the ... to return back home with his remaining 100,000 men (Reihn 229). The attack on Russia had failed. Once Napoleon knew that he had lost in Russia he went back to France to raise a new army. He arrived before Christmas in 1812. He knew that Alexander would try to crush him (Corley 117). Alexander wanted to settle the score with France. In the spring of 1813 the fighting began. Napoleon ... to open fire. The Duke of Wellington ordered the line to counter-attack the shattered French army. Defeated, Napoleon rode toward the frontier(Becke2: 70-97). He planned to form another army and begin a new campaign, but Napoleon was caught by the British army at Waterloo. He tried to persuade them to let him go to America(Becke 2: 132-189). Napoleon said he would abdicate only if his ...
- 12576: Wyatt Earp
- ... he notes very briefly on page 29 that Urilla died in a Typhoid epidemic. In the 1994 A&E Network documentary, "Wyatt Earp, Justice at the OK Corral", Doctor Paul A. Hutton, Professor, University of New Mexico, echoes the same cause of a death. One could postulate that perhaps complications of Typhoid caused Urilla to die in childbirth. Unless some author or researcher is able to locate a death certificate for ... continues to build his reputation as a lawman in Dodge City and it is here that historians speculate Wyatt slowly started to make a name for himself across the West as being a fearless and brave police officer. Officers like Masterson and Earp earned reputations as being more apt to "buffalo" someone alongside the head with their pistols then to get into a shoot-out. This was a practice that Wyatt ...
- 12577: John Gough
- ... French and 21 math and science subjects. During this time, I also answered questions from ladies and gentleman’s magazines. My responses appeared in print sixty times. 1772-1777 Self employed as a tutor at New College. Joined the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Published Meteorological Observations and Essays. 1802 Stated my law of Partial Pressures: “Experimental Essays on the Constitution of Mixed Gases; on the Force of Steam or Vapor ... Gasses by Heat 4 Aug. 1803 Stated law of Multiple Proportions: the weights of elements always combine with each other in small whole number ratios. 1808 Published “Lit and Phil” 1809 Published Part II of New System John Dalton. Mr. Dalton, 77, of Manchester died of a stroke July 27, 1844 in his home. He was born September 6, 1766 in Cockermouth, England, son of Joseph Dalton and Deborah Greenup. John ... of himself, Not to make money-- Oh, what a man. Who died in his work-- His never ending work, Which led him to success, And prosperity-- Oh, what a man. -Robert Deidun Works-Sited The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Microsoft, 1993 Chemistry Home Page. Online. Internet. 18 April 1999. Available http://www.woodrow.rg/teachers/ci/1992/Dalton.html Infoplease Home Page. Online. Internet. 21 April 1999. Available ...
- 12578: Tina Turner
- ... got up there and sang, that’s when Ike first realized what a great voice she had. Once Ike heard this great voice, he immediately wanted to start a business with her. Anna became the new lead singer in “The Kings of Rhythm”. After many hits, Ike wanted to leave “The Kings of Rhythm” with Anna, and move to California to start their own band. Once they moved to California, that ... did she come back with her international hit album hit, “Private Dancer”. Tina is now very successful, and content with her life. She wrote a book, and even had a hit movie. She showed the world the benefits of removing yourself from an abusive relationship.
- 12579: Simon Bolivar
- ... the age of fifteen in 1799 he traveled to Spain to receive a better education. In Spain, Bolivar met Maria Teresa Rodriquez del Toro y Alaysa, they married in 1802. Right after Bolivar and his new wife returned to Venezuela, she died of malaria or yellow fever. Her death greatly effected Bolivar, he vowed not to marry again, and became a political and military figure. In Europe Napoleon Bonaparte was the ... conquered Spain and chose his brother Joseph as the King of Spain. This created a large revolt in Spain known as the Peninsular Wars. In Spain many small groups were formed to fight against the new king. On the other hand in S. America the groups were formed to fight against the Spanish King and Joseph Bonaparte. That year Caracas, Bolivar hometown, declared independence from Spain. BACK IN S. AMERICA In ... Boyaca of August 7, 1819 ended as a victory for Bolivar, and his army. That year he created the Gran Colombia, a federation including Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador. Bolivar served as president of the new Republic. On May 23, 1822 all of northern S. America was liberated and all Royalist opposition eliminated. Bolivar had larger plans for the continent, he wanted to liberate Peru. In September of 1823 Bolivar ...
- 12580: The Writings of Ernest Hemingway
- ... a nurse, as Juliet. Critics believe Hemingway wrote the novel from prior events that took place earlier on in his life. As you can see in the handout, Hemingway, like his character Frederick, participated in World War I, as an ambulance driver, and fell in love with Agnes, a nurse who cared for him while he recovered from a wound. Though Hemingway denied the accusations, the events of his life assembled ... conveys several major themes, however the one that was emphasized the most was that of a search of order and belonging. Hemingway conveys this theme through Frederick's own personal search during the chaos of World War I. Catherine has found strength within herself to lead her through life. This is what Frederick must come to realize. Through his involvement with Catherine, Frederick slowly finds his own inner strength. Frederick's ... the hotel in the rain." He did not mourn or feel like his own life had ended with her death, rather he was able to continue on with his newfound inner strength and face his world alone. I believe this novel succeeds in getting Hemingway's message across. Frederick's realization causes the reader to reflect on his/her own life and on what institutions they depend on in their ...
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