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- 6901: Charles Augustus Lindbergh
- ... years later he piloted a mail plane between St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago. He decided to compete for a prize of $25,000 offered in 1919 by the Franco-American philanthropist Raymond B. Orteig of New York City for the first nonstop transatlantic solo flight between New York City and Paris. In his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh left Roosevelt Field at 7:52 AM on May 20, 1927. After a flight of 33 hours 32 minutes, he landed at Le Bourget Airport near Paris. His achievement won the enthusiasm and acclaim of the world, and he was greeted as a hero in Europe and the U.S. He was later commissioned a colonel in the U.S. Air Service Reserve and was a technical adviser to commercial airlines. ...
- 6902: Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost
- ... know what might have happened if… In the first stanza of the poem the speaker must choose between two paths that diverge into a yellow dark wood. “In Frost’s poems, woods often symbolize the world in which we live. The dark woods represent the privacy of the self, the sacred domain where poetry is made.” (Contemporary Literary Criticism) The first of the two paths is the more common route compared ... The leaves were all covering the ground, and since the time that they fell no person had walked on that road. This means that each time a person has to make a choice it is new to them, and they tend to feel that no one else has been there either. In this poem imagery suggests that the speaker must choose between the unknown, two paths that have unfamiliar destinations. “Then ... that the speaker took the road “less traveled” over the more popular route shows what type of person he is. The one who chooses this path is more inclined to make a difference in the world. They are more daring, adventurous, and proud, and they don’t need to follow the crowd. This person knows what they want in life, and they know that following the crowd will get them ...
- 6903: Robert Penn Warren
- ... known to his friends, married Emma Brescia in 1930, a marriage which ended in divorce 20 years later. In the last several years of that period, Warren was penned with depression and a lack of new material. His period of dissolution did not end until his second marriage to Eleanor Clark in 1952. Warren received many honors including a Pulitzer Prize for the fiction All the King's Men, 1946: This novel illustrating a powerful Southern governor resembling the Louisiana politician Huey P. Long. . He also produced his complex World Enough and Time, based on the Kentucky hanging of Jeremiah Beauchamp for murder in 1826. The research he done for this book was done at the Library of Congress during the time he was Poetry ... Brother to Dragons: A Tale in verse and Voices, one of the most distinctive long poems in American literature. Warren's marriage to Eleanor and the births of their two children, Rosanna and Gabriel, brought new life into his writing. After the Pulitzer Prize-winning Promises: Poems 1954-1956, dedicated to his children, Warren produced several more novels and a steady stream of poetry. He also wrote his other Pulitzer ...
- 6904: Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball
- ... famous. Ruth hit 29 home runs in 1919 with the Boston Red Sox. At the time it was the Major League record (Babe Ruth Museum 2). The next year (1920), as a member of the New York Yankees, he outdid himself as he hit an astonishing 54 home runs (Creamer 219). The pattern continued as he hit 59 home runs in 1921 (Creamer 239). His pace slowed down a little for ... for an average of .772, had a batting average of .356, and ran for a total of 417 bases (CNNSI 2). One of his most memorable moments was in the third game of the 1932 World Series. When he was at the plate he pointed his bat to center field. Many people say that he was calling his shot. On the very next pitch he belted the ball deep and over ... In 1920, more than a million people saw the Yankees play. It was the first time ever and it was largely because of Babe Ruth. Attendance was getting so monstrous that the Yankees built a new stadium because so many people wanted to see "The Babe". The stadium has been simply known as "The House that Ruth Built" (Babe Ruth Museum 3). The first attendance for the house that Ruth ...
- 6905: Revenge in Hamlet
- ... these families are all slaughtered within the play. Fortinbras, King of Norway, was killed by King Hamlet; slaughtered by sword during a man to man battle. "…our valiant Hamlet-for so this side ofour known world esteem'd him-did slay this Fortinbras." This entitled King Hamlet to the land that was possessed by Fortinbras because it was written in a seal'd compact. Polonius was an advisor to the King ... been lost by his father to Denmark. "...He hath not failed to pester us with message importing the surrender of those lands lost by his father..” Claudius sends messengers to talk to Fortinbras' uncle, the new King of Norway. He forbid Fortinbras to attack Denmark, and instead convinced him to attack the Poles to vent his anger. "…His nephew's levies, which to him appear'd to be a preparation 'gainst ... dies. Hamlet had many chances to kill his uncle, but his rage outweighed his intelligence; and he chose to wait until God could see no good in Claudius, and then strike him down into a world of eternal punishment. "Now might I do it pat, now he is praying…A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven." Hamlet waits ...
- 6906: I Know WhyThe Caged Bird Sings
- ... the store for her and she left after a couple of months. Her aunt, Mrs. Goodman, revealed that she ran away with a railroad porter. Bailey was heartbroken. - Maya felt that she was entering a new as she graduated from the eighth grade. Maya was salutatorian. Mr. Edward Donleavy was the speaker at the ceremony, he gave a speech about the progress in their local school, the new equipment the Chris Corey pg. 8 whites got, and about the college athletes from the Lafeyette County Training School. Maya was angry that it seemed like he was saying that black people are only good ... planned for Bailey and Maya to live in California with their mother. - Vivian supported them by gambling because she didn’t like to labor. Vivian married Daddy Clidell and they moved to San Francisco around World War II. 9) Plot "I" 4 - The changing atmosphere during the war in San Francisco made Maya feel comfortable in her life. Maya did exceptional in school and was one of the only three ...
- 6907: William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was surely the world's most performed and admired playwright. He was well known in his time, and like many artists his fame continues to grow after his death. His plays dealt with many controversial topics, from racism to ... appeal of his plays in general. Shakespeare led an amazing life for his time, a time when actors and actresses were looked down upon and discriminated. He helped to change this stereotype and altered the world perception of theatre forever. In this report, I will outline many areas of Shakespeare’s life, including His birth, marriage and children, parents and family, education, as well as his death. Birth and early years ... only once in church, rather than the customary three times, because the bride was some three months pregnant and there was reason for haste in concluding the marriage. She was eight years older than her new husband William. We can only wonder if Shakespeare was speaking for himself in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Lysander: The course of true love never did run smooth; But either it was different in ...
- 6908: Michel De Montaigne On The Edu
- The Dynamics of the "Education of Children" The purpose of Montaigne's "Education of Children" is to lay down the philosophical groundwork for a new and innovative way of teaching children. The purpose of this new system is to foster the child's intellectual growth as opposed to filling the child's head with facts that he regurgitates, but does not understand. In Montaigne's words, the education should put a ... It is only after his body has been trained that the intellectual education can begin. Intellectually, Montaigne believes in beginning the students formal education with the sciences, in order to foster the understanding of the world's natural laws. The tutor should "explain to him the meaning of logic, physics, geometry, rhetoric and the science he chooses" as a way to give him "the marrow and the subject predigested" (118). ...
- 6909: Drugs In Football Making An Ap
- ... used drug is the infamous cocaine. Cocaine is an alkaloid derived from the coca leafs. It too effects the central nervous system. Cocaine is considered one of the most dangerous drugs around. According to former New Orleans Saint Don Reese, who quit because of cocaine, "cocaine can be found in quantity throughout the NFL. It's pushed on players, often from the edge of the practice field. Sometimes it's pushed ... also estimated that around 20% were addicted to cocaine. That is around 274 players. He concluded that 10 players in each team were hooked on cocaine "(Harris 11). Another controversy in all of the sports world is that of whether steroid use should be accepted or not. There are many pro's to taking steroids, but too many con's. Steroids are physically enhancing drugs. They are derived from the male ... achieve a quicker recovery. Of course, if the muscle mass in increased, then the body weight will increase. If the athlete is using steroids secretively, then they will have a high prestige among the sports world for being strong, good looking, and vigorous. There are very few pros's compared to all the con's of using steroids. Just a few con's are: increase in acne, mood swings and ...
- 6910: Jane Eyre: Somewhere, The Dark Sheds Light
- ... Brontë, tells the story of a woman on a lifetime journey, progressing on the path of acceptance, in searching of sympathy. Throughout her journey, Jane encounters many obstacles to her intelligence. Jane lives in a world and in a time where society thought women were too fragile to ponder too much at once. Women at the time had barely any rights at all, and women were not allowed prominent positions. Male ... hypocrisy in quoting bible passages to support his preachings, though these preachings and passages do not apply to his own life. He says, " I have a master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh, to teach them to clothe themselves with shame and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel..." (57). Although she must learn ... the final stop in Jane's journey. Once again, Rochester appears as the dominant figure, although his superior air becomes greatly reduced in light of his ailments and complete dependency on those around him. A new man results in this change, and in him, Jane finds her real, spiritual and physical love. She says, "All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, ...
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