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- 1791: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
- ... and rose to greatness on his own intelligence and determination. Martin Luther King was born into a family whose name in Atlanta was well established. Despite segregation, Martin Luther King’s parents ensured that their child was secure and happy. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 and was raised in a completely different atmosphere than King, an atmosphere of fear and anger where the seeds of bitterness were planted ... X and Martin Luther King’s childhoods had powerful influences on the men and their speeches. Malcolm X was brought up in an atmosphere of violence. During his childhood, Malcolm X suffered not only from abuse by whites, but also from domestic violence. His father beat his mother and both of them abused their children. His mother was forced to raise eight children during the depression. After his mother had a ...
- 1792: T.S. Eliot
- ... spiritual quest. He seems to be slowly stepping forward, climbing and carefully building on previous experience. Both poems cover aspects of the journeying of biblical characters who are concerned with the arrival of the Christ-child, the Messiah. Both poems deal with the past, with a significant event, with the future (as seen from the time of that event) and with a time beyond time - death. I believe that these are ... peace, according to thy word; for my eyes have seen thy salvation…..’ Simeon too was a witness. He was not present at the birthplace but he witnessed the presentation of the eight-day-old Christ-child as he was brought by his parents to the temple in Jerusalem for the rite of circumcision. Simeon did more than just see the child, for it is written in Luke Ch.2 v28 that ‘Simeon took him in his arms’ as he prayed. In the way that the Magi and Simeon were witnesses I think that T.S. ...
- 1793: Mozart: Portrait Of A Genius
- ... be not only his son’s father, but also his best friend. Later on, Leopold devoted his life to his son as father, friend, teacher, and impresario. Mozart lived an unusual childhood, and was a child prodigy. He was educated by his father, from whom he learned his early musical training and his knowledge of languages and culture. His father taught him how to play the piano at three years old ... experiences. ‘Genius’ meant that Mozart could do something that the great majority of people are unable to do. He developed an acute sensitivity to tone differences, a highly perceptive musical conscience, and as a small child, he first displayed “an unusual absorption in whatever took hold of his imagination, a susceptibility to stimuli that was not confined to music.” Mozart’s tours gained him a much wider knowledge of the musical ... symphonies, masses, and more. He was delicate and sickly, but he was praised and admired everywhere for his extraordinary musical skill. The praise, admiration and gifts he received for the performances he had as a child is what might have strengthened his resistance. Throughout his life, he felt an uncertainty of whether he was loved or not. But the love he received from the form of his art was what ...
- 1794: Hitler
- ... troops closed in on Germany, Hitler killed himself. Early Life Boyhood. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau, Austria, a small town across the Inn River from Germany. He was the fourth child of the third marriage of Alois Hitler, a customs official. Alois Hitler was 51 years old when Adolf was born. Adolf's mother, Klara Polzl, was 28 years old. She was a farmer's daughter ... in Germany, Italy and Japan to conquer additional territory brought them into conflict with democratic nations. Page 2 of 2 a The Beginning At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child was born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his third wife Klara. As a young boy Adolf attendated church regularly and sang in the local choir. One day he ...
- 1795: Scarlet Letter
- ... of her sin, gives reference to Hester s shameful badge. Pearl was not conceived out of sin, but rather brought up amidst defying associations. As a direct consequence of her sinful passions she conceives a child, Pearl. Not an evil child in the true sense of the world, but in all actuality Pearl is a reflection of her parents love and immorality. Further, Dimmesdale lacks the courage to confess his sin for he cares more for ... to come in harmony with their surroundings and society. The theme of love frequently occurs throughout The Scarlet Letter. Born out of her adulteress sin, Hester still loves Pearl unconditionally. Pearl, a capricious and stubborn child holds a sacred spot in Hester s heart. Hester s emotional attachment often leads her to argue with Governor Bellingham to let her keep Pearl. Hester, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale are all caught in a ...
- 1796: Burton Freund
- ... work with. To focus a little more closely on the aesthetic quality of Freund’s work, I would say that the great majority of his work is beautiful. In particular, a piece called “Mother and Child." It depicts a mother lying on her back holding her infant child up in the air. It is a playful image, that gives us the feeling of intimacy between not only a mother and her child, but two human beings. The bronze has a distinct honey colored patina finish, and there is a very pleasing linear flow to the piece. The way that this piece is displayed, the lighting and ...
- 1797: Anne Moody
- ... In the autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody describes the environment, the thoughts, and the actions that formed her life while growing up in the segregated southern state of Mississippi. As a young child, Moody accepted society as the way it was and did not see a difference in the skin color of a white person as opposed to that of a black. It was not until a movie ... However, due to the incidents of her childhood as well as those that occurred in her adulthood, Moody was determined to challenge the ways of society. She sympathized with the blacks that complained about the abuse they were receiving from whites. But at the same time, she was angry with them for not taking any action for change to occur. Her speeches, her clothes drive, her sit-ins, and her demonstrations ...
- 1798: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... discovered butterflies and birds' nests, explored the dark mysteries of woods and waterlands in the rolling hill country of northwestern Illinois."2 Ronald Reagan was always the boy who hoped to find the pony, the child who believed that success was there for the finding and that it would surly come his way. His older and only brother, Neil, who also has been successful, has memories of their shared boyhood. He ... Michael, the son Reagan and Jane Wyman adopted, has achieved little in life beyond falling out with his stepmother Nancy, making two marriages and providing Reagan with his only grandchildren to date. Nancy's elder child Patricia Ann has made a career for herself as the actress and songwriter Patti Davis, while her younger child Ronald, know as "Skip," gained unenviable fame during his father's first election campaign from the fact that, he was a back-up-dancer with the Joffery II Dancers. To most red-blooded Americans, ...
- 1799: Power And Control In Maggie
- ... for others. In the dark world of Maggie home is another battleground where wars over power and dominance rein freely. The characters in the novel fight physical and emotional battles with each other. Poverty, alcohol abuse, and moral degradation fuel this fighting into great everlasting conflicts that destroy everyone involved. In the second chapter of Maggie we find an example of this horrifying violence. Jimmie has been caught by his father ... these ideas are the perverted ones common to their conditions weight (Berryman 164). The children posses the best of these ideas while the parents are far below [the children s morals] already (Berryman 164). Charles Child Walcutt comments on the setting in his essay, Hallucination and Hysteria in Maggie . He writes, In telling this story, Crane fuses elements of poverty, ignorance, and intolerance in a context of violence and cruelty to ...
- 1800: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... would take a drastic turn. When Isaac was three his mother, Hannah Ayscough, remarried to the Reverend Barnabas Smith (Internet-newtonia). Isaac and the Reverend never got along and the Reverend would not have a child that was not his living with him. Isaac stayed with his grandparents when his mother went to live with the Reverend in North Witham. His maternal grandmother raised Isaac until he was ten. It is believed that his mother’s second marriage and her leaving caused many problems for Isaac as a child. While living with his grandparents he attended day school nearby in Skillington and Stoke. Isaac was surrounded by many cousins and other family members in the surrounding area though, "He formed no bond with any ... faced him. He was able to leave the family estate and trade behind in order to receive a better education. His intelligence is what separated him from everyone else. The ability he showed as a child was just the beginning. Newton made most of his most important discoveries – pure mathematics, theory of gravitation, and optics – before he even graduated college. Although he learned geometry through school, he spoke of himself ...
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