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- 2171: The Life and Work of Ronald Dahl
- ... six, while the annual journeys to Norway did not cease, Dahl embarked upon a new phase of his life: formal schooling. The commencement of this "awful process" of the boy's civilization began at Elmtree House, a school located in Llandaff, the small village the Dahls moved to after Harald's death. The institution was Welsh, not English, though; Sofie Dahl felt that she wasn't quite ready yet to move to England with a brood of small children (Howard 1). After a year at Elmtree House, Dahl's mother decided the time had come for him to go to a "proper boy's school," (Dahl, Boy 27) and enrolled him in Llandaff Cathedral School, a preparatory school under the auspices of ...
- 2172: John DeLorean and His Acomplishments
- ... Austria-Hungary as a young child. Together, they held an assortment of manufacturing jobs, Kathryn as a tool assembler, and Zachary as a millwright in a Detroit Ford factory. The family lived in a small house, and for most of Johns childhood they were relatively happy. Zachary's drinking problem eventually led to a divorce when John was 17. Even as a young child, he was exposed to the underbelly of the automotive industry. When young John was 6 or 7 the family was awakened in the middle of the night by a squad of Harry Bennett's infamous Ford security officers. They searched the house with reckless abandon looking for stolen tools from the Ford plant. They found nothing, and were gone as quick as they came. When John was old enough for high school, he chose to attend Cass ...
- 2173: The Life of Claude Monet
- ... was finally entered for the following season. Shortly after the Salon's decision, Camille became pregnant. They had little money and were largely dependent on Monet's friends. Madame Lecadre took Monet in to her house, but Camille was forced to remain in Paris. This marked the beginning of a lifestyle which was becoming increasingly 1870s, culminating in Monet's move to London in the early to avoid involvement in the Franco-Prussian War. Here he was exposed to the English masters, Constable and Turner. Monet eventually moved back to Paris and finally rented a house at Argenteuil on the Seine where he and Camille lived for six years. This period represents the height of the impressionist movement. Frequently joined by Renoir and other friends from his student days, Monet painted ...
- 2174: Emily Dickinson: Life and Her Works
- ... much education was very rare.1 Emily Dickinson was a very mysterious person as she got older she became more and more reclusive too the point that by her thirties, she would not leave her house and would withdraw from visitors. Emily was known to give fruit and treats to children by lowering them out her window in a basket with a rope to avoid actually seeing them face to face ... passed the fields of Gazing Grain- We passed the Setting Sun Or rather- He passed Us- The Dews drew quivering and chill- For only Gossamer, my Gown- My Tippet- only Tulle- We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground The Roof was a Scarcely visible- The Cornice-in the Ground- Since then- tis Centuries-and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads ...
- 2175: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... Poe, an actress. Poe also had a sister. At age three Poe was orphaned when he father disappeared one night and never returned and his mother died of tuberculosis. Poe then went to a foster house where he was adopted by John and Fanny Allen. Poe then at age six moved to England where he attended private schools. As a teen Poe was very gifted in foreign language. He wrote some ... expected John to pay of his debts. John would not pay of the debts and made John work as a clerk at his firm to pay them off. In 1827 Poe moved out of Johns house. In a letter to John Poe wrote, "I have heard you say when you little thought I was listening and therefor must have said it in ear that you had no affection for me" (letters ...
- 2176: The Major Jewish Holidays
- ... on Friday afternoon. People leave work early to go home and prepare for Shabbat. Shabbat officially begins at sunset. Candles are lit and a blessing is recited. The ritual, performed by the women of the house, officially marks the beginning of the Shabbath. Two candles are lit, representing the two commandments zachor and shamor. Now the family attends evening service. The service is very short at about 45 minutes long. After ... of cleaning the home of chametz in preparation for Passover is an enormous task. Jews often prepare for several weeks and spend several days scrubbing everything down. After everything is clean a search of the house is done for any remaining chametz. If any chametz is uncovered during this final search it is most often burned. On the first night of Passover Jews have a special family meal filled with ritual ...
- 2177: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... the last line. It falls flat, even metrically, because it is dictated not by real feeling but by deference to orthodox doctrine"(Spiller 64). The same process occurs in "Verses upon the burning of our house" one of her group of poems expressing domestic matters and affections. For the pioneer Colonists, home was a refuge from the often harsh, new environment. For Anne Bradstreet, the burning of her home and belongings ... pitying elements. Instead, Bradstreet uses the personal loss to reconcile it with her belief in the wisdom of God's will. There are two homes referred to in the poem, "my dwelling place," and the "house on high erect/Fram'd by that mighty Architect." In the poem, Bradstreet states that both homes are God's. The first five stanzas of the poem relate the pleasant objects--a trunk, a chest ...
- 2178: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... he was on the outside looking in. Much like a person watching television or a director directing a picture. Reading was also a part of Hitchcock's life from a young age. The novels Bleak House and Robinson Crusoe were two that stuck with him over the years. He also really enjoyed Edgar Allan Poe, stating that "Very likely it's because I was so taken by the Poe stories that ... abilities make a reader believe, much like Hitchcock himself (DeWitt 249). The Birds begins in San Francisco where Mitch Brenner meets Melanie Daniels. She has a crush on him and decides to visit him weekend house. Melanie arrives in town, where all the birds have already begun to gather. The birds behave strangely, and cause the people to be threatened. The birds attack all over Bodega Bay, seemingly unprovoked. In one ...
- 2179: The Stranger 2
- ... didn't know of, Mr. Thomas Pθrez. Another element in the novel that further more displays the significance of the title is the relationship between Meursault and Raymond. Before Raymond invites Meursault over to his house for a snack, Raymond is a stranger. Meursault only knows of Raymond from what he's seen or heard, and finds that he gets to know the person Raymond only after their little social hour uver Raymond's house. In this case, as in almost all others, the barrier between friendship and being a stranger can only be broken down when two or more people make the effort to get to know one another ...
- 2180: R. L. Stine: It Came From Ohio! My Life as a Writer
- R. L. Stine: It Came From Ohio! My Life as a Writer R.L. Stine was born november 8, 1943, in Columbus, Ohio and was named Robert Lawrence Stine. R.L. Stine's first house was three story's high, with a garage. His dog named Whitey (half collie, half husky, half elephant) spent his days and nights there because he was so big he knocked everything over if he was allowed in the house. He had to push the heavy garage door open and let him in the yard every day and would always get knocked over. R.L Stine listened to the radio shows for the scary stories ...
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