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- 6231: Byron's Don Juan
- ... his concern to be the best poet around and to be famous was consistently deep and serious. Ambition for power and popularity came first and remained always the principle reason for writing. Byron had a great range of interests and experiences of ideas and emotion than your average man ever did (Boyd 4). Don Juan is, all-in-all, a legendary lover. Familiar with the Don Juan legend, Byron deliberately altered ... epic themes are love and war (Joseph 74). The first two cantos of the poem Byron wrote were published without an author or a publisher. Many thought the poem was novel and powerful, and caused great misgivings for Byron's publisher. Others hoped for the poem to be discontinued. The first sample of Don Juan got a very mixed reception. Byron's publisher, Murray, told him the poem was too outrageously ...
- 6232: The Life of George Armstrong Custer
- ... George Armstrong Custer was a West Point graduate who became famous as a Civil War general and an Indian fighter on the Plains. He was a flamboyant but hardworking and faithful. He strove to be great, and he wanted to leave a place in history. He was popular because he accepted group standards and challenged no one's intellect. Custer's views about the Indian mirrored the country's views of ... was an integral part of his character as was his courage, ambition, and joyful nature. He ended up graduating last in his class, but graduating last in a class from the Academy was still a great accomplishment. During the Civil War, which began when he was attending the Academy, Custer became known as a fearless cavalry leader. Custer captured the public's attention and became a hero in the North through ...
- 6233: Thomas Jefferson's Accomplishments
- ... was the nation's greatest champion of representative democracy and the rights of man. He was a philosopher, educator, naturalist, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, musician, and writer. His interests were boundless, and his accomplishments were great and varied. Through his writings and speeches, he communicated his brilliant ideas of independence, democracy, and philosophy. Three of his most important accomplishments were the Declaration of Independence, the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase, and ... father of the institution. In addition to these three very important accomplishments, he also strengthened the powers of the executive branch of government. He was the first president to lead a political party. He had great faith in popular rule, and it is this optimism that is the nature of what came to be called Jeffersonian democracy. During the time of his presidency he accomplished the most things, such as passing ...
- 6234: Biography of Karl Marx
- ... way in which people think. He created an opportunity for the lower class to rise above the aristocrats and failed due to the creation of the middle class. Despite this failure, he was still a great political leader and set the basis of Communism in Russia. His life contributed to the way people think today, and because of him people are more open to suggestion and are quicker to create ideas ... suffered from Bronchitis and made it almost impossible to swallow. The next month a tumor developed in his lung and soon manifested into his death on March 14, 1883. Although Marx's influence was not great during his life, after his death his works grew with the strength of the working class. His ideas and theories became known as Marxism, and has been used to shape the ideas of most European ...
- 6235: Jefferson Davis: Leader of the Confederacy
- ... of men. In the battle of Buena Vista he gained the title of hero for using an odd tactic of deploying his troops in a V shape, luring the attackers into gunfire. Davis showed his great leadership skills in these battles. After he returned home he was elected chairman of the Military Affairs Committee. As a member of this committee he helped to enlarge the army, strengthen the coastal defenses, direct ... Davis was always a democrat. He was inaugurated by the Confederate Convention as Provisional President of the Confederacy. He served as president but he was not suited correctly for the job. Though Davis was a great military commander he was not the greatest leader. This is the reason most people think that the south lost the war. On May 10th 1865 Davis was captured near Irwinville. He was imprisoned at camp ...
- 6236: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... real purpose except to humiliate the Indian people. When Gandhi returned to India in 1914, the Indian population had heard of his accomplishments and he was given the name Mahatma, which means 'a man of great soul'. For the next little while, he examined the situation here and, while doing so, attained a few victories in his fight against oppression. Several times in 1917, he unhardened the spirits of peasants and ... to react non-violently before asking them to protest. As a result of his 'mistake', he called off the entire movement, thinking it had been a failure. On the contrary, the movement had been a great success, no longer did the Indians fear the British jails or the British guns. It was evident now, that the British Government in India was inevitably going to fall. After many failures to reach an ...
- 6237: John D. Rockelfeller
- ... captain of industry. Vanderbilt, The New York Times, Allen Nevins, and an excerpt from Rockelfeller's biography led me to this conclusion. Rockelfeller to me is a captain of industry because of his philanthropy and great success. An article from the New York Times helped swayed my decision. It gave amounts of money he had given away. One of the foundations he had given the most money to was the Rockelfeller ... s biography. His opinion was like Vanderbilt's, stating his success was because of the traits he had. These are some of the things he said about his self. "I manage my affairs well, have great vigor, and am fighting to sell" 1936 John D. Rockelfeller's biography. Another point Rockelfeller made was that he does have competition but in foreign markets. To him success for him meant success for the ...
- 6238: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass
- ... He later made a successful escape in 1838. His fleeing brought him to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Douglass's abolitionist career began at an antislavery convention at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Here, he showed himself to be a great speaker. Douglass became involved with many important abolitionist causes, both through his literary works, and also through activities such as the Underground Railroad, and also his role in organizing a regiment of former slaves to ... politician. These works do not stand alone, though. Frederick Douglass also was famous for his abolitionist speeches. Douglass also successfully published an abolitionist newsletter, The North Star. All of Douglass's achievements combined with his great literature combined to redefine the writing of the time. After reading any of his works, one might realize just how important Frederick Douglass was to the abolitionist movement. Douglass changed many people's lives, and ...
- 6239: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... inspiration for a poem on the subject by Bradstreet. Her first book of poem, The Tenth Muse, was the only book printed during her lifetime. A second edition of her poetry, "Several Poems compiled with great variety of Wit and Learning, full of Delight" edited by one of her sons was printed six years after her death in 1678. Many of her best poems, which her son did not publish as ... 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 in July, 1866 was a great loss fro someone so devoted to her family and domestic pleasures. The poem, however, contains no self-pitying elements. Instead, Bradstreet uses the personal loss to reconcile it with her belief in the wisdom of ...
- 6240: Tiger Woods
- ... got married in 1969. Tiger Born: December 30, 1975 Long Beach, California. Tiger now lives in a new home in Isleworth, Florida. Near the west side of Orlando. Tiger moved to Florida because of the great golf weather and because he is always flying and time zone changes tired him out as he alway lost time when having to fly back to California. Tiger's Ethnicity: African, Thai, Chinese, American Indian ... win was the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. He won $297,000. Tiger's Girlfriend: NONE. Actually, rumor has it that Tyra Banks (The SuperModel) is interested in him. It's was rumored that Kelli Kuehne (Great young female golfer that Tiger played with at the JCPenney Classic) might be in the running but I've been told that she just got engaged to someone else. Tiger continues to suggest that he ...
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