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- 3501: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... Death is perhaps one of the best examples of this exploration and examination. Other than one trip to Washington and Philadelphia, several excursions to Boston to see a doctor, and a few short years in school, Emily never left her home town of Amherst, Massachusetts. In the latter part of her life she rarely left her large brick house, and communicated even to her beloved sister through a door rarely left ... or family, peeking perhaps with the death of the two men she loved (Waugh 100). But, as documented by several critics, Dickinson viewed death, as she did most ideas, in circumference. She was careful to high light and explore all the paradoxes and emotional extremes involved with death. One poem expresses her depression after discovering her two loves had passed away. She wrote, I never lost as much as twice, and ...
- 3502: Alcohol
- ... the chance of heart disease (Time June 1999). Now if alcohol sale or production was abolished, how could have that study been done. Especially in this decade when heart problems are at an all-time high due to the high availability of high cholesterol foods, I say you do anything you can do to help. The twenty-first century is right around the corner and who knows what studies will find? Could alcohol be a cure for ...
- 3503: Biography of Charles Dickens
- ... Goldsmith. These left a permanent mark on his imagination; their effect on his art was quite important. dickens also went to some performances of Shakespeare and formed a lifelong attachment to the theater. He attended school during this period and showed himself to be a rather solitary, observant, good-natured child with some talent for comic routines, which his father encouraged. In retrospect Dickens looked upon these years as a kind ... back to London, where financial difficulties overtook the Dickens's, the time in Chatham must have seemed glorious indeed. The family moved into the shabby suburb of Camden Town, and Dickens was taken out of school and set to menial jobs about the household. In time, to help augment the family income, Dickens was given a job in a blacking factory among rough companions. At the time his father was imprisoned ... his own for a time at twelve years of age, Dickens acquired a lasting self-reliance, a driving ambition, and a boundless energy that went into everything he did. At thirteen Dickens went back to school for two years and then took a job in a lawyers office. Dissatisfied with the work, he learned shorthand and became a freelance court reporter in 1828. The job was seasonal and allowed him ...
- 3504: The Life of Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... couple. There exists many anecdotes referring to his extraordinary feats of mental computation. It is said that as an old man, Gauss said jokingly that he could count before he could talk. Gauss began elementary school at the age of seven, and his potential was noticed immediately. He so impressed his teacher Buttner, and his assistant, Martin Bartels, that they both convinced Gauss's father that his son should be permitted ... sum was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing 101. In 1788, Gauss began his education at the Gymnasium with the help of Buttner and Bartels, where he distinguished himself in the ancient languages of High German and Latin and mathematics. At the age of 14 Gauss was presented to the duke of Brunswick - Wolfenbuttel, at court where he was permitted to exhibit his computing skill. His abilities impressed the duke ...
- 3505: Review of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
- ... Ecton Village, Northamptonshire for over 300 years. However, Franklin was born in Boston, New England. As a young lad, his parents started him off in the right direction in life by putting him through grammar school. His father intended for the knowledge learned in grammar school to be used in his future life of services for the church. Franklin progressed quickly and was transferred to a school for writing and arithmetic. Due to his progress in writing but failure in arithmetic, Franklin was withdrawn and engaged in his father's business as a tallow chandler and soap boiler. Disliking the business ...
- 3506: John DeLorean and His Acomplishments
- ... 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 Tech which was where his best friend was going. Since his grades at the time weren't of the highest caliber, he was entered as a probationary student. He excelled ...
- 3507: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... enlisted in West Point on July 1, l830 (Asselineau 410). While at West Point, Mr. Allan, who had remarried, continued in not providing Poe with enough money. Poe decided to have himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes and disregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January, 1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields , and in each one he made a reputation that would give any man a high place in literary history. Poe wrote great short stories, famous not only in his own country, but all over the world (Robinson V)." "Hawthorne, Irving, Balzac, Bierce, Crane, Hemingway and other writers have given us ...
- 3508: The Life of Claude Monet
- ... life. Enforcing this impression, Monet showed no interest in inheriting his father's wholesale grocery. The only subject which seemed to spark any interest in the child was painting. He developed a decent reputation in school for the caricatures he was fond of creating. By the age of fifteen, he was receiving commission for his work. It was at Le Havre that Monet met the painter Eugθne Boudin. While Boudin's own paintings have never been held in that high regard, he is seen as having played a critical role in the education of Monet. Born of a seafaring family in 1824, Boudin was obsessed with the idea of painting outdoors or en plein air ...
- 3509: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- ... strict disciplinarians. His parents were no exception. In fact he spent much of his life trying to escape the "repressive code of behavior" (CLC, 177) that was pushed upon him as a child. After graduating high school in 1977 he chose not to go to college and instead became a reporter for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for seven months. His oppurtunity to break away came when he volunteered as ...
- 3510: Poverty
- ... poverty. Over 150 000 single parent families are poor. About on in every four marriages end in divorce. (Schlesinger 56) These parents cannot afford the expenses for daycare facilities as well as lunchtime and after school supervision for their child therefore, and required staying home. They can receive up to $500 a month in Family Benefits and Baby Bonus. Finally, the last category or group, which live in poverty, is the ... food distribution. Developing countries (known as third world) such as Indonesia and Peru depend on their land for farming which will bring employment to the city. The problem though is that rent costs are too high and the wages are low. This results in most of the pay going towards the land, therefore leaving no money to be sent for the family to buy food. The cost of food imported to ...
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