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- 6531: George Bernard Shaw: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
- ... other ways. When he was young, a servant took him to the slums. From that experience he acquired a lifelong hatred of poverty (Collier's 649). Shaw was a poor student at the Wesleyan Connexional School despite private tutoring (Kunitz 1268). However, most of his education was gained at home through a thorough background in music, art, and extensive reading. He always had the eagerness and determination to write. His writings ...
- 6532: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Is There Evil Inside All of Us
- ... in the world the consequences are to high and they would never take those kind of chances. Work Cited Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. New York, 1991. Phuck School. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde. http://www.phuckschool.com/paper/1/46.txt. 1999.
- 6533: Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag
- ... because of his psychological views of the world that inspired Jim's lyrics in his poems and music. The first of example of Jim involving existentialism in his lyrics comes from the song "An American Prayer" where Jim says "Grant us one more hour to/ perform our art/ and perfect our lives". When Jim mentions the previous lines, he is making a reference to asking God for "one more hour" and ...
- 6534: Langston Hughes
- ... New York, Cleveland, Ohio, Lawrence, Kansas, Mexico City, Topeka, Kansas, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Kansas City, Kansas. In 1914 his parents divorced and he, his mother, and his stepfather moved to Lincoln, Illinois. In high school back in Cleveland, he was elected class poet, and editor of the senior class yearbook. He taught English to some families in Mexico in 1921 and also published his first prose piece, "Mexican Games"(Davis ...
- 6535: John Quincy Adams
- ... John and give him a good education. He became the first of his family to go to college when he entered Harvard in 1751. For the next six years he read intensly while he taught school and studied law in Boston. In 1762 he began a fourteen year successful law career. In 1761 he began to think, write and act against British oppression and for the right of colonies to self ...
- 6536: Herbert George Wells
- ... science-fantasy novels with their prophetic depictions of the triumphs of technology as well as the horrors of 20th-century warfare. Wells was born September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, and educated at the Normal School of Science in London, to which he won a scholarship. He worked as a draper's apprentice, bookkeeper, tutor, and journalist until 1895, when he became a full- time writer. Wells's 10-year relationship ...
- 6537: Harper Lee
- ... she entered Huntington College in Montgomery, Alabama. She became a Fulbright Scholar and spent a year at Oxford University. She also attended University of Alabama for four years studying law. In 1950, she quit the school and moved to New York City where she worked for Eastern Airlines and British Overseas Air Corporation. She began writing at a young age, but she was never successful at getting any of her literary ...
- 6538: Allen Ginsberg: Poet
- Allen Ginsberg: Poet Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1927. While in high school, he discovered and fell in love with the poetry of Walt Whitman. But despite his interest in poetry his father wanted him to become a lawyer. So Ginsberg studied law at Columbia University, where he ...
- 6539: Lou Gehrig
- Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig was born and raised in New York City, the son of German immigrant parents. His full name was Henry Louis Gehrig. After graduating from high school, he attended Columbia University where he became a football and baseball star. Lou's father directed him to becoming a pro baseball player. He became sick and needed on operation, but there was no money ...
- 6540: Jimi Hendrix
- ... the music which affected his music so greatly later: everyone from Buddy Holly to Muddy Waters and through Chuck Berry way back to Eddie Cochrane (Wilmer 38). He played in a few bands in high school, but then dropped out before his senior year. After working as a laborer for a few months, Jimi decided that he was not destined for that line of work, so in 1959, he enlisted into ...
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