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- 15041: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... of actors (Inglis 505). His father, David Poe, was from a Baltimore family. He was an actor by profession and a heavy drinker. Soon after Edgar Allan Poe was born, he left his family. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish ... to withdraw from the University (Asselineau 410). In May of 1827, Poe enlisted in the army as a common soldier. He did this under the name of Edgar A. Perry. He was stationed on Sullivan's Island in Charleston Harbor for over a year. Poe adapted very well to military discipline and quickly rose to the rank of regimental sergeant major. After a while, he got tired of the same ...
- 15042: Dwight Eisenhower
- ... to a Protestant sect called the River Brethren. Dwight had two older brothers, Arthur and Edgar, and three younger ones, Roy, Earl, and Milton. As a baby, his family moved to Abilene, Kansas where Dwight s father worked in a creamery. During that time, the sons raised and sold vegetables and found a variety of other jobs to contribute to household expenses (2, Ambrose). Dwight, often nicknamed Little Ike to distinguish ... school yearbook saw Dwight becoming a history professor and Edgar, interestingly, President of the United States (146, Richardson). After high school, Dwight worked full-time at the creamery and helped pay for some of Edgar s college expenses (12, Ambrose). Dwight never thought about a higher education until a friend persuaded him to apply to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He received an appointment to the academy by Senator Joseph Bristow of Kansas where later he played for the academy s football team (16, Ambrose). A knee injury forced ...
- 15043: Deborah Tannen
- ... generations, and geographic locations. In her study Tannen reveals that among four women and eight men present during a business meeting the women had several more features to observe compared to one another. However, Tannen's conclusions seem partially invalid for her findings are based on only one particular event. In a business-like environment, it is more likely to find conservatively dressed men with less notable markings than women. Even ... though women may not only be identified based on their apparent style but also how they choose to present themselves. (i.e. Baggy clothes vs. tight clothes, make-up vs. no makeup). In general, Tannen's findings appear questionable mainly because her approach when defining a "marked" individual seems limiting. For example, Tannen would call a man wearing a shirt a marked individual. However, it is quite common for men in Scotland to wear skirts. Without ever considering these geographic differences, Tannen makes bold assumptions based on her own biases. When speculating a specific sub-culture such as the generational "rave"/dance culture, Tannen's argument holds no validity. Clearly both men and women in this culture wear similar styles of clothing and accessories that are in essence, uni-sex. While piercings and jewelry might "mark" a man in ...
- 15044: D.h. Lawrence
- ... son of a coal miner and a school teacher. His mother, the school teacher, was socially superior. She constantly tried to alienate her children from their father. The difference in social status between his parent s was a recurrent motif in Lawrence s fiction. David Herbert was ranked among the most influential and controversial literary figures of the Victorian Period. In his more than forty books, Lawrence celebrated his vision of the natural, whole human being, opposing the modern society. This opposition of society was used to write books, stories, poems of the heightened sensation and emotion he felt. D.H. Lawrence believed in organic writing. Most of Lawrence s writing reflected nature. The nature in his book came from his own experiences he had while traveling abroad with his wife or just on the nature of where he grew up. His most original ...
- 15045: Dylan Thomas
- ... the approach of death when it can be seen on the horizon. The light obviously symbolizes his life force and the famous quote, rage, rage against the dying of the light, is certainly the author s plea to his father. The general, overall imagery of this poem is simple and straightforward. Careful analysis can, however, pose an interesting question when one tries to fit the message of this poem with that ... according to Thomas? No. This resistance is to Thomas the way in which his father will separate himself, his unique life force, from its unfavorable position. Thomas knows the flesh will die. He just doesn t want his father to slide off into oblivion as well. Thomas seems to believe that the separation is necessary to the perpetuation of his father s life force. That interpretation leads one directly to the first sentence of A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London. The poem opens with a magnificent, thirteen-line sentence. ...
- 15046: Cooper, James F.
- ... writer. He took a dare from his wife to write a better book than the English one he had been reading to her. Precaution was published in 1820. Though I completely understand why it won't be on anyone's nightstand, it does show us some importance to understanding Cooper's writings. We know that he critically observed the manners and morals of Europe during a seven-year tour of England and then upon his return to America, he remained a defender of American principles, ...
- 15047: Comparison And Contrast Of Washington Irving And Edgar Allan
- ... courage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains. He also involves the reader in the story by taking us into the everyday lives of the Van Winkles and goes into some detail describing Rip s business . Poe also demonstrates his ability to pull the reader into the story. In The Fall of the House Usher he uses extensive descriptions of the settings to give the reader the feeling of being there while the story is developing around them. The writers are also similar in the use of tone in their works. Irving s use of tone in his stories is typically lighthearted, yet dramatic. This is demonstrated in Rip Van Winkle when Rip comes back from the Kaatskills and is talking to all the people in the town. There, he finds his son and daughter and asks, Where s your mother? By asking this question, Irving implies both curiosity and even fear if Dame Van Winkle is still around. This humorous approach to the subject of Rip s wife, makes light of the ...
- 15048: Babe Ruth 2
- Your simply incorrigible replied Babe s wife. For years, the great baseball player Babe Ruth has been called this, Yet despite these remarks Babe also possessed a humble heart towards children. Then on the other hand Babe possessed the attribute of ... with brand new shoes that really shocked the children. For not only did the children see a great baseball player but also a fastidious man. But Babe was also abandoned in his life. And that s what led many to believe why he was such an altruistic man. Many loved the man and a lot hated him but none of that mattered as long as the children idolized him it was worth it. It was also when Babe Ruth was coming home from a football game. That a man burst out of the audience and yelled my boy, my boy he s dying, just sign this it would mean the world to him but not only did he sign the ball but he also visited him in the hospital After a eccentric conversation with Johnny Sylvester. ...
- 15049: B.b. King
- B.B. King was a blues singer and guitarist. His full name is Riley B. King. He was born September 16, 1925, near Indianola, Mississippi. An important aspect in King's life was, of course, when he was first exposed to the blues. 'I guess the earliest sound of the blues that I can rremember was in the fields while people would be pickin' cotton or choppin' or somethin,' " he told Living Blues . " When I sing and play now I can hear those same sounds that I used to hear then as a kid." B.B. King's first musical influence came through religion. He was a member of the Church of God In Christ. He was forbidden to play blues at home. He sang in spiritual groups like the Elkhorn Singers and the Saint John's Gospel Singers. A relative who was a guitarist and a preacher showed King his first chords on the instrument. As a teenager he began playing streetcorners for coins, combining gospel songs with the blues. ...
- 15050: Adolf Hitler
- ... his friends with sketches he would draw while others were doing their work. Although his secret dream was to become an artist, his father wanted him to be a civil servant. Because of his father's wishes, Adolf attended Realschule, a secondary school which focused on a more scientific and technical curriculum. (Toland; pgs 3-4) In his first year at Realschule, Adolf felt very out of place and did poorly ... However, in his second year, he became more popular among his classmates. Showing his leadership skills, he led his classmates in games of cowboys and indians. (Rubenstein; pgs 8-9) During all of this, Adolf's conflict with his father was growing. One main reason was Alois's energetic supporting of the Austrian monarch and Adolf's admiration of Germany. Adolf's rebellious nature also contributed to this problem. As a result of their arguments, Adolf was sometimes beaten by his father. ...
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