Papers on People and Biographies
Jackie Robinson
Words: 1192 - Pages: 5.... Bruin to letter in four sports: football, basketball, baseball, and track. Baseball was his weakest sport, but he played it professionally because the NBA and NFL still had their doors closed to African Americans.
As a baseball player, Robinson revolutionized the way the game was played. He combined power and speed in a way that had never been done before, and is acknowledged as the greatest baserunner of all time. In 1947, when Robinson finally put on a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, he started the integration of professional athletics in America. He strongly challenged the deep-rooted custom of racial segregation in both the North and South. .....
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Bruce Lee
Words: 1312 - Pages: 5.... called him Sai Fon.
When they returned to Hong Kong, the Lee household consisted of Mr. Lee,
his wife Grace Lee, Bruce's two sisters, Agnes and Phoebe, his older brother
Peter, and later to be joined his little brother Robert.
Bruce grew up in a very crowded house. He lived in a two bedroom flat.
Upon the death of Mr. Lee's brother, he, as in Chinese custom, had to taken in
his whole brother's Family and had to be the provider. This meant nearly 20
people lived in the flat.
It was through his father's connection that Bruce ultimately became a
child film star. His own acting ability was clear from the beginning. Bruce
posed as a gr .....
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James Earl Jones: A Voice In The Crowd
Words: 2739 - Pages: 10.... all, my mama and my papa@ (18) .
Less than three years later, the Connollys moved to Dublin Michigan
where James Earl and his >brother= Randy grew up in a remodelled chicken barn.
His early school life had a great impact on his style of speech and diction. AOn
my first day at school, I could not believe my ears,@ recalls Jones, AThey
called me James Earrrrl instead of James Uhl, as it had sounded in the
South@(40).
After the initial shock of hearing Northern dialect, Jones Aquickly
absorbed this different rhythm and style@ and embarked on the first half of a
long vocal journey leading to his distinctive speaking style. Until he was 1 .....
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William Faulkner
Words: 2785 - Pages: 11.... writing, and arithmetic. However, he especially enjoyed drawing. When Faulkner got promoted to the third grade, skipping the second grade, he was asked by his teacher what he wanted to be when he grew up. He replied, "I want to be a writer just like my great granddaddy"(Minter 18). Faulkner took interest in poetry around 1910, but no one in Oxford, Mississippi, could tell him hat to do with his poems. Faulkner, who was very talkative, would always entertain Estelle Oldham by telling her vividly imaginary stories. Eventually, Faulkner grew very fond of Estelle. She became the sole inspirer and recipient of Faulkner's earlier poems. Not l .....
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Nicholas Ferrar
Words: 1267 - Pages: 5.... in the warmer climate of Italy.
On his return to England he found his family had fared badly. His brother John
had become over extended financially and the Virginia Company was in danger of
loosing its charter. Nicholas dedicated himself to saving the family fortune and
was successful. He served for a short time as Member of Parliament, where he
tried to promote the cause for the Virginia Company. His efforts were in vain
for the company lost their charter anyway.
Nicholas is given credit for founding a Christian community called the English
Protestant Nunnery at Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire, England. After Ferrar
was ordained as a .....
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The Dialectical Cut In Socrates' Soul
Words: 1147 - Pages: 5.... these two conflicting views are seen in different
characters in The Being of the Beautiful. The obvious question now becomes
"Why does Plato make a dialectical cut in Socrates' soul between Theaetetus
and Young Socrates?" In answering this question it becomes central to
assume that the being of the beautiful is not contained in one character,
and for that matter, may not be a character at all. It is crucial then to
take up the characteristics of both Theaetetus and Young Socrates in
relation to what the beautiful is. In so doing, it will provide the basis
for political knowledge. To begin, Theaetetus is a youth just returned from
battl .....
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Isaac Newton
Words: 690 - Pages: 3.... his head, that's all he cared
about. One time his mother sent him out in a storm, to close the barn
doors so they would not be torn off. His mother came looking for him, half
an hour later, to see what was taking him so long. She looked at the barn,
and saw the doors were blown right off the hinges. She found Isaac jumping,
again and again, from an open window. He would measure the length of the
jump, and measure the force of the wind.
Soon she realized that Newton was not cut out for farmwork, and
sent him back to King's School. He graduated in 1661.
When he was eighteen, he went to Trinity College. The teacher's
were impressed by hi .....
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Biography On Guy De Maupassant
Words: 393 - Pages: 2.... such famous writers such as
Flaubert, Turgenev, Zola, and Daudet, he had little interest at the time
for a career of writing for himself. As an adolescent he was much more
interested in sports than writing, especially rowing.
Maupassants education was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War,
in which he served as a member of the French army. After the war was
finished, he entered the French civil service. He first served with the
Ministry of Navy and later with the Ministry of Public Institution. During
the between 1873 and 1880 he also served as a literary apprentice under
Flaubert. At this time, Maupassant realized his weakness .....
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Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X
Words: 2195 - Pages: 8.... From then on, he was driven by hatred and a desire for revenge.
The early backgrounds of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were largely responsible for the distinct different responses to American racism. Both men ultimately became towering icons of contemporary African-American culture and had a great influence on black Americans. However, King had a more positive attitude than Malcolm X, believing that through peaceful demonstrations and arguments, blacks will be able to someday achieve full equality with whites. Malcolm X’s despair about life was reflected in his angry, pessimistic belief that equality is impossible b .....
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The Life Of John F. Kennedy
Words: 709 - Pages: 3.... three hour operation, but died early the next morning.
There were several conspiracy theories on why Sirhan shot Kennedy. Many people thought that Sirhan had been hired by the mob to kill Kennedy(This relates to the theory in J.F.K.’s assassination that the mob had hired Lee Harvey Oswald). At the time of Sirhan’s arrest, he had $400 on him which made it seem as if he might have been hired. It was later learned that the money was from a $1,100 settlement that he had won a few months earlier.
Several people thought that a woman in a polka dotted dress was involved with Sirhan. She had been seen with Sirhan earlier in the evening an .....
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