Papers on People and Biographies
Jim Morrison
Words: 1665 - Pages: 7.... is necessary. James Douglas Morrison was born on December 8, 1943, in Melbourne, Florida (Hopkins 5). He was the first child of George Stephen Morrison and Clara Clark Morrison. He had two younger siblings, Anne and Andrew ("James" 1). His father was an officer in the United States Navy and his mother remained a housewife to act as the "dominant parent" over the three kids (Hopkins 22). After graduating from Florida State University, he attended film school at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1964, where he met Ray Manzarek. A year later, the two form a band called The Doors with Robbie Krieger and .....
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Salinger's Writing Style
Words: 311 - Pages: 2.... Feelings are
hard to make up and until you feel them, you cannot fully experience and
understand them. He also writes in a way as if he was talking to you
directly. I can almost hear Holden in my mind telling the story to me.
This makes it much more real and it seems as if I was taking part in the
story. I also like how the story moves on and does not stay on an incident
or topic for more than one chapter. The story has a fast pace and I like
it that way. It makes is less difficult to follow and read. As a result
from the fast pace, I was more tuned into the story and did not want to
skip ahead when it got boring. I can definite .....
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Harper Lee: The Author And Her Times
Words: 1235 - Pages: 5.... was a small-town lawyer with an unusual first name. The Lee family was descended from the famous Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee, and so--like the Finches in the novel--had every reason to take pride in its ancestry. Finally, Lee's mother's maiden name was Frances Finch.
As a child Lee was called by her first name, Nelle, a name she dropped in her adult years. She was only seven years old when she decided she wanted to become a writer, but it was many years before her dream was fulfilled. In the meantime Miss Lee studied law, following in the footsteps of her father and older sister. She attended the University of Alabama, and .....
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Herbert George Wells
Words: 1255 - Pages: 5.... A Collection of Critical Essays: 3). Wells's father sold china and
played professional cricket, and his mother was a housekeeper to the gentry,
Sir Harry Featherstonhaugh. Though devoted to his parents, he viewed them
as "willing victims of society" (Borrello, Alfred: 2). He was angry at
their refusal to take effective measures to improve their place in life.
And it was because of this that he did not care for the working class and
envied the solidly established middle class.
As a boy H. G. Wells had always been physically active, but after
he broke his leg at the age of 8 in 1874, he couldn't do too much. During
his period of con .....
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Gandhi
Words: 777 - Pages: 3.... other parties. This meant that dealing with India now could be a priority but it was difficult to convince the Indian Congress Leaders that Britain actually wanted to give over control to the Indians. A lot of questions remained such as why the change now? Also, since Britain was just starting to recover from World War II, would this issue just be pushed aside until their own affairs are looked after? Ghandi was hopeful yet a bit sceptical.(Attenborough) "Those of us who had been hammering on the doors of the India Office for years past had an impression of a great change of attitude. Up to 1945, she had felt that the attitude of officia .....
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Lewis Carroll
Words: 2116 - Pages: 8.... Lutwidge. The childhood of was relatively pleasant, full of ideas and hobbies that contributed to his future creative works. Carroll’s life at Daresbury was rather secluded, and his playmates were mostly his brothers and sisters (Green 18). Interacting with mostly his sisters, he was the "master of their ceremonies, inventor of games, magician, marionette theater manager, and editor of family journals" (DLB v. 163 45). A great deal of Carroll’s childhood was spent taking care of his little sisters, and his imagination was constantly being exercised in order to entertain them (Green 18). A childhood trouble that Carro .....
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Shannon Lucid
Words: 656 - Pages: 3.... even have a space program. After graduating from Bethany High
School in 1960 she got her pilot's license. In regard to her dream she said,
"the Baptists wouldn't let women preach, so I had to become an astronaut to get
closer to God than my father." By this time America already had a space program.
She could not believe that of the first seven Mercury astronauts, none were
females. This is just one more instance she complained of discrimination of
women in traditionally male held occupations. She experienced the same thing
when she tried unsuccessfully to become a commercial pilot. So from Å’66-'68 she
worked at Kerr-Mcgee Corp. as a c .....
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Booker T Washington
Words: 429 - Pages: 2.... Booker Washington. Later his mother told him his name was Booker Taliaferro. Soon Booker changed his name to Booker Taliaferro Washington. His friends called him Booker T for short. Booker T was told and knew education would lead to success.
At age 16, Booker T went to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. This had been established the Freedman’s Bureau’s chief to educate former slaves. Booker T earned money by sweeping and dusting classrooms. After he graduated he became a teacher. Booker taught in Malden, W. VA and at Hampton.
When the board of commissioners asked the head of Hampton to send a principal of their new s .....
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Mark Twain And His Writings
Words: 2786 - Pages: 11.... while writing novels and short stories and giving speeches. As a writer he wrote realistically through language, unforgettable characters and a hatred of hypocrisy and oppression (Lemaster). Because of his sharp views of society, he used humor and quick-witted satire to express his points. Mark Twain is essentially a satirical writer and a humorist.
Twain as a writer, ridicules society in many aspects of American life through satire. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain uses the Grangerford and Sheperdson feud to criticize American culture and its’ inability to put past injustices behind and forgive one another. It serves as a .....
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Nicholas Ferrar
Words: 1266 - Pages: 5.... 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 deacon, he retired and .....
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