Frederick Douglass' Dream For Equality
.... this idea because it would
not result in the complete abolition of slavery. Blacks deserved just as much
freedom as whites. He believed that the South had committed treason, and the
Union must rebel by force if necessary. Astonished by Garrison's thoughts,
Douglass realized that abolition was truly a war between whites. Garrison, and
many others, had failed to see the slaves as human beings.
Were blacks then supposed to be irretrievably black in a white world ?
Where is the freedom and hope if all great things are privilege only to the
whites? Douglass resolved never again to risk himself to betrayal. Troubled,
Dougla .....
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Albert Einstein
.... and he often marveled at his
uncle's explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by
certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure
to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to
believe he was disabled.
Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when
he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through
the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of
teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these
differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home .....
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Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" And His Life
.... injuries from the war, Hemingway returned unhappily to
Oak Park. The impression left on him by his participation in the war had
greatly changed him. He began living at home again but refused to get a job,
even when his mother ordered him to. Soon she kicked him out and he moved to
Chicago. Here he made a living writing for the Toronto Star and working as a
sparring partner for boxers. While he was in Chicago he met his first wife, the
young and innocent Elizabeth Hadley Richardson.
Soon the young couple were married and they moved to Paris. It was here
where Hemingway encountered many of the greats, F. Scott Fitzgeral .....
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Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic
.... movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th
of his career (Sterrit 3).
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1889 in London, England.
As a child his parents were very strict with him and they imposed severe and
unusual punishments upon him, as what they considered to be discipline. One of
these incidents scarred him for life. As punishment for arriving home late one
night, young Alfred's father had a policeman friend lock the boy up in a cell
for five minutes, "in order to teach him where naughty little boys who come home
after 9 o'clock would eventually end up." (Phillips 27). Throughout his car .....
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Alfred Tennyson And His Work
.... was recognized by his peers as having unusual
promise. He and Tennyson knew each other only four years, but their intense
friendship had a major influence on the poet. On a visit to Somersby, Hallam
met and later became engaged to Emily Tennyson, and the two friends looked
forward to a life-long companionship. Hallam died from illness in 1833 at the
age of 22 and shocked Tennyson profoundly. His grief lead to most of his best
poetry, including "In Memoriam", "The Passing of Arthur", "Ulysses", and
"Tithonus".
Since Tennyson was always sensitive to criticism, The bad reviews of his
1832 poems hurt him greatly. Critics in thos .....
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Orwell's "Such, Such Were The Joys....": Alienation And Other Such Joys
.... where you did not have to be
perpetually taken out of this warm nest and flung into a world of force and
fraud and secrecy, like a goldfish into a tank full of pike. (23)
Young Orwell, impacted by this, “hard,” disorienting situation, realizes he is
alone in a hostile, harsh environment. Orwell uses the image of the “warm nest,”
a womb, from which the child is thrown, then innocently forced into a
destructive reality. This reality is Crossgates, an educational institution but
also a primary residence, the “home” Orwell lives in on a daily basis for a
number of years. Far from the “love” of his familial home, Orwell finds th .....
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Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Patriot
.... outlawed segregation in public transportation. This was his first victory
and alone made Dr. King a highly respected leader. When he went to India in 1959,
he studied Gandhi's principle of "Satyagraha" or nonviolent persuasion, which he
planned to use for his social protests. In the following year he decided to move
back to Atlanta to become copastor with his father. In 1963 he was back in
Birmingham, Alabama, where he led a massive civil rights campaign, organizing
drives for black voter registration, desegregation, and better education
throughout the South. During that time he led the unforgettable March on
Washington .....
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A Memorable Experience In Photography
.... and course of world happenings, led
him into a role as a professional photographer of war(Images of War20). To
really admire and understand Capa, you must have a fascination for dramatic and
emotional pictures of war. There probably has been thousands who admire the
work he does. Well you can include me in that group of thousands. Capa puts
into perspective in just one photograph, something my grandfather will never
forget. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor. The photograph that brings back these
memories is taken somewhere in Europe during World War II. It's a photograph
that has the air full of scores of Japanese warplanes. The .....
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Martin Luther King Jr.
.... Europe had several large Prostant churches and smaller
Protestant religious groups .
From the result of the Reformation ,Europe was divided btwn the Catholic
counties of the south and the Protestant countries of the north. This diversity
of religious life created a mood of religious toleration and the respect for the
importance of individual conscience . The Reformation also stimulated many
reforms within the Catholic Church .
Martin Luther believed that he can change something that he believed in .
Martin protested some of the practices in the Catholic church . He stood up for
what he wanted to change . He h .....
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Martin Luther King
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King we viewed he never losses eye contact with the audience. This is one of
the reasons why I choose the memorization method. I also feel King's
speeches came straight from his heart. King was a Baptist minister and was
without a doubt filled with the spirit of god. I feel King's speeches were
influenced by the spirit that lived within his heart. The book states that
your appearance should be in harmony with your message. King's speeches were
all based on serious spiritual and political issues and a suit and tie were the
attire that he choose to wear. King was a educated man and was without a doubt
educated in the ar .....
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Anne Boleyn
.... Being queen seems to be one of her childhood dreams, which is
understandable, because many girls dream of being a princess or a queen when
they get older. Anne's final and strongest love was the love for her daughter.
Elizabeth was the most important thing in Anne's life, and she would have done
anything that she could for her daughter. For instance, she fought with Henry
many times for the sake of Elizabeth, and the most important is that she chose
death so that her daughter would have a better life.
Anne was a very respectable character for the most part. She was
unselfish in the end by choosing to die for the sake of her da .....
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Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
.... beliefs and doctrine. She was a woman of the 17th Century and lived in
a male dominated, intensely religious society. She lived within the limitations
not only of the beliefs and standards of her society, but of her sex. A woman's
place was definitely in the home in Colonial America. The experiences of women
were considered narrow and trivial in comparison with men's.
Puritanism was more than a religious belief; it was a way of life. "In
the dozen years before 1640, some 15,000 Englishmen crossed the Atlantic in
order to establish a 'Holy Commonwealth' in which that way of life could
flourish"(Hall 1).
The Puritans were a .....
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