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William Shakespeare
908 Words - 4 Pages.... in 1557.
was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. The Shakespeare's were well respected prominent people. When was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford Grammar School with other boys of his social class. Students went to school year round attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict disciplinarians.
Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was known to put on pageants and many popular shows. It also held several large fairs during the year. Stratford was a exciting place to live. Stratford als ....
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John Quincy Adams
885 Words - 4 Pages.... the United States how strong it was, without exerting any force on them at all. On a different occasion, when I was appointed minister to Russia, I was the leading negotiator for the Treaty of Ghent with the British, which ended the War of 1812. These negotiations gained respect for the United States and me as a diplomat. I am a likable person wherever I go. When I was a kid, our family was very closely knit, as we all helped manage the farm, except for my dad, who was usually away in foreign countries. This didn't affect me very much since I joined up with him when I was 11 on his operations after my persistent asking. As President, I worked scrupulously to work out problem ....
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My Secret Confessions From The Grave: Al Capone
906 Words - 4 Pages.... headed by a guy named Johnny Torrio. In 1920, Torrio asked me to go to Chicago and work with his uncle who controlled the city’s largest prostitution and gambling ring at the time, and boy did I like that idea. Later that year the Prohibition act came into affect and I became interested in selling illegal whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. Torrio’s uncle did not agree with this idea but within the next month he was shot and killed. Torrio and I took over Torrio’s uncles business and added the selling of illegal alcohol, see I always get what I want. After Torrio was gunned down and almost killed by a rival gang, he retired from the underworld, which left me to run ....
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
2483 Words - 10 Pages.... Hawthorne spoke of telling secrets in his works, but "keeping the in most me behind it's veil". Close friend and respected author of the time Herman Melville believed that there was a dark secret in Hawthorne's life that, if known, would explain the mysteries of his literary career. (McGoldrick 82)
Sibling incest was a theme that heavily concerned Hawthorne in two unfinished manuscripts, as well as one of his early literary works which he later retracted. The retracted piece's time set was early Salem, Massachusetts. The story involved a family structure much like that of Hawthorne's own family. The two siblings in the work, brother and sister, live ....
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Isaac Asimov
1666 Words - 7 Pages.... the future had in store for them. They made their home in Brooklyn, New York where they opened a candy store (Erlanger 9). When he was nine years of age, after school he worked in his parent's candy store. It was then that began reading science fiction magazines. He had to struggle to read these magazines because his father would not permit him to read "such junk"(Erlanger 9). " Isaac you should be reading books with more value," his father told him (wilson). Sooner or later his father gave in and told him not to forget his library books (Erlanger 11). However, this reading material was the only thing that his dad would let him touch on the magazine rack.
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Herman Melville: An Anti-Transcendentalist Or Not
1672 Words - 7 Pages.... the social ladder by moving into bigger and better homes. While borrowing money from the bank, her husband was spending more than he was earning. “It is my conclusion that Maria Melville never committed herself emotionally to her husband, but remained primarily attached to the well off Gansevoort family.” (Humford 23) Allan Melville was also attached financially to the Gansevoorts for support. There is a lot of evidence concerning Melville’s relation to his mother Maria Melville. “Apparently the older son Gansevoort who carried the mother's maiden name was distinctly her favorite.” (Edinger 7) This was a sense of alienation the Herman Melville felt from his mother. ....
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My Autobiography.
391 Words - 2 Pages.... is Carrie Fisher and she kinda split on me also. I'm allways stuck at home by myself and she takes my little sister with her everywhere. My older brother is my half brother he is my father's son. I'm not sure who his mother is.When I was young my mother didnt tell anyone about me and my sister, it sort of upset me when my little sister was born because she made a big public statement about it.But I know she loves me even if she leaved me at home all the time by myself. I go to public school and my last name is Reynolds like my grandmother. There is no Fisher found in my name at all. After my dad left my mother changed my last name completely and hid my birth certifacate ....
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Emily Dickinson
1122 Words - 5 Pages.... began to search for new meanings in life. People like Emerson and Thoreau believed that answers lie in the individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when he said, "Who so would be a human, must be a non-conformist." believed and practiced this philosophy. When she was young she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In her childhood she was shy and already different from the others. Like all the Dickinson children, male or female, Emily was sent for formal education in Amherst Academy. After attending Amherst Academy with conscientious thinkers such as Helen Hunt Jackson, and after reading many of Emerson's essays, she began to develop into a free willed pers ....
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