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Biography On Guy De Maupassant
<view this essay>.... to Flaubert for advice on him. Flaubert began tutoring him on
various subjects, mainly writing. Maupassant's association with Flaubert
brought him into the French literary circles. Even though Maupassant was
often a member of gatherings which included 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. .....
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Biography Of Martin Luther King Jr.
<view this essay>.... life by encouraging him to learn faster and better.
Martin was first exposed to racism at an early age, (probably six,
none of my sources specified his exact age at the time) when he was not
allowed to play with some white friends of his.
Martin also became accustomed to his liberal ideas while he was
still in grade school. This became known to his mother after Martin said
"You know, when I grow up to be a man, I'm going to hit this thing, and hit
it hard, Mother; there's no such thing as one people better than another.
The Lord created us all equal , and I'm going to see to that."
Over the years King was involved in many famous .....
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Isaac Newton
<view this essay>.... At first Isaac was a poor student. He cared little for school work,
perferring to paint, make kites, write in notebooks, or invent toys. He
made no friends. Silent and dreamy, he was at the bottom of his class.
Oddly, it was a savage kick by a school bully that caused Newton's great
mind to awaken. The mild, dreamy boy flew into a rage and beat the other
boy thoroughly. Isaac determined to beat the bully in school work as well.
Soon Isaac was at the head of his class.
In 1656 Newton's stepfather died. His mother returned to
Woolsthorpe to take care of the farm left by Newton's father. But she could
not manage the farm by herself. Isaac was taken out .....
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Wayne Gretzky: Comparing Two Biographies
<view this essay>.... NHL player. In this book, there were a
lot of Gretzky's childhood. We knew that Wayne Gretzky could skate at two years
old. He was well known by people at six. When he was ten, he was signing
autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A thirty-
minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also talk about
Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was Gretzky's hockey
instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball basketball and cross country
coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and chauffeur. Gretzky called
him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the book "Gretzky and Taylor", it did
not show an .....
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The Life And Death Of 2Pac
<view this essay>.... blackness inside the car, spewed out
thirteen bullets, each one punctuated by a startling yellow flash and a
reverberating crack that cut through the buzz of the traffic. In one blurred
and sweeping motion the black BMW roared to life, accelerating across the
traffic flow and towards the oncoming cars, retreating from the scene as the
dark figure collapsed li mply back into the vehicle.
This incident is not a scene from a DeNiro/Pacino mobster movie. Nor is
it an episode from an Oliver Stone or Quentin Tarrantino film. In fact, it is
not a scene from any movie, although the story will likely wind up as a made-
for-television drama. Rather, it is the drama .....
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Albert Camus
<view this essay>.... could provide and positive guidance
for human life or any guarantee of the validity of human value. Camus also
concluded that suicide is the only serious philosophical problem. He asks
whether it makes any sense to go on living once the meaninglessness of human
life is fully understood.
Camus referred to this meaninglessness as the “absurdity” of life. He
believed that this “absurdity” is the “failure of the world to satisfy the human
demand that it provide a basis for human values-for our personal ideals and for
our judgments of right and wrong.” He maintained that suicide cannot be
regarded as an adequate response to the “experience of absurdity.” He sa .....
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Jefferson Davis: Leader Of The Confederacy
<view this essay>.... was the one responsible to preserve the constitutional liberties of his
people.
Davis was born on June 3, 1808 in Christian county Kentucky. He was
born the 10th and last child of Samuel Emory Davis. When he was growing up
his father wanted him to have every opportunity he could, so against his
wife's wishes he enrolled Davis in a number of private schools. He spent
two years in St. Thomas College in Kentucky. He also attended local schools
near home. He was always a perfect student getting the top grades in all of
his classes until he was 13 and entered Transylvania College. While in
college he studied just enough to pass, and graduated 23 out of 32 i .....
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Steve Jobs
<view this essay>.... whiz with a passion for inventing electric gadgets. He worked on perfecting an illegal gadget called “blue Box” that allowed them to get free long distance calls from pay phones. Jobs helped “Woz” to sell a number of “blue boxes”.
In 1972 Steve graduated from high school and registered at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. After dropping out of Reed after one semester he hung around the campus for a year taking classes in philosophy and immersing himself in the counter culture.
In 1974, took a job as a video game designer at Atari, Inc., a pioneer in electronic arcade recreation. After a few months he saved enough money to go to India where he traveled .....
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