|
» Biographies Essays and Papers
Michael Jordan
<view this essay>.... Games.
Jordan left college in 1984 to play with the Chicago Bulls team in the NBA. He finished his first season (1984-1985) as one of the top scorers in the league, with an average of 28.2 points per game; he was also named rookie of the year and made the first of his eight All-Star game appearances. Jordan finished the 1986-1987 season as the second player, after Wilt Chamberlain, to score more than 3000 points in a single season. He led the NBA in scoring for seven consecutive seasons (1987-1993), tying Chamberlain's record, and averaged more than 30 points per game in each season. He became the Chicago Bulls' all-time leading scorer, with 21,541 points, an .....
Number of words: 491 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
David Livingstone
<view this essay>.... traveled 29,000 miles in Africa, added to the known portion of the globe about one million square miles, discovered many famous lakes, the Zambesi and other rivers, was the first white man to see Victoria Falls, and probably the first individual to traverse the entire length of Lake Tanganyika. Had his health not failed he would surely have succeeded in also discovering the source of the Nile. He never lost sight of one of his great objectsbringing Christ to Africaalthough healing and exploring were often the vehicles he used. Born the second son of poor and pious parents, Neil and Agnes (Hunter) Livingstone, he had three brothers and one sister. The seven were .....
Number of words: 3810 | Number of pages: 14 |
|
Ernest Hemmingway
<view this essay>.... Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed her perception of the world as beautiful. She hated dirty diapers, upset stomachs, and cleaning house; they were not fit for a lady. She taught her children to always act with decorum. She adored the singing of the birds and the smell of flowers. Her children were expected to behave properly and to please her, always. Mrs. Hemingway treated Ernest, when he was a small boy, as if he were a female baby doll and she dressed him accordingly. This arrangement was alright until Ernest got to the age when he wanted to be a "gun-toting Pawnee Bill". .....
Number of words: 2937 | Number of pages: 11 |
|
St. Francis Of Assisi
<view this essay>.... the favoured son showed his parents that he would like to follow his own life, not in the footsteps of his father. After his enlistment, he struggled heroically in one bloody battle, but his troop experienced defeat. Taken prisoner of war, he was held captive for several months, then released and sent home. His parents were joyful and made up to him for the long months of suffering by showering him with affection. Francis probably enjoyed receiving extra money the most from this.
Being a prisoner of war did take a toll on Francis. His body became so sick that he almost died and it took over a year to recover. It was during this year that for the first time in .....
Number of words: 2968 | Number of pages: 11 |
|
Henri Matisse
<view this essay>.... pigment to produce the strongest, most powerful visual palpitations of fierce color. Matisse gave color absolute freedom, letting it guide the way. "I feel through color, and so by color that my canvass will always be organized." Matisse's work explored an explosion of pictorial energy. "Colors must be thought out." According to Picasso, "Matisse has color and is searching for drawing."
Matisse's travels were always the inspiration for his works. As Amy Freeman Lee believes, "the creative process begins in intuition, with a bringing into consciousness and awareness of experience gained in something other than through sensory perception." Matisse e .....
Number of words: 410 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
Joseph Stalin
<view this essay>.... in Stalin’s life where he was enormously confident about himself which led him to do things that were no acceptable in today’s standard life. After the death of Vladimir I. Lenin in 1924 Stalin became leader of the Soviet Union where he made many changes to agriculture and industry. He believed that the Soviet Union was one hundred years behind the West and that they had to catch up as quickly as possible. This is where the idea of his "Five Year Plan," came about. The five-year plan basically got the people involved and motivated them into a modern life. From the 5-year plan, 25 million farms were produced which were only big enough to feed the fam .....
Number of words: 724 | Number of pages: 3 |
|
Adolf Hitler
<view this essay>.... he dropped out of school when he was just 16 years old. In 1903 his father, Alios, died. Four years later, Hitler went to Vienna to study art, while he was away his mother, Klara, died. Hitler's hate for Jews and Slavs grew and became fiercely nationalistic. In 1913 he moved to Munich, Germany to become part of the Australian Army. The army found him physically unfit to be in the service. World War I began August 1914 and Hitler immediately signed for the Germany Army and was accepted. He served as a messenger and was decorated twice for bravery after two near death experiences. He was promoted to corporal. While recovering from an battle injury that caused .....
Number of words: 887 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
Shakespeare
<view this essay>.... at school, his life was fascinating. He lived in an exciting town with many pageants, shows and fairs. He also spent much time outside fishing and hunting small game. 's poems and plays show his love of nature which comes from his childhood. In 1582 married Anne Hathaway of a neighboring village. She was 26 and he was 18 and the time. They had three children. Susana was their first and then they had twins, Hamnet and Judith. William's son Hamnet died and his two daughters got married. In London, 's career took off. He was a leading member of a very popular acting company in London called "The Lord Chamberlain's Men". This company depend .....
Number of words: 306 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
|