|
» Biographies Essays and Papers
Bob Dylan
<view this essay>.... 20 years for a crime he didn't commit.
ironically, shaped the course of popular music by mistake. Even before the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys, a creative and new style was introduced by this young wandering musician. Since beginning his career in 1960, he has been a poet, a political activist, a musician and a mystery. His songs drew upon every style of American music, including rock and roll, blues, gospel, folk and country. Dylan's life as a singer-songwriter captured the public's attention from a time of mass confusion until today, opening up the expressive possibilities of rock.Composing over 100's of songs, performing worldwide in .....
Number of words: 962 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
Crazy Horse
<view this essay>.... believe that the American government was forced to take the land from
these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S.
Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Oglala forcing Crazy Horse,
the great war chief, and many other leaders to surrender their nation in
order to save the lives of their people.
In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western
plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided into seven tribes:
Oglala's, Brule', Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow, Two Kettle, and the
Blackfoot. Of these tribes they had different band. The Hunkpatila was one
band of the Oglala's (Guttmacher 12). One .....
Number of words: 2730 | Number of pages: 10 |
|
William Shakespeare
<view this essay>.... to buy a ring to wear in his memory
-Shakespeare's grave reads
Good friend, for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here
Blessed be the man that spares these stones
And cursed be he that moves my bones.
-seven years after his death his friends John Hemings and Henry Condell published a book containing 36 plays, which was called the "First Folio"
-"He was not of an age, but for all time." Ben Johnson
His Life in the Theatre
-considered to be the greatest dramatist in the world
-only the Bible is read more than Shakespeare's plays
-from 1593 - 1613 he wrote 37 plays, acted, helped manage an acting troup and was part owner of the "Old Globe Theatre" .....
Number of words: 339 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
Gandhi And His Views
<view this essay>.... for the rights of the Indians. With patience and a positive attitude, Gandhi used his mind and peacefulness rather than violence to achieve his goals. Satyragraha to many Indian nationalists was regarded as the weak weapon for the weak man, yet Gandhi knew that nonviolence was the strong mans weapon, choosing it rather than to fight and kill. Through using satyagraha, or "the force of truth," Gandhi was able to achieve many of his objectives.
Independence from British rule was Gandhi’s main intent. Gandhi did not like many aspects of British rule and sought to fight these injustices. The Indian citizens for example, had payments which the less fortunate .....
Number of words: 957 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
Ghengis Khan The Great
<view this essay>.... be a worthy successor to his throne. Temujin had a fire in his eye according to the people of the town. By the time he was four, he was already using a bow and arrow set. He was very good because he practiced for hours everyday. By the time he was seven he was excellent in battle skills. However tragedy struck that year. Yisugei was murdered by a local tribe. His family tried to overcome it but the people left the tribe and joined other tribes. A few people stayed but they also left after a while. Temujin and his family lived off berries, animals, and plants.
Temujin started working harder on his archery. He was one of the best in the land by t .....
Number of words: 1620 | Number of pages: 6 |
|
Confucius And Lao Tzu
<view this essay>.... of poverty. Even though poor, Confucius was given a fine education. Then at the age of 19, he married and had a son and two daughters, but after two years of marriage he was stricken with poverty once again. With poverty striking again he was forced into menial labors for the chief of the district in which he lived. When his mother died in 527 BCE he mourned for a long period of time. After this stage of his life he began a new way of life as a teacher, traveling from place to place with a small group of disciples preaching. His teachings of Chinese ideals and customs soon spread all throughout Lu. In his speeches he also taught the people gathered his v .....
Number of words: 565 | Number of pages: 3 |
|
Edgar Allan Poe
<view this essay>.... company of actors (Inglis 505). His father, David Poe, was from
a Baltimore family. He was an actor by profession and a heavy drinker.
Soon after Edgar Allan Poe was born, he left his family. Poe's mother,
Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of eighteen. Two years after
his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother
died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr.
Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While
there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410).
In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia.
There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, a .....
Number of words: 1463 | Number of pages: 6 |
|
Andrea Dworkin
<view this essay>.... York Time Review of her 1981 book, Pornography: Men
Possessing Women, Dworkin writes, “Pornography says the women want to be hurt,
forced, and abused; pornography says women want to be raped, battered, kidnapped,
maimed; pornography says women want to be humiliated, shamed, defamed,
pornography says that women say no but mean yes - Yes to violence, yes to pain.”
(Dworkin p 203)
In response to Dworkin's fiery rhetoric, Wendy Mcelroy writes that
Dworkin has scientific backing and even cites evidence to the contrary. “In
Japan, where pornography depicting violence is widely available, rape is much
lower per capita than in the United States, where violence in po .....
Number of words: 1418 | Number of pages: 6 |
|
|