|
Papers on People and Biographies
Biography Of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Number of words: 892 | Number of pages: 4.... near Boston, hoping to be able to live in such comfort that he could marry and still have time to devote to his writing. The demands of the farm were too great, however, and Hawthorne was unable to continue his writing while doing farm chores, and after six months he withdrew from the community. In 1842 he married Sophia Amelia Peabody of Salem and settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in a house called the Old Manse. During the four years he lived in Concord, Hawthorne wrote a number of tales that were later published as Mosses from an Old Manse, published in 1846. They include Roger Malvin's Burial, Rappaccini's Daughter, and .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Charles Dickens
Number of words: 2045 | Number of pages: 8.... he used in his novels), and finally like
other members of his family, a newspaper reporter. Here, he got his first
taste of journalism and fell in love with it immediately.
Drawn to the theatre, Charles Dickens almost pursued the career of an
actor In 1833, he began sending short stories and descriptive essays to
small magazines and newspapers. These writings attracted attention and
were published in 1836 under the name, Sketches by "Boz". At the same time,
he was offered a small job of writing the text for a small comic strip,
where he worked with a well know artist. Seven weeks later, the first
instalment of The Pickw .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Ernest Hemingway: His Life And His Stories
Number of words: 2301 | Number of pages: 9.... and dancing together led to "hell and damnation"
Grace hall Hemingway, 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 hater 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 accordi .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Biography Of Frank Zappa
Number of words: 525 | Number of pages: 2.... than the rest of the students. They let him graduate because the teachers said they didn't want to see him there next year.
His finished his first recording with Don Van Vliet (friend from school) called Lost in a Whirlpool. Frank married Kay Sherman in 1959, the same year he wrote a score for the movie Run Home Slow. A couple months after he got married he formed a garage band called Boogie Men, and as fast as this band was created it ended. The reason to them breaking up was that they weren't making any money, so he joined another group Joe Perrino and the Mellotones. By the time he was 21 he made his first record release "T .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Princess Diana
Number of words: 731 | Number of pages: 3.... which is west of Scotland where they now still live.
Diana attended finishing school briefly in Switzerland. Then she returned to London where she became a nanny. Diana loved children. After her nanny work she became a kindergarten teacher. She had a reputation of a hardworking, gentle, warm hearted and patient person. In Charles's words "She was jolly, amusing, and attractive."
Diana's sister was married to Robert Fellows, who was the assistant secretary to the Queen. Charles and Diana first met through her. Diana's grandmother was best friends with Charles's grandmother. The two grandmothers also tried to get them toge .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Bruce Lee
Number of words: 836 | Number of pages: 4.... he entered the 1958 Boxing Championships and defeated the reigning three year champion, Gary Elms.”(1-2) Bruce was involved in many street fights because of his experience in boxing. His parents decided to have him move back to San Francisco.
In 1959 Bruce returned to America and lived with an old friend of his fathers. Bruce worked on some odd jobs around the Chinese community. He lived there for two years then decided to move to Seattle with another old friend of his. He enrolled at the University of Washington to study philosophy. Before he enrolled at the University Bruce had already attended Edison Technical School to .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Donatello
Number of words: 1406 | Number of pages: 6.... sixteenth century on, the gigantic "David" of Michelangelo, which served the same purpose, eclipsed it. More of 's early works which were still partly Gothic are the impressive seated marble figure of St. John the Evangelist for the cathedral and a wooden crucifix in the church of Sta. Croce.
The full power of Donatello first appeared in two marble statues, "St. Mark" and "St. George" which were completed in 1415. "St. George" has been replaced and is now in the Bargello. For the first time, the human body is rendered as a functional organism. The same qualities came in the series of five prophet statues .....
Get This Essay
|
|
« Start
|