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- 871: Riley King
- ... most down-home sounds in African-American music. B.B. King, the world's greatest blues singer had- like a lot of people- had some hard times. Born in 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi., King lived with his mother until he was nine. When his mother died he lived alone, taking care of himself by working in cotton fields that were owned by the people who had employed his mother, this was the time of the Depression , and the period when he started learning ...
- 872: The Great Gatsby 13
- ... in his hydroplane, and made frequent use of his beach (Ch. 4, pg. 63-4). Nick was quite lonesome after his move to New York. He had a decent job in the bond business and lived in a small bungalow. Basically the only acquaintances he had were the Buchanans and Jordan Baker, to an extent. It is not human nature to live a desolate and lonely life; humans are social animals ... the 1920s in The Great Gatsby. This novel has a theme with historical significance, since life during the booming decade was one of extravagance and glamour. People were starving for money and love. Fitzgerald, who lived during this time period, observed first-hand the superficial lifestyle of the American population and was reminded that the human spirit is weak and selfish. He masterfully laces that message into his masterpiece The Great ...
- 873: The Influence Of Thoreau On Gandhi And Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life…. I too, do not want to die and discover that I have not lived. But Thoreau does teach us that there is some other reason to live other than to acquire goods and make money. By today’s standards I don’t guess Henry was a snappy dresser, but ...
- 874: Iliad/Odyssey Summary
- ... searched for Ithaca, they came across an island. There they discovered a cave which contained abundant amounts of cheese. They decided to stay the night and ate their fill of the cheese. The Cyclops which lived their came back and discovered the intruders. He asked who they were and where their ship was. Odysseus, the man of many schemes, realized that this was a trap and told the Cyclops their ship ... the bed could not be moved because it was built around a tree, the thing that they built their very life upon. Penelope knew then it was her husband and she hugged him and they lived as they once had.
- 875: Mozart
- is perhaps the greatest musical genius who ever lived. 's full name is Wolfgang Amadeus . Most people called him or Wolfgang. was born in Salzburg, Austria, January 27, 1756. is the greatest musical child prodigy who ever lived. He began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies at age 9. His father took him on a series of concert tours together with his sister, Maria Anna; born four and one-half ...
- 876: Chaucer 2
- ... of Chaucer's education can be seen through his ability to write work that would appeal to its readers, his utilization of various writing techniques, and his vast knowledge of the society in which he lived. McKinley 2 By the end of the Middle Ages, a new confidence in the English language was apparent. Thus, with this confidence came a higher status for English literature. This was illustrated in 1399 when ... week (http://virginia.edu/literature/chaucer 2). Chaucer's ability to write work that would appeal to its readers, his utilization of various writing techniques, and his vast knowledge of the society in which he lived are all apparent due to his extensive education. The Canterbury Tales offer an abundance of knowledge of the period as well as a window into certain professions (http://www.virginia.edu/literature/chaucer 2). While ...
- 877: Buddha
- The word means "enlightened one." It is used today as a title to the one who has given us more religious beliefs than almost any other human who lived in this world. However, he was not given this name at birth; he had to earn it for himself by undergoing long, hard hours of meditation and contemplation. Buddha has changed the lifestyles of many ... where teachers would discuss the significance of existence and the nature of man and held programs to reconstruct one's spiritual self. (Pardue, page 228) Background Near the town of Kapilavastivu, today known as Nepal, lived King Suddhodhana and Queen Maya of the indigenous tribe known as the Shakyas. (Encyclopedia Americana, page 687) Queen Maya soon became pregnant and had a dream shortly before she gave birth. In this dream a ...
- 878: Michelangelo Buonarroti
- ... sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. Michelangelo was born March 6, 1475, in the small village of Caprese near Arezzo. He lived during the Italian High Renaissance. Although he was born in Caprese, he lived in Florentine. There he created some of the most spectacular works of art ever. One in particular was the statue David. Michelangelo had a serious reason for creating this statue. He made this statue to ...
- 879: Machiavelli's Works
- ... people and to command all land of differing religious or political association. There was no separation between church and state as the inhabitants of today’s West have come to expect. In one Italian city lived a family of republican jurists of the name Machiavelli. They did not approve of the family ruling their home of Florence: the Medici. Although a near monarchy, the Medici, lead by Lorenzo held an idealist ... their position.…They neither know how to, nor are in a position to maintain their rank, for unless he be a man of great genius it is not likely that one who has always lived in a private position should know how to command, and they are unable to maintain themselves because they maintain no forces friendly or faithful to them (The Prince, 52). Although Niccolo Machiavelli’s advice was ...
- 880: Chicano Literature
- ... those two class days. Zoot Suit is based on the actual true story of the Sleepy Lagoon case which occurred in 1942 (Acuna 254). I love this movie because I can relate to it. I lived in Chicago the last eleven years of my life. I've been in court rooms, I've had lawyers defend me. The most serious charge I've ever been confronted with was assault with a ... or she is helping to mold our identity. A hundred years from now a Chicano's or a Chicana's diary might be crucial to historians and scholars determining how Chicano's and Chicana's lived. Just like Anne Frank's diary. I was surprised to find out that currently there are significantly more Chicanas getting work published than that of Chicanos. The women are leading the way, brother, and I ...
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