He began writing when he was 13 years old but it was not until he was 15 when he really begin honing his writing skills. After graduating from the Newman school he decided to attend Princeton University which was in New Jersey as well. Fitzgerald really attempted to focus on his craft and improve his skills in writing while at Princeton. He wrote some
Journal: * Takes place in Ireland then in America. It bounces back and forth for a while. Talks about the family. Father was dropped as a child and grew up to be a drunk. Mother was poor and gave birth to Angela around New Years.
surviving the holocaust Joseph, who is better known as Joe Schertz, was born in the southern part of Poland in a town named, Przemysl in 1933. Due to a fall that caused an injury to his head, he lost his hearing and became deaf when he was a year old. He came from a well-to-do family. His father was a well known cantor. They lived in a mansion before the World War II.
Timothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh was born on April 23, 1968 in Lockport , New York. He was raised with an Irish Catholic background and grew up in suburban Pendleton , New York. His parents Mildred Noreen Hill and William McVeigh divorced when he was ten years old. He earned his high school diploma form Star point Central High School where he was picked on by bullies. He was known throughout life as a loner.
Austin Winegard English 102 3-20-2012 Ironweed essay In the novel, Ironweed, by William Kennedy, the main character, Francis Phelan, returns home 20 years after the horrific death of his infant son in order to face his past so he can move forward. Francis Phelan, part-time gravedigger, ex-professional baseball player, murderer, and full-time bum, returns to his home town of Albany, New York. This takes place over a two day span after he returns from 20 years. Throughout the novel, Kennedy address various Irish-American issues such as respectability toward others, the influence of prostitution, as well as other issues involving the Irish-American immigrants as they struggle through the depression while America is struck
Alexander Hamilton: Extraordinary American Alexander Hamilton was born sometime between 1755 and 1757 on the island of St.Cruix in the Dutch West Indies to James Hamilton and Rachel Levine. Hamilton had a very rough childhood, when he was ten his father left the family. With no other choice, his mother began working at a small shop, while Alexander became a clerk in an office owned by two New York merchants. When Alexander was thirteen his mother died, leaving him an orphan. After his mother’s death, Hamilton was then moved to New Jersey where his relatives lived.
Flynn Brighton Beach Memoirs is a comical play written by Neil Simon back in 1982. Set in 1932, the play focuses on two main families struggling through the hardships of the “Great Depression” in New York City. Eugene, the main character, writes in his memoir what is going on in his family during these hard times. Being only a little younger than fifteen, Eugene is going through puberty during the play; this cause many humorous parts in which Eugene speaks in monologues to the audience. Aside from Eugene adding in entertaining comments, the players are truly trying to stay afloat during this “Great Depression” flood.
Fences Final Essay Fences by August Wilson is a drama written in the late 1950’s. The drama takes place in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. It is about a man who migrated from the north to the South to get away from slavery and start a better life. Troy Maxson is the protagonist of the story and also the provider for his family. Troy was unfaithful to his wife Rose and had an affair with a woman named Alberta.
G00205048(Steve Memolo) ENGL1 Diaz is a man who has emigrated from Dominican Republic to New Jersey and is desperate to visit his home town again . He has had it rough as a child, Diaz talks about how his father abandoned him, living through poverty, and the cure for his pain he said was reading. After 20 years of being away from home in the states he is now finally able to afford a trip back to his home country. Diaz and his novia as he describes have booked a flight and Diaz is very excited to go. Diaz has high expectations for the trip .He asks his novia also known as girlfriend in Spanish to go with him and he is covering all expenses It all starts bad when his ex.
John Anthony Burgess Wilson Burgess was born John Burgess Wilson on 25 February 1917 at 91 Carisbrook Street in Harpurhey, a suburb of Manchester, to a Catholic father and a Catholic convert mother.He self-described his background as lower middle class; growing up during the Great Depression Mother and sister died. Burgess believed that he was resented by his father, Joseph Wilson, for having survived. After the death of his mother, Burgess was raised by his maternal aunt, Ann Bromley, in Crumpsall with her two daughters. Burgess has said of his largely solitary childhood: "I was either distractedly persecuted or ignored. I was one despised ... Ragged boys in gangs would pounce on the well-dressed like myself."