August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945 he was born at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Wilson is the fourth of six children; his childhood was a bit rough on him he never had the presence of his father because he was never home and always missing out on important dates. He never had the father figure in his life he was always attached to his mother and only to his mother. He always tried his best to ignore the simple fact that his father wasn’t at home teaching him all the things a father would teach a young boy growing up and trying to avoid bad habits. And thankfully even without a father figure he grew up to be an amazing man.
Buttons Carl Sandburg was born into a Swedish American Family in Galesburg, Illinois in the year 1878. Sandburg did not get the best education as a child since he dropped out of school at the age of 13 to help the family get by (Columbia). When Sandburg was a late teen he experienced war first hand during the Spanish-American war, which most likely had an effect on how he viewed World War I, and why he wrote “Buttons”. After the war Sandburg was educated at Lombard College in his home town. Sandburg has written many famous poems “His verse is vigorous and impressionistic, written without regard for conventional meter and form, in language both simple and noble” (Columbia).
He graduated from junior high at the top of his class. However, when a favorite teacher told Malcolm his dream of becoming a lawyer was "no realistic goal for a nigger," Malcolm lost interest in school. With his teacher successfully putting an end to his dreams of a rightful career, Malcolm decided to forgo the continuance of education and began his criminal ways that ultimately resulted in his incarceration. If Malcolm X was alive today it would have been easier for him to teach himself to read and write with all the advancements in technology. TV and images from magazines and newspapers may be more inspiration to learn than just Bimbi’s ability to converse with a high level of intellect.
Dominique Allen Burriss AP English III October 17, 2012 Thomas Paine Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England on January 29, 1737. His father, Joseph Paine, had high hopes for what Thomas was to accomplish throughout his life but, despite the fact that he is commonly known for his successfully revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense (written with magnificent eloquence), Paine actually failed in numerous activities in his early ages (Biddle). Paine had failed out of school at the age of twelve. Still having a little hope, his father let Thomas be his apprentice in his trading business, but he wasn’t very successful in that occupation(Kreis). At the age of nineteen Paine went out to sea, but the expedition didn’t last as long as it was thought
Around 6 CE, a two-year-old boy inherited the Han Empire. The young child wasn’t able to govern, so Wang Mang decided to serve instead of the boy. Then around 9 CE, Wang Mang announced that the Mandate of Heaven passed from the Han Empire, to his family. That caused the former Han dynasty to fall, but after about two years, the Han recovered. Although the former Han was able to recover, the later Han Empire was not able to recover.
As a child, his family moved frequently, and he had frail health as well. “When he was young, his father died and left Bret and his mother alone.”(Online-Literature.com). This was just one of the many personal issues Harte had to deal with growing up. His Formal schooling ended when he was only 13, I’m not sure if that was normal in the 1800’s or not though. This would have been very tough on a young boy in the time-frame Harte grew up in.
He was ill prepared to become King. His father was supposed to become King after his grandfather, Louis XV, but his father died at the very young age of 20. Louis also had an older brother who was being trained to become Dauphin (heir to the throne) but also died young. Louis XVI was noted as being "very shy" as a young boy and remained so well into adulthood. It is correct that he supported the American Revolution, which nearly bankrupted him- but without his support, America may not have won Her independence.
It was during that time he was given the nickname “Teddy” by his parents, and he hated it (Biography.com). Theodore was weak as a child, but did not let it stop him, in fact; it encouraged him to work on ways to strengthen his muscles to become stronger. Theodore and his family traveled to Europe and the Middle East when he was ten and again when he was fourteen (Biography.Com). When he overcame his illness, he enrolled in college at Harvard, and his father died during his second year. He did not allow the loss of his father to hinder his growth,
Because I always tried impressing people, I never felt as if I fit in anywhere. Because of this I had seldom actual friends. I did have a best-friend though, and around second grade he caused my life to flip upside down. A combination of my best friend hurting me and me feeling that no one wanted me sent me spiraling into depression. And the kicker is that I was only seven.
Victor literally compared himself to a slave because he was extremely caught up in his work. Honestly I’m not too fond of Victor’s personality because of how obsessed he got with science. Maybe he just was too nerdy of a person for me I don’t know I just can’t make many connections with him. Also, I find it weird that he becomes friends with a girl named Elizabeth then his parents adopt her because her parents died then the parents say that they should marry some day. I find that odd because I think that brothers and sisters should not marry or fall in love no matter if they are adopted or not, I just find that strange.