As a child Fanny's mother took her to every show they could get at and started her love for performing at a very young age. Even though she was the third of four children and had a drunk as a father, her mother still made time for Fanny and cheered her, on her journey to her dream. After winning an amateur talent contest at age 13 singing "When you know you're not forgotten by the girl you can't forget" at Keeney's Theater in Brooklyn. She then quit school at the age of 14 to become a performer on the "low-down" burlesque circuits. She later changed her name to Fanny Brice and got her first professional job in the chorus of The Talk of the Town but ironicely she got fired during rehearsals by the big current star George M. Cohen.
This is the case for Emily Dickinson and her poetry, as well as two very different texts, ‘Walking Naked’ by Alyssa Brugman and the play ‘Stolen’ by Jane Harrison. They all show the desire to belong by several individuals, and all express the same issues that connect them, even though their stories are all vastly dissimilar to each other. Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 and ever since adolescence; she felt a lack of connection with the human social world. Her unusual connection with nature however had become her outlet of her lack of belonging in society. Her poetry very much reflects this, and she advises the audience subtly in her writing that it is not society’s fault that she cannot live in the regular social world, but she just needs something that society doesn’t give her.
Anna Avalon is the rather graceful and adventurous main character of the short story “The Leap” by Louise Edrich. Anna’s acquired characteristics have made her out to be a very desirable woman. Many of her characteristics showed throughout the short story have proved her to be graceful; brave and cautious. Anna is the surviving half and a courageous blindfolded trapeze act. She made herself into a stunning performer, alongside her husband; they created “The Flying Avalon’s.” She performed many wild stunts, “double summersaults and heart-stopping catches.” (pg190) A horrific tragedy ended the career of “The Flying Avalon’s.” While Anna was 7 months pregnant, lighting struck the main metal pole running directly through the center of the circus tent.
Dance Homework – Research Task Katherine Dunham Katherine Dunham was born on June 22nd 1909. Dunham had many great talents as well as dance and choreography. She was an artist, anthropologist, author, manager, movie star, activist, producer, educator, wife and mother .She was inspired by caribbean dance and African culture which gave her the idea to bring them together. She became first interested in dance when she began studying ballet in 1928. She was then accepted to the University of Chicago in 1929 as an anthropology major in which she focused on dance.
Not only is she an inspiring female because of her accomplishments, but she overcame these accomplishments as physical therapy reccomended by her docor. This person who was born in New Jersey, worked hard in her profession and became a well known and respected figure skating goes by the name of Elaine Zayak. To start off, Elaine Zayak is one of the top figure skaters in the United States. She was born on April 4, 1965 in Paramus, New Jersey. At age two, she lost three toes on her left foot as a result of a lawnmower accident("Elaine Zayak").
Furthermore, there are a lot of website links on the website that I can explore to find more detail information about the Lowell Mill Girls. Even though there are interesting facts, the main problems are the author and the date that the page was composed on was not found on the website. In addition, the author did not use his or her sources in a careful and critical way. They did not provide footnotes or endnotes so the reader might know their sources. There are also issues that make me doubt the truthfulness of this website.
On the other hand Hannah is a devoted young 15 year old, who appears to be very mature and eager to please. At the age of 14, Hannah moves in with her aunt to devote all of her time into becoming a pianist. Her aunt was happy with her move, and continued to teach Hannah. But later on, Hannah became annoyed with her aunt’s rules and breaks them. After her aunt kicks her out of her house, Hannah began to cry and says “Don’t make me go, Tante Rose” (Horton 39).
N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2012 Martha Graham was a great dancer and choreographer born in May of 1894. Since her father’s job involved a lot of physical movement with aiding nervous disorders, her dances involved a lot of movement. She believed her physical movements and physical expressions gave her spiritual and emotional looks that were different from most other dances.
Question: By fictionalizing the live of the Mirabal sisters, what is done to the actual history? Julia Alvarez wrote a novel based on the real Mirabal sisters, however she fictionalized their lives. This novel is not a biography, but you get informed of it only at the end of the book. Reading this novel, you assume that what the author is writing is legitimate information due to the little details. By fictionalizing their lives and just concentrating on their daily drama, the author made the actual history less important.
The author seems to have told her story before but no one has taken it seriously. I feel, despite the author writing about her hauntings, she has yet to deal with the happenings. 4. My overall opinion is that the author just wants someone to believe in her and her story. The only way she is able to express herself is through her writing, making people think it is a work of