(Ewell) During her school years Chopin attended St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart, there she was encouraged to write and express herself. After she was finished in school, she was thrust into the debutant and party scene. She wrote in her diary that she did not wish to go to the parties, only to stay home and be alone. (Deter) Kate eventually met her husband, Oscar Chopin and married when she was nineteen. They had six children in their first ten years of
In 1890 she published her first novel: At Fault. Her early work was influenced by her favorite writers: Guy de Maupassant, Alphonse Daudet, and Molière. She wrote several more novels and short stories, with her most famous (and also most controversial) being: The Awakening. After publishing The Awakening “Chopin’s career was ruined by the critical and public reaction, she had difficulties finding publishers for later works and was ousted from local library groups.”i (Poupard, 1985) On August 20th 1904 Kate Chopin suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while she was at a fair. On August 21st she went unconscious and died the next day.
Louisa’s first book “flower Fables” was written for the daughter of Emerson, a family friend. Her fathers optimistic mind, and her friends influenced her ideas and views of world. Louisa gave back to society with her books. She wrote books for young readers, like the very popular “Little Women”. Not only did she write for younger readers, but also for women.
She said that throughout her life they remained friends even though their careers were quite different. One of her friends in the Ash Can Cats was a gifted poet. The gifted girl made Margaret question her major of English. She decided to change her major to psychology. When her senior year
Abstract This paper will examine the Life and Works of Maya Angelou and how she managed to become a author, a poet, writer, actress, director, play writer, civil rights activists and a composer. This paper will also discuss her life as a little black girl that went through the white society being discriminated because of her skin color, and how she was respected as an artist of such great work, after going through traumatic experiences during her childhood that improved her childhood to be great filled with happiness and wisdom. And now Maya Angelou is a author of ten best selling books and many awards from her different accomplishments. The Life and Works of Maya Angelou “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song” (Maya Angelou). Maya Angelou who real name is Marguerite Johnson was born on April 4, 1928 in St.Louis, Missouri.
Biography of the Poet Maya Angelou Dr. Maya is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Because she’s one of the most influential woman globally, people name her as the Global Renascence Woman. She was born on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Angelou was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. In Stamps, Dr. Angelou experienced the brutality of racial discrimination, but she also absorbed the unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family, community, and culture. As a teenager she developed a love for art, which made her win a scholarship to study dance and drama At Francisco’s Labor School.
Alice Walker: The Color Purple Alice Malsenior Walker Novelist, poet, feminist was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia She studied at Spelman College, Atlanta, and Sarah Lawrence College, New York, and then worked as a social worker, teacher, and lecturer. Alice Walker is one of the most admired African American writers working today. She took a brief sabbatical from her writing in the 1960s to live in Mississippi and work in the civil rights movement, returning to New York to write for Ms. Magazine (Biography.com) Alice Walker is an accomplished poet and is best known for her novels, most notably 1982's The Color Purple for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was later made into a successful film, which tells the story of two black sisters in the segregated world of the Deep South. Later novels include The Temple of My Familiar, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and By the Light of My Father's Smile.
Chopin’s Insight into the Future Kate Chopin’s works were unusual and admired pieces of literature before their time. This is because she grew up differently than other women. Her father died when she was young and she was surrounded by her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. These women were all widows and helped to instill independence into her life. Because of this independence Chopin wrote about topics that would not become issues until years later.
Wilson 1 Megan Wilson Professor Beal English 102 October 4, 2011 A Study on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: and How Her Life Reflects on the Short Story “Clothes” The very talented author and poet, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni wrote a collection of short stories called Arranged Marriage. This is just one of her many award winning works. Although, in the beginning she was not seeking to become a writer, she came here from India to get an education and stayed. She still finds herself torn between two cultures and Chitra says, “In my writing it comes up many times because I’m aware of other people whose entry into America was even more diasporic than mine. And I write about them too; their stories are important to me.” (qtd in Seschachari).
It wasn't hard for Elaine to become friends with other girls, but she found out that being around them more than she was used to proved to be hard. Her friends were very judgmental, something she was not ready for. For instance, as soon as she makes a friend (Carol) in the beginning, she finds out how judgmentally people think anyway. When Carol first comes over to Elaine's house, the comments start: “Carol comes to my house and takes it all in-the unpainted walls, the wires dangling from the ceilings, the unfinished floors, the army cots-with incredulous glee. 'This is where you sleep?'