Biographical

Archimedes Archimedes was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 287 BC. He was the son of the astronomer Phidias and was close to King Hieron and his son, for whom he served for many years. There is not much known about his life, but he has been regarded as one of the three greatest mathematicians along with Isaac Newton and Carl Gauss. in addition to being a great mathematician, he was also considered a leading scientist of ancient times, a physicist, an engineer, an inventor, and an astronomer. He had

In my church’s charity event, I stand behind a microphone and a music stand. My ears hear clamorous noises. I am waiting for what seems like an eternity. To my left, I hear high-pitched vocal warm-ups. To my right I hear blasting and loud eruptions from the tuning of instruments that vibrate the stage. At a distance I hear low beats and piercing crashes, with occasional hums and heels of bass. Finally, it is time to start. I cough a little to prepare my voice. The whole ensemble sits in silence,

Biographical Summary of Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy is the full name of the renowned author Leo Tolstoy, who was born on September 9th in 1828. His more common English name is well known all over the world as one of the best authors of all time. Count Lev was born on an estate in the province of Tula in Russia. He grew up in the lap of luxury only available to the dvorianstvo or the Russian nobility. Tolstoy was the youngest of four children of the Princess Volakonsia and Count Nikolay

Biographical Sketch of Ernest Gaines Philip O’Rourke Ernest J Gaines was born January 15, 1933, on River Lake Plantation in Pointe Coupee parish, LA, with six of his twelve siblings, the other of which were born in California. A fifth generation born on the plantation, Gaines was raised by his loving Aunt, after his parents moved to California for work. Although his Aunt couldn’t walk, she took care of Gaines and his six siblings at

Many people view poems and other pieces of writing in different ways, there is no wrong or right way to interpret a work of someone, it merely your point of view; your opinions. In Sylvia Plath’s poem “Daddy”, many could say that it was a about a hard relationship she had with her father, but how do we know? It could be about her father, husband, strong authority figure, or even God. But, as I read “Daddy” I got the strong sense that it was mostly about her father. The poem suggests that she had

Biographical Essay In 1850, a suffrage leader stated, “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flows into our soul” (Stanton). Equality between men and women was not present in the 1800’s. On June 1848, women’s suffrage was being noticed and the Seneca Falls Convention occurred. Elizabeth Cady Stanton alongside with Lucretia Mott started

Alexie’s Philosophy Extra Credit Paper “I, Tonya” is a biographical film directed by Craig Gillespie, portraying the life of the former figure skater Tonya Harding, whose journey is marked by adversity and controversy. The film offers a detailed exploration of Harding's upbringing, illustrating the complex dynamics of her relationship with her mother, LaVona Golden, and the relentless pressure she faced to excel in figure skating. LaVona's harsh treatment of Tonya, depicted through scenes of verbal

Biographical Paper of Michel Foucault. Michel Foucault Kenya Coleman Principles of Sociology Professor Preston September 12, 2016 French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault, was born in Poitiers, France October 15, 1926. He was the professor of the History of Systems of Thought and also was the founder of Groupe d’information sur les prisons He wrote “ Introduction”

Echo Zhou Ms.Mesdjian English 2 21 October 2017 Biographical Essay of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand is a wonderful Russian American writer. As a writer, she committed to express her faith，she is brave because she never gave up in exposing her belief, in which she succesed through continous effort. Ayn Rand was born on February 2, 1905, and passed away on March 6, 1982. With her strong character as an othrest, she supported rational and ethical egoism , and rejected altruism and collectivism. Ayn’s works profoundly

For my Biographical Narrative I will be writing about Kane brown. He is a country singer he was born on October 21st 1993 in Chattanooga Tennessee to a mother and father. Kane has two different parents his father is black and is part cherokee and his mother is white but after Kane was born he was raised by just his single mother and he has one sister named Heidi Swafford. In Kane’s Junior year of high school he won a school talent show singing Gettin You home by Chris Young and that’s where