James Ferguson became the governor of Texas in 1914, was re-elected two years later, but was later impeached for the misapplication of publics funds and deemed unfit to hold a public office in Texas. His wife, Miriam, like a phoenix, rose from his ashes to make history. The daughter of Joseph L. And Eliza Wallace, Miriam Amanda Wallace was born on June 13, 1875 in Bell County, Texas. Educated at Salado College and later Baylor Female College in the 1990's, Miriam never had much interest in politics. She married James Ferguson in 1899.…
While recuperating from this illness, she began to read voraciously and consider writing as a vocation. In 1934, at age 17, her moniker became the familiar name we know her as today, and eternally. At that time, she sailed from Savannah, Georgia to New York City, ostensibly to study piano at the Juilliard School of Music. In Actuality, she came to "The Big Apple" to secretly pursue her ambition to write.…
Listening to her father’s storytelling growing up persuaded her to decide to write some of her own. Sue’s teacher’s loved and applauded them as they read over them. She kept a long-term diary, incorporating its information into several of her stories and books. Even though she went to school for nursing, she later returned to her old ways when one of her nonfiction essays was published in Guideposts. She fulfilled her dream that she first had early in life slowly by freelancing and editing for newspapers/magazines and then becoming an author of fictional works.…
Finding someone to admire is a difficult task in itself. The title of role model can be bestowed to anyone ranging from a celebrity or to the local mail carrier. Whoever it is, they are someone you are proud to look up to no matter what, and can always depend on. Fortunately, I have a person who I partisan and proudly call my role model. This person goes by the name Rachel Meyers, she has been my role model for two years and she is a marvelous friend of mine.…
A lot of authors only use one or two writing approaches. This is not the case for Sandra Cisneros. Every single literary tool that she uses brings out an important meaning to the story. In The House on Mango Street, Cisneros tells the story of a young girl named Esperanza using vignettes. Esperanza lives in a small house and faces a lot of challenges, involving beauty, being unprivileged and having problems within her family.…
Sarah Green Carmichael, who was a mentor at Brown University for almost two years, primarily uses identification and logos. She consistently relates her sourced facts to the reader. She also has her situated ethos she has developed by writing her articles throughout her career. She has been working for Harvard Business Review since 2008. According to LinkedIn she has over 500 connections she has developed since her first day.…
In her collection of short stories, Flannery O’Connor has a characteristic style that is shown through her narrator and figurative language regardless of the plot or scenario. In the first four novella in the collection, O’Connor introduces the reader to these aspects of her style via similar uses and different elements according to each story she tells. Her novellas have a characteristic style through color imagery, a mean-spirited (but humorous) storyteller as the narrator, strange comparisons, and allusions to Catholicism throughout, which together establish her style as one that is unique among other twentieth century writers. In the first paragraph of her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” O’Connor uses the Grandmother’s comment about a hypothetical situation to suggest and foreshadow the novella’s plot.…
Mary’s legacy Sarah goes to A college named Texas State. She belonged to a dorm house on campus. Her friends would go to rodeos every weekend. This weekend her friend Emily begged and begged for her to go.…
Though she is currently studying PR, Creative Communications and Marketing, in the long run Lauren Darroch dreams of being a novelist and published author. She already has a bachelor’s degree in English and is an avid reader, though she also has a love for history. Lauren also enjoys playing and watching tennis, as well as spending time with her cat Zoie. Recently, she has also taken an interest in the plight of religious minorities in Iraq and…
She was alone when writing. She wrote moving but sad poems.…
The most famous book she wrote the eyes were watching god. This is the book…
Who is Sarah Stokes? I a nineteen year old young lady, who is trying to follow my dreams and accomplish them. I was born September 15th in Dover,Delaware. I was in a foster care with my other two siblings. I was adopted when i was six years old with a beautiful family.it was the best thing that happened to me.…
I chose Jenni Saville as my artist because I liked the rawness of her drawings. She is known for her drawings of nude women without editing their imperfections; she draws them in their true form. Jenny Saville is a female contemporary artist. Saville was born in Cambridge, England in 1970. She attended the Glasgow School of Art in 1988 and graduated in 1992.…
I chose to read the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, because I enjoy exploring and learning about different cultures and ways of life. Now that I have researched Tan, I have found that she extraordinarily uses her difficult life to create a novel that will inspire every reader to pursue difficult relationships with their families. Through her writing, Tan captures their attention with her own unique writing style to show the audience her life story. Amy Tan reflects her own troubled family relationships and immigration struggles of post World War II America in her novel…
Joan and Lena: Similarities Across Ethnic Backgrounds The way an individual identifies themselves is very important for their overall well-being and self-esteem. Life experiences have a major impact on an individual’s sense of identity. These life experiences can either hurt or help their identity, and as a result, shape the person they become.…