Biography Essay

Harriet Tubman was born in December 1820 in Dorchester, Maryland. Growing up she had a very harsh and brutal childhood; both of her parents were enslaved. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by master Mary Pattison Brodess. Her father, Ben Ross, was owned by Master Anthony Thompson. Both masters became a married couple. Mary Brodess’ son sold three of Harriet’s sisters too far away plantations to serve within the family. Harriet was thought of and viewed as stupid. Physical violence was a…

Biography of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was a slave who became educated, and he made a big impact on the political society. He was a young boy when he was introduced to slavery around 1818 in Talbot County,Maryland. When he was around twelve he began to read and write, and he then had the key to achieve freedom. Frederick wanted to escape the chains of slavery, but it took him three times to become successful. Anna Murray wanted to marry Frederick in a heartbeat, so when he finally…

In an exceptionally ambitious biography—the first volume of a projected three takes us from Stalin’s birth, in 1878, up to 1928 in just under 1,000 pages—Stephen Kotkin, a history professor at Princeton, sets out to synthesize the work of these and hundreds of other scholars. Stephen Kotkin has a goal, to remove the fog of mystery and the mythology out of Soviet history forever. His goal in Stalin is to sweep the cobwebs and the mythology out of Soviet historiography forever. He dismisses the…

Naturalism, in which his works consisted of fictional portrayal of real life of the scientific method. “Along with his job as a clerk in a publishing firm, Zola started writing articles on current affairs for numerous periodicals,” (Emile Zola Biography). Emile had a passion for writing and he worked as a freelance journalist while developing his fiction. In 1865, Emile published his first novel, La Confession de Claude. This work caused Zola to lose his job at the time in a publishing…

As soon as the starting pistol fired, the eight competitors in the 100m final took off. A mere 9.58 seconds later, a roar was heard piercing through the stadium. Everyone watched in awe as Usain Bolt crossed the finish line, shattering the world record. The fans cheering him on, Bolt did his famous lightning bolt pose and proudly waved the Jamaican flag. Usain Bolt’s journey to becoming the fastest man in the world required a lot of hard work and dreams. At a young age, he took advantage of the…

Title: Good morning teacher and class, today I will present to you a summary on the life and achievements of St Mary Helen MacKillop, the first Australian saint. I will outline about how Mary MacKillop was influenced by scripture and the society in which she lived. Introduction: Saint Mary MacKillop was a passionate and courageous catholic woman of action. Mary MacKillop (1842-1909), known in life as Mother Mary of the cross, showed compassion for anyone in need regardless of race, colour or…

Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla gave birth to a son named Tiberius Julius Caesar in 42 BC and this is when the story begins. Tiberius was born from an aristocratic father and when Tiberius was little they were forced to flee from Rome because of his father’s republican beliefs and because he had opposed against Octavian in the civil wars. Two years after this happened his mother and father divorced and soon later remarried to Augustus his father’s enemy. Tiberius was very indifferent…

influence that they possess over the masses. There is also a false sense of superiority that creates a schism between the institutional power and general population due to the overwhelming division of wealth. This idea of wealth is exemplified in “Biographies of Hegemony” by Karen Ho, which examines the influential role that Wall Street…

In Karen Ho’s article, “Biographies of Hegemony,” she highlights how The ‘Culture of Smartness’ is a central to understanding Wall Street’s financial agency, how investment bankers are personally and institutionally empowered to enact their worldview, (and how investment bankers must) export their practice and serve as models for far-reaching socioeconomic change” (Ho 167). In Susan Faludi’s, “The Naked Citadel,” she introduces the culture within The Citadel and how manliness is spoken to(about)…

There are many very interesting facts about Theodore Roosevelt Jr. He was born in New York City on October 27th, 1858. His father was Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and his mother was Martha Bulloch. He has three siblings, his eldest sister’s name is Anna Roosevelt and he has a younger brother and sister; their names are Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. His family owned a very successful plate-glass import business called Roosevelt and Sons. As a young boy he spent a lot of time…