Biography Essay

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 60’s as the lead singer of the psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis grew up in a small reserved town where she knew she didn’t belong, this biography shows her defiance to break free from the social norm. Janis was characterized as a “misfit” with her tomboy charm and charisma. With her free spirit and risqué outfit choices Janis Joplin dared…

his music in the movies. This motivated me to view other biographies and movies of Elvis. The biography that I am responding to is the biography of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll, Elvis Presley. This biography was written by members of Elvis Australia, the official Elvis Presley Fan Club. It was written on January 1st, 2016, using www.elvis.com.au as a source of information, it also used videos of interviews for information. Form This biography is organised in large paragraphs arranged in the…

Biography It was a breezy Wednesday, on April 4, 1928, when Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the hometown for the first three years of her life, when living with her mother, prior to being sent to live with her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas (“Angelou, Maya.” Current Biography (Bio Ref Bank) (1974)”). Growing up, Maya Angelou was faced with the predicament of living as a black woman in the segregated South, that was ridden with economic pressure and segregated existence…

age, Albert became even more secluded and tended to spend a lot of time alone, aside from public appearances. He had actually been preparing a speech he would be giving to honor the anniversary of Israel when he had an aneurism (Albert Einstein Biography biography.com). Surgery was the only option for Albert Einstein to save his life, but he surprisingly refused. He believed he had accomplished all he had wanted in life and it was his time to go. He passed away on April 18, 1955, living to be 76…

(Langston Hughes Biography). Hughes's was one of the leading voice for the Harlem Renaissance (Meet the Writer 136). Through Langston Hughes’ life, we see how he became successful, impacted many, and how jazz was used in his writings. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902 (Langston Hughes Biography). As an adult, Langston wrote many literary works about his lonely childhood. His…

Louis Armstrong was a lot of things while he was alive. He was a singer, a soloist, a film star, a comedian and also a fellow trumpeter (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). He wrote many hits during his time such as Starburst, La Vie En Rose and What A Wonderful World (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). Throughout not only his career, but also his life, he faced many struggles. Living in the early Nineteenth Century was already hard enough for a young black man but even harder for a young black…

the year progressed, I began to see myself more easily spotting errors of syntax, spelling, and other cosmetic details. To demonstrate my ability to revise based on the feedback of others and my own opinions, I chose to revisit my Insider/Outsider Biography, paper 1.1. Coming back to this piece after several months, I immediately saw a lot of room for improvement. Spelling and grammar issues aside, my essay lacked substance and specificity, especially in my central claim, which was not narrow or…

As a child, Grant was shy and reserved like his mother instead of being outgoing like his father (Biography.com Editors, "Ulysses S. Grant Biography"). In 1839, at the age of 17 he went to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Grant received the name Ulysses S. Grant from a clerical error at West Point and stuck with it in fear of…

Biography: According to Edmund Kemper Biography (2016), he was born in Burbank, California to Edmund Emil and Clarnell Kemper. He moved to Montana after his parents' divorce with his mother. Clarnell was an alcoholic and Kemper blamed her for all his problems. When he was 10 years old, his mother forced him to live in the basement. Kemper had developed the fantasy of killing his mother since childhood. He used to cut the heads off his sisters' dolls and would play morbid games with them. After a…

country adored him (“Lou Gehrig: Biography”). Gehrig was born on June 19, 1903, in New York City. A descendant of German immigrants, Lou was the lone survivor of four children. Christina, his mother, worked as a cook and a maid to pay the bills; the pressure was mostly on her because Lou’s father, Heinrich, had very poor health. This resulted in the family barely making it by, but Christina was determined to make a future for her survivor (“Lou Gehrig: Biography”). Due to his mother’s wish,…