A Son of the Circus

1.During Dunstan’s war years, he feels bored and scared. He was a part of the infantry and during that time, he is excruciatingly bored, so much so that he is “bored till every bone in my body was heavy with it” (Davies). Later on when he sees a fair share of action, his loneliness is replaced with fear, he describes his fear as this, “I was, in a mute, controlled, desperate fashion, frightened for the next three years” (Davies). This gives the reader an understanding that Dunstans war…

“I am gonna try again and again, because the moment I give up, is the moment I fail”—Nick Vujicic. Along the way of our life, we might fall down because of the obstacles that we faced. Sometimes, we fall down before we cross the obstacles, sometimes, we fall down when we cross the obstacles. But the important thing is we need to get back up after we fall down. This is because we gotta fall before we fly and this is the only path way to become successful in future. Sometimes in life, we might…

discoveries, and his impact on modern society. It all started with Leonardo’s childhood. He was born in the town of Tuscan, in the lower valley of Arno River. His birth name was Leonardo Di ser Piero Da Vinci. Leonardo’s birth name means, Leonardo (son) of (mes)ser Piero from Vinci. He was born on April 15, 1452 in Florence, Italy. Leonardo lived in an old rustic looking hemlet, then moved into a big household with his family. His father’s name was Piero Fruosino Di Antonio Da Vinci. His…

soldiers [...] I put the names of hundreds of soldiers on their arms or breasts, and many were recognized by these marks after being killed or wounded. (The New York Times: January 16, 1876). ( Mayers, 2015, p. 3) He set up shop with his wife, Mary, and son, Frank, tattooing men fighting both sides of the war in lower Manhattan. Even after the war he continued to run his shop and was known to tattoo several women who worked in freak show attractions in New York as well as shows that traveled…

was the son of an emancipated slave. With his father he grew up working on a farm. He also had education to the degree of having competence in writing and reading. Along with learning to play the violin. He got married at age 21 to Anne Hampton. They then had a family of three children. Solomon had work in many areas. He did lumberjacking, playing the violin, and farming. Anne worked as a cook to earn money. He goes on to say how he met these two white men offering him a job with a circus if he…

old classmates, when he is on leave, and in the hospital. Paul tells stories of the horror of the war and how it changed him forever. The author, Erich Maria Remarque, who’s real name was born on July 22, 1898 in Osnabruck, Germany. He was the only son among three children. His family was poor and moved several times during his childhood. He began to write at the age of sixteen. Remarque attended the University of Munster and planned to become a elementary school teacher.…

overlooked because people want to see more exciting forms of entertainment other than seeing a man fast so not knowing anything else he tries to wait it out and becomes a side show for the circus and he is overlooked by almost everyone except a few stragglers so he wastes away in his cage even the assistants at the circus forget to change his days (which he had beaten his own record if they would have been counting) after days pass the overseer see’s what appears to be an unused cage, but once…

A man could die based on the attitude of one man.With the flip of the emperor's thumb, a man could die. These were the famous events that all the Romans came to enjoy in the Colosseum. Commissioned by the Emperor Vespasian and completed by his son Titus in 80 A.D. The Colosseum hosted gladiatorial contests, mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions and other popular forms of entertainment for more than…

May 7, 2014, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. I set in the waiting room, bags in my lap, my mother to my left and an empty car seat on my right. The room is small and dull. The walls are painted a pale tan color and the only sound is coming from Rachel Ray cooking a “5 minute meal” on the television. “Why does Tripler choose to play Food Network for a bunch of pregnant women?” I wonder. Rachel just reminds me how hungry I am, even though I just finished a hearty breakfast. Maybe…

While poetry was the most dominant genre up to the Romantic Period, the Victorian Era can be considered as the age of the novel, not only did the Victorian Era revolutionized the novel in those times, but it also made it as the most popular form of literary writing that has remained up to present times. The Victorian Era was named after Queen Victoria, who was the first English monarch to see her name given during the period of her reign whilst still living. Victoria’s reign lasted over 63 years…