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His mother would enforce some not so good child labor, she brewed moonshine and she would force him and his siblings to work on the still. Henry’s father was an alcoholic and his father also lost his legs due to a train accident. His mother was a prostitute and made him watch her and other men do sexual acts. Henry’s mother would also beat him if he didn’t do what she asked him to do. Henry lost his eye at the age of 7 because his brother stabbed him. As a child Henry admitted to like cutting up…

Recently, people have had a fascination with the paranormal, mainly vampires. From books to movies to television shows, people have found very different ways to view these blood sucking creatures of the night. As the years have gone by, new stories were created and more lore was added to the original folklore. And the beginning of this appeal began in both fifteenth century Wallachia and eighteenth century England. Prince Vlad III of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a clever…

The one composer that music today can thank for all of the brilliance and genius he has composed is none other than Ludwig van Beethoven. During the classical era, there was a new sense of subjectivity, proportion, order, and simplicity. It was a time of the Enlightenment, a time of reason and the experimentation with trial and error. All men were created equal, and were given a voice on matters that needed to be handled. This was also the time of the Industrial Revolution, where new machines…

f children, no matter what age, were to steal or harm someone, should the parents go to jail or be tried for it? This is a really interesting debate; most people argue that it is always the parent’s fault. Sure, children are a product of their environment; but this doesn’t always mean that the parents are to blame for what a child may do. Sometimes, children just do not have the ability to learn what is morally right and wrong. Sometimes, develop in such a way that the parents did all they can,…

Protestant; he agreed to baptism so that he would not lose his prestige as the best lawyer in Trier due to government harassment. Marx graduated high school at seventeen and enrolled into the University of Bonn. He meets Jenny von Westphalen and they become secretly engaged in Bonn, Germany. Jenny’s father, Baron von Westphalen, was responsible for Marx’s interest in Romanticism. Soon after, Marx’s father forces him to transfer to the University of Berlin, where Marx stayed for four…

Research Paper: September 11, 2001 was the most tragic event ever to happen in history. Killing thousands of people as well as destroying the World Trade Center, this event will forever be remembered. After the event, the nation began to mourn, and around the country Americans began to commemorate the victims and demonstrate their patriotism. On September 20, President Bush called for the War on Terror. In his speech, he said “Americans should not expect one battle but a lengthy campaign,…

Ludwig van Beethoven, otherwise known as Beethoven, was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 1770 and died in Vienna, Austria on 26 March 1827. Focusing on his compositions, his historical contribution to music, his performances and deafness help give us a better understanding on why Beethoven is considered a famous and influential composer. Beethoven's musicial compositions where are known as the capstone of the Classical Period and were…

comfort of their own home and for composers who wished to express the conversation-like aspects of this genre. 2. Ludwig Van Beethoven has been referenced and revered by countless as an amazing composer, both nowadays and in his lifetime. He was born in Bonn, Germany, where he supported his family by being an organist and harpsichordist. When he was 22, he moved to Vienna, where he found bountiful employment as a tutor to aristocrats and as a composer for the rising concert-going middle-class.…

The most expensive saxophone in the world today is valued at almost 150,000 dollars, and it owes its existence to a man who invented the saxophone 170 years ago. Adolphe Sax, the sax itself, and the sax through history are all important in understanding this unique instrument. The evolution of musical instruments is quite a long process involving tons of different instrument makers, each building on the advancements of the last ones. The story of the saxophone differs from the usual pattern of…

Studies show that virtual reality is currently being used to identify early onset dementia, a disease caused by Alzheimer’s. A study led by Lukas Kunz of the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Bonn found that high-risk groups (Alzheimer's) navigated the maze differently and had reduced functioning brain cells involved in spatial navigation. (Kunz, et al., 2015). The latest study focused on healthy younger people at higher genetic risk of Alzheimer's…