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William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta, India on July 18, 1811. His father, Richmond Thackeray, was an officer for the East India Company and also a collector of the twenty-four Parganas in Bengal. As a young boy, he lived with his Aunt in England and attended school there. After high school, he attended Trinity College for two years before leaving it since he wasn’t much of a student. After leaving Trinity College, Thackeray left England for Germany but later returned and attended…

1888, he moved to the South Seas with his wife, stepson, and mother. He fell in love with the area, and bought land in Apia, Samoa, where he wrote many of his short stories and novels. He lived there until December 3, 1894 when he died of a cerebral hemorrhage (Poetry Foundation). The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. Stevenson was having a nightmare in which he dreamed of the concept of Jekyll and Hyde. When he was awoken by his wife, he…

Kate Chopin as the Great Writer In the end of 19th century and early 20th century, women's rights advocates often faced violent opposition from society. Many Americans feared that feminists, who populated an equality between women and men, would jeopardize the existence of the institution of the family and marriage, as well as destroy society. As a result, Kate Chopin, author of one of the first feminist novels “Awakening”, was in an extremely unfavorable situation. However, Kate wrote feminist…

Willa Cather “The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor” (Willa Cather Quotes). This is a famous quotes from a very well-know American author from the modernism writing period, Willa Cather. She has received a lot of recognition for her novels that are written about life on the Great Plains. Some of her most famous pieces of work included O’Pioneer (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and My Antonia (1918). A lot of her work was inspired by her…

Dangers of Underwater Exploration There are over fifty careers that have a sort of connection to underwater exploration. Many people explore for a living and others only for personal interest such as scuba diving. There have been many theories about objects getting lost in the ocean and many people go deep in the ocean to find them. For example, the lost land of Atlantis is said to have silver and gold (Drye). Based on Plato’s writings, philosophers say that as punishment to the…

A President sign the bill of Congress, make speeches, choose members to serve, is elected by the Electoral College, acts as an good example for the U.S. citizens. He also acts as the executive of the Federal Government. A Vice President is one whom is in charge of the Senate, plays a major role in the United States government and follow responsibilities. Throughout the years there have been Vice Presidents who became Presidents of the United States. This leads to the discussion of the…

He was French catholic in background, as was Kate. After their marriage they lived in New Orleans. Before their first decade, they had five boys and two girls. Oscar failed in his business; therefore they were forced to move to his old home in a small Louisiana parish. Her life in Louisiana affected her writings late. One of the main conflicts in this time was the conflict between the whites and the blacks, and the racial issues. She depicted this conflict in her short story “Desiree's Baby”.…

Although, Harry Truman had an abrupt induction into presidency in 1945, he managed to end World War II by deciding to release two bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading to a victory of the Allies. Truman’s decision to release the bombs was very important for the United States as well as her allies. While World War II was one of the deadliest wars in American history, it was necessary to take the right precautions during this war. Neglecting this act and ignoring the attacks by the Axis…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park New York. He was born into a wealthy family that also had been very prominent for the past 7 generations because of real estate and trade. He learned to hunt, ride horses, and sail; he also developed a lifelong commitment to conservation and a love of rural areas in the US. Roosevelt was educated at the Groton School for boys in Groton, Massachusetts. This was a bad experience for him…

There is both a dark and a light side to everyone. Robert Louis Stevenson, a 19th century Scottish writer who is well known for his novel “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. This spine tingling novel was published in 1886, having an immediate success and helped cement Stevenson’s reputation. This very suspenseful and thrilling novel takes one through the genius mind of a doctor whose experiment helps expose his dark side. Throughout the story, one realizes that to every person there…