Dr. Seuss once said, “Be who yo=u are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” His words can be understood as a universal theme about identity. By looking at an author, interpreting their work, and examining other examples that share the same ideas, a universal theme can be identified and understood. Dr. Seuss is credited with saying these words. Theodore Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to parents Theodore…
Rube Goldberg and Beyond The objective of this essay is to ask a question that you would like to answer as part of the scholarship application. My question is “What is an example of a creative approach you took to accomplish a project you were assigned?” As a high school physics student in my junior year, I was placed on a team and tasked with building a Rube Goldberg machine that could move an object 20 feet. I started the process by watching several YouTube videos that demonstrated the…
Have you ever been accused of something you did not do like the Grinch. The who’s blamed him of destruction of the city. The grinch is not guilty. The grinch gaved all of the present back at the end. The grinch is not guilty of the charges brought against him, nor does he have poor characteristics. He is a caring person because of when he gave the presents back to the who’s. He gives the presents back because of how he felt when he stole the presents from the who's. When he stole the present…
and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!” Dr. Seuss is the brilliant children’s author / illustrator that has put several important messages into his books. A lot of the characters in his books are based off of his personality; however, some of them are based of other people that were in his life or that he had just seen. During his time writing, he was able to publish over 50 illustrated books. Dr. Seuss’s books are way more than just nonsense words & rhyming.…
The Eminem Paper Marshall Bruce Mathers III, also known as Eminem, is an American rapper. He is also known to be a member of D-12 and Royce da 5’9”, two famous hip-hop groups. Eminem is the best-selling rapper in the US and was one of the top 100 best rapper. The artist sold almost 50 billion albums in the States, a million albums around the world and is still part of the music industry until today. The reason why I chose him as a successful man is not because of his music, but rather how he…
Eminem is a multiple time grammy winner, platinum hit record winner, and a father of three. Even though Eminem was bullied, when he sings his songs, he wants no one to experience the fate he experienced. Eminem’s music earned him a lot of awards, and he thanks everyone who likes his music (biography.com). Eminem was born Marshall Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri. When Eminem was still an infant, his father left him. Marshall’s mom raised him through his childhood, and had a hard time raising…
“There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact that I am white, and you know, this is predominantly black music, you know.” (Eminem, October 7, 2010) He is an artist who achieved unbelievable success in the music industry by just being himself, taking the life he was given and living day by day focused on telling the world his feelings and his story through his music. Over the last 20 years, Eminem has inspired many artists as well as the…
I want to write my course paper on a man I idolize and completely respect, This man i speak of is Andre Romell Young, a.k.a ‘Dr. Dre.’ My goal is to shed light on Mr. Young’s Achievements, business moves and career paths, I will highlight some personal things about Mr. Young but as long as it is relevant to my points. In 1984 Dr. Dre started his music career at a local Compton night club ‘Eve After Dark’ as a Disc Jockey, he was apart of a group known as the ‘World Wrecking Crew’. Here Young,…
The Sneetches is a short animation written by the notorious children's author Dr. Seuss about a civilization of strange creatures called “Sneetches”. With one type of Sneetch having a star on them and the other don’t. The Sneetches with stars on them have a little supremacy going on while the ones that don’t try to assimilate to the Star Bellied Sneetches “culture” by going through some Bourgeoisie capitalist money-making scheme machine that will give them a star, and what exactly is this…
Twice. They had a child named Hailee. The heartbreak and rage of Kim leaving, and his intense poverty, led him resulted in him creating his alter ego, Slim Shady. In 1997 he participated in Rap Olympics, and came second, gaining the interest of Dr. Dre who was also impressed by Slim Shady EP. In 1999, with the help of Dre, he released Slim Shady LP, which immediately raised him to fame. Also, in 1999 Eminem’s mom filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against him, but only received $25,000, and Marshall…