Glenn T. Seaborg

Benz, many cars models were introduced. Steam, electric, and gasoline models were invented. No one knows to whom exactly lays the credit of inventing the automobile, but on the other hand, no one doesn’t know the Ford Model T car.When “the time production ceased for the Model T in 1927, more than 15 million cars had been sold --or half the world's output” (Lacocca, 1998). All this industrial glory was because of one man, Henry Ford. I believe that Henry Ford was an influential person who left…

In the immediate thoughts of present day, many people feel unworthy or unimportant to society. Everyone wants to feel some type of worth, whether it be from a relationship perspective or how they are seen through their own eyes. It creates a sense of security, life without being able to progress or accomplish the goals that are desired can bring on a feeling of insecurity. This can be seen numerous times throughout the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock written by American-British poet, T…

Larry Patrick Levis, as a poet of the contemporary Period, exemplified the best of the genre. Through his use of poetic devices, style and thematic, Larry Levis has given us some of the most iconic and universally appealing work. Particularly in his poem titled “___________”, we see examples of his most salient particularities and effective use of English language. Larry Patrick Levis then stands as one of the greats in the pantheon of American and World Literature. Larry Patrick Levis was…

Demon The word Demon refers to a spew of different terminology. The word Demon often refers to a supernatural being or entity. The spiritual term does not apply to my own story. Children are innocent and don’t often see the darkness within the shadows. My father died from Melanoma Cancer when I was seven. My father's death broke that barrier between what was true and what wasn’t. the time after my father's death consisted of my brother being abusive and being bullied at school. The thoughts of…

African American community in the 19th century. Booker T. Washington, who believed that African American's interests were best served by becoming farmers, land owners, and most importantly educated. He felt that work as a craftsman was an honest and honorable profession. Economic Security was a large building block, in his theory on African American advancement. Born of multi racial parents, his father was a white man and mother a slave cook. Booker T. Washington, was a man…

“I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." Phineas Taylor Barnum is arguably one of the most ingenious businessman of American history. P.T. Barnum is best known for his creation with James Bailey of the Greatest Show on Earth, a traveling circus featuring elephants, acrobats, and people with birth defects (whom he called “freaks”). Barnum was a firm believer in the concept of any kind of publicity is good publicity. In fact, if rumors were spread about…

Donne’s ‘The Flea’ was first published posthumously in 1633 and is a metaphysical poem. The poem has two main themes intertwining throughout; the theme of love and erotica, and the theme of religion and sacrilege. Due to the fact the poem plays hosts to both of these themes, we can infer from the beginning that due to the publication date, sex and religion were far closer linked together during the 1600s than they are today, therefore this inclusion of both of themes could reflect the thematic…

W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington were undoubtedly two prominent figures within the black community during the late 19th and early 20th century. Both men eventually pioneered the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement. Although Dubois and Washington shared the common thing as to being well-educated scholars of their time, and heavily influenced the cause and rise of Civil Rights Movement for blacks in America, they both lacked differences in upbringings, and used different systematic…

Henry Ford was an American inventor who was born on July 30, 1830. Today, some people credit Ford with being one of America’s most important inventors of all time. Furthermore, he was able to acquire this title by inventing the Ford Model T automobile on October 1, 1908. It was this single creation that changed America forever. Henry Ford’s automobile changed travel in America forever. Before cars, people would mostly travel by use of carriage wagons, and bicycles. Eventually, people used…

study of great works of the past, claiming it, "cannot be inherited, and if you want it, you must obtain it by great labour." Eliot asserts that it is absolutely necessary for the poet to learn past traditions, to have an understanding of the poets that preceded them, and to be well versed enough that they can understand and incorporate the so-called "mind of Europe" into their poetry. It stands to reason, then, that if a poet must be a master of literary tradition past and present to create a…