Matthew Henson

Matthew Henson: Explorer and Adventurer The NPR radio station estimates the number of people who died trying to reach the North Pole at 800 (“Profile: Matthew Henson”). 800 people repeatedly tried to fight the odds and be the first people to ever reach that corner of the world. The first successful men to accomplish such a feat were U.S. Navy lieutenant Robert Edward Peary and his colored assistant, Matthew Henson. Though on the same team, Henson happened to be pulling a dog sled ahead of Peary, which put him technically in front of Peary. That is how the colored pioneer Henson became the first man ever to walk on the North Pole on April 6, 1909 (Stewart). Matthew A. Henson’s adventurous nature came out at an early age, urged on by circumstances.…

Matthew Henson, born in Charles County, Maryland on August 8, 1866. Henson’s, full name was Matthew Alexander Henson. Better known as, the first man to reach the Arctic. Matthew Henson, was a smart man. Henson, lost his mother when he was young. Then, later he had to drop out of high school to get a job because he lost his father. Matthew Henson, was one of the first men to go to the Arctic. He was on an expedition with Robert Peary, when they arrived at the Arctic. Matthew Henson was an…

Character Analysis Are you a leader?Are you brave?Or are you a risk taker?I would be scared to go to the North Pole or the moon,even a fire would be terrible.But lots of people are confident and will do everything they can to accomplish.These people are some of them. In the great fire daniel pegleg sullivan was a leader,by helping the town get water to put the fire out.That compares to Team Moon because they worked together to make sure apollo 11 and neil armstrong got on the moon so it did…

Bryson Miguel’s “Until Something Happens” is a postmodernist, deconstructionist short story that depicts the entropic nature of language and implies that, despite efforts to apply order and meaning to our words, we are only as effectively understood as someone else effectively understands. Miguel’s story also suggests that the true significance of our stories and life experiences are often ambiguous. There is no single and objective meaning to discover, but rather the subjective act of…

battle between the hero and villain, containing many different variables to serve as the framework of a narrative predicted by Propp that Dark Crystal follows to an extent. Jen does not simply reach victory in the end, but receives “Recognition” from UrSkeks — the combined beings — who then reanimate the fallen Kira, who had just previously sacrificed herself and also ascends to the throne with plans to marry Kira as predicted in the last function of Propp. These parallels in the film with…

The Cookie Monster A long time ago, during the year 2015, I had been dieting, exercising, and cutting down how much I ate so I could lose weight. This had been going on for quite a few months and I had not eaten a whole lot off sweets or any other kind of junk food. One day, however, I began to truly crave some sweets. At the time, I was very hungry, my stomach was grumbling and carrying on loudly about wanting to be fed. Our pantry had hardly anything we can eat because people were too lazy to…

The Muppets had the ability to become a household name. It is all due to the famous Jim Henson, but most people do not know about other puppets such as the marionette and the uber-marionettes. Some people even prefer these puppets over human actors, but there are some essential differences between the two. Just like there are difference between the Muppets and the marionettes, and that is why the Muppets cannot represent the ideal of Kleist and Craig’s uber-marionette style. The muppets does not…

The author, the title and the content of Love of seven dolls are completely irresistible. The book opens with a young girl called mouche standing at the banks of Seine where she is planning to throw herself. Like any other reader there is need to read ahead to understand why she would want to commit suicide. Eventually, one understands that it is the war that caused her all her problems. She had lost both her parents in the war. She had dreamt of the stage, and in return worked hard and saved…

Jim turned out to be a famous film maker and puppeteer because of his experiences and interests as a child and young adult. Jim Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi on September 24, 1936. Jim’s family had not yet bought a television set because his parents were not quite sure about the Jim begged his parents for years, and finally at the age of thirteen his family purchased a television set. Henson started his career because of his love for television. His grandmother encouraged and…

Imagine being 4 years old, watching your favorite character perform on your favorite show. Confident that you were knowledgeable of everything he was going to do next. Then you get a surprise, Big Bird is going to China. Your level of excitement is uncontainable. You have only seen him on Sesame Street, with Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Burt and Ernie. He was leaving his nest; he was not just traveling to another place, but to an entirely different country. I had to question, “How was he going to…