Oliver Wendell Holmes

Have you ever wondered why England is no longer Complete Monarchy? Imagine some of the bad choices that could’ve been made if England was ruled completely by a monarch. Thanks to a hero we know as Oliver Cromwell, those possibilities have been avoided. Born on April 25, 1599, Oliver Cromwell was one of the most influential Englishmen of history who changed the face of the Earth. Cromwell’s father was Robert Cromwell (Birth Age Unknown - 1617), and his mother was Elizabeth Cromwell (1564 -…

In the Life of Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was a british novelist who wrote countless works of compelling ideas read by people everyday. He looked forward to growing his intelligence and was optimistic of the future everyday. Oliver Twist, written by Dickens, showed the life of an orphan boy who went on an endless amount of adventures while fending for himself. Dickens traveled around the world and explored many places such as America and its culture. In the time of the Industrial Revolution…

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” So preaches Michael Douglas in his Oscar-winning role as immoral businessman Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. Stone’s follow-up to his Best Picture winner Platoon¸ Wall Street does not have quite the reputation Platoon does. I have not seen Platoon, but it seems that this makes sense because Wall Street is not a very entertaining or interesting movie because, although greed may be good, Stone forgot that clarity is good too. The plot of…

Looking deeper into Jamie Oliver you may wonder who is he, what has he done and would I like the real person that is Jamie Oliver. Jamie Oliver is a restaurateur, author, media personality and of most important a world class chef, whom has built up and empire of foods and education. Simplicity has been the key to Jamie’s success both in his food and beliefs on how to change the world. Wanting to learn more about someone and the way they think you have to dive deep into personality past the…

In Oliver Sacks’ work, An Anthropologist on Mars, Sacks delves into the increasingly difficult task of defining creativity, ultimately illustrating that successful adaptation of the brain toward creativity depends on not only physical brain plasticity, but also the internal and external motivations of the victim, asserting that a creative mind holds the key for successful processing and acceptance of loss. Brain plasticity, as defined by the Society of Neuroscience, “refers to the extraordinary…

Jeffrey Guardado Professor Cons-Diller English 103 28 October 2017 Master Narratives and Counter Narratives in a Television Show The Office is a sitcom that talks about the day to day life of office workers in a fictional paper sales company. The Office is a television show that aired on NBC in the years 2005-2013. The company the employers work at is called Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. that takes place in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The boss of the company is named Michael Scott who treats…

understand how the poor lived through his books. One can learn about our own society through Dickens’ books, because his main characters were either rich and greedy and did not care about the poor like Scrooge, or they were suffering or orphans like Oliver Twist. Today, people need to know how the poor and those different from themselves live. Charles Dickens books are a good example of the differences in society and economic class. I think that Dickens would be surprised that 200 years later we…

Biography Charles John Huffam Dickens was born 7th february 1812 Portsmouth in England and died 9th june 1870. He was a british writer and social critic such as a regarded as of the greatest English-language and burrow most prominent novelist. Charles created some of the most famous fictional characters in the victorian era. His father John Dickens was a bookkeeper in the harbor office, they moved to london when 10 years old. Since his father had financial difficulties the family became…

In 1642, when King Charles I entered the House of Commons seeking the arrest of the five Members alleged to have supported the Scottish invasion against his reign, he not only created Parliamentary history, but also laid the foundation of what is known today as ‘Parliamentary Privilege’. In response to King Charles I’s questions about the whereabouts of these Members, the Speaker William Lenthall famously remarked that “I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the…

Charles Dickens novel, Great expectations is an account that centres on the life of one man named Pip, as of the time he was seven years old until he was in his mid-thirties. Pip shows us imperative actions in his life that formed who he became. While developing he acquires a collection of different connections and friends that influence him in his decisions and goals for his life. This is a novel of development ,therefore understanding Pip and his evolution is key in developing an…