P. T. Barnum

after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise.” On October 1, 1908, the first automobile that Ford Motor Company made was completed. This first automobile was the Model T, it was sold for $825, or about $18,000 in today’s world. This automobile was built mainly for people to drive every day. The Model T put the United States on wheels, it made mobility easier than ever, and it established the American middle class. This automobile may not have…

knew what he was doing with this decision. Not only did he know this would reduce his turnover, he also realized that if his employees were making more money that they could purchase his vehicles. With the increase in automation the cost of the Model T would continue to drop. This made cars more affordable for Ford's workers and the middle class. He was making a car that any working man could…

“There are certain things men must do to remain men. Your computer would take that away.” Wise words from Captain James T. Kirk. “The Ultimate Computer,” an episode from Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The Original Series, effectively details human reaction toward technology and how far advancement should extend. Star Trek scrutinizes the consequences of space travel and exploration, advancement of technology, and militarization. In the episode “The Ultimate Computer,” the crew of the U.S.S.…

The mysterious lure toward the bad-boy mentality caused the 3 to lose sight of who they really are; which was the cause of their mishaps and troubles. The Greasy Lake represents this bad-boy mentality since it’s the “place to go” for all of the greasy characters. The only way to truly become the bad-boys they want to be, they have to visit the Greasy Lake. The 3 boys were indicated to be smart young men with futures in college. Since this was the age where the bad-boys became cool and…

different authors. One of the works that Orr mentions is Shelley’s, who writes that poets are “the mirror of the gigantic shadow which futurity casts upon the present” (p. 1) Orr then juxtaposes it to Franklin D. Roosevelts argument that describes politics as a “certain historic ideas in the life of the nation… to be clarified” (p. 2), implying that both have predominantly similar goals and ways of approaching it, after all “poetry and politics are both a matter…

supremacy. To face their terrible situation, they kept support colleges, school, and churches. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Hampton Institute) located in Virginia in 1868. This college used to train a large of African American military. Booker T. Washington was one of the most remarkable black leader in American history. He was a former slave. He learned to read and write in a local school. In 1872, he studied in Hampton Institute and inspired by Samuel Chapman Armstrong who was…

The Dodge brothers The Dodge motor company was one of the first car companies. The Dodge motor company is still a thriving company today. The Dodge brothers revolutionized the motor industry's forever. The Dodge Motor company started with the two brothers John and Horace dodge. The brothers were born and grew up in Michigan and got a job as machinists. After the job as machinists they co-founded a bicycle shop in 1897. After having the shop for three years they sold the bicycle…

“The most wasted of all days is the one without laughter”(E.E. Cummings). Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a painter and a poet, he was fascinated with Pablo Picasso’s art. As you can see E.E. Cummings relies on sight and sound to create meaning in his poetry. It is important to know that Cummings uses language to its fullest. In document A his other poem “l(a” the spacing of the poem looks like loneliness, he also uses parentheses for…

The poem written by T.S. Eliot is a dramatic monologue in which the speaker is talking to his alter ego and is unable to take action or make a decision. The yearning to ask some "overwhelming question," of the one he wants is outweighed by his hesitancy, supporting his belief in his weaknesses. At last, this poem is the inner dialogue of someone who attempts to know what he desires and how to get it, but whose social anxiety and lack of self-confidence thwarts either of these possibilities.…

T.S. Elliot uses diction and a depressing and regretful tone to express the meaning of this poem. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, he shows meaning by using Prufrock as a man who is upset and regrets what he has done with his life. T.S. Elliot’s word choices show that J. Alfred Prufrock is a lonely old man who regrets the things he has not done in life. He believes he should have done more with his life. Throughout the poem, T.S. Eliot uses diction. A really good example is, “A…