Pseudonym

Jacobs was one of the few slaves in her time that had the ability to read and write. Most slaves found that reading, writing was a luxury, and only the chosen ones were able to read and write. Many slaves believe that these two skills would lead them to a life of freedom and happiness because they would be able to break away from slavery. This wasn’t the case for Jacobs, because Jacobs was able to read and write this cased to be victim of inappropriate and vulgar messages from her owner Dr.…

Brontë sister, however, this perception of her stems from the lack of any thorough documentation of her life besides her published works and some vague records. She published her novel, which did not gain literary acclaim after her death, under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and the female Brontë trio published their poetry volume as Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Emily Jane Brontë was born July 30, 1818 as the fifth child of clergyman Patrick Brontë and his wife, Maria, in the village of Thornton,…

With the emergence of the internet and social media. We rapidly adopt a different facade for each site. This is akin to the offline identities that we construct for ourselves. This is comparable to an unlikely situation, whereby a person would be in the same room with their different groups of friends, colleagues, ex-partners, current partner, immediate and extended family members, all at the same time. However, this situation becomes the norm when it comes to social networking like Facebook and…

knowledge and skill requires for someone to have written these type of works does not match up with Shakespeare’s background. From looking at what Shakespeare has left behind, and from a couple proven writings, some perceive Shakespeare to have been a pseudonym for a much more known actor and writer of the time. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it…

Anonymity as a Necessary Evil The Internet is filled with people that cannot be normally identified. They are essentially disembodied voices that speak when not spoken to and provide opinion even when they do not have a valid one to present, Anonymity is a necessary evil as it allows people to freely express opinion without retaliation, allows people to share information, and for the preservation of personal freedom. The United States guarantees a right to the freedom of speech. This means…

Facing the growing intellectual embrace of objective values and truth in his time regarding matters of how one should live, the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard recognized a crisis in the (then) modern conception of selfhood. Similar to the way in which the Greeks speculated about the “good life” (E.g. the way Aristotle associated his idea of eudaimonia with the attainment of the highest form of human rationality), a collective desire for certainty and objective truth amongst his contemporaries…

Imagination may envelop the mind of Washington Irving’s readers with the satirical grace of every line’s aid. Traveling endlessly, Irving made use of the slightest details of everyday life and scenery throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century. His observances benefited his writing along with the troubles he faced as his life progressed. Born as the youngest of 11 children, in 1783 in New York City, Washington Irving was named for the commander of the Revolutionary War and first…

She was going to “... Malala began writing a blog for the BBC Urdu service under a pseudonym…” (malala.org) She also wrote a book with renowned author Patricia McCormick, as well as speaking on local and national television and radio stations, and also newspapers. “So, throughout 2008, as our SWAT was being attacked, I didn’t stay silent…

considerations were noted, however, it was somewhat inadequate. With interviews being conducted, the participants were known to the researcher and anonymity was not possible. Nevertheless, pseudonyms were given to all in an attempt to protect confidentiality, which was used later to describe findings. Even though pseudonyms were given, there was no evidence assuring participants that their identities will not be revealed to the reader and that raw data will not be released to any third party,…

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Alexander Hamilton is best known as the principal author of the classic work on constitutional government. However, his enduring influence on American matters of state lies equally with his reports to Congress on the financial affairs of the Federal government. Hamilton is chiefly responsible for the design and establishment of Federal institutions, and above all for the financial system which helped consolidate the states into a…