Everyone has a hero either it’s your mom, dad, or great great grandpa. How about American heroes like Rosa Parks or Nelson Mandela? Chesley Sullenberger or Sully for short was the first man ever to land a plane in water with saving 155 people due to a bird strike in its engines. Sully was born January 23, 1951 with a family of three. His mother and father named Pauline Hanna and Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, and older sister Mary Sullenberger Wilson. In June 17, 1989 he married a woman named Lorrie. Now Chesley Sullenberger is a pilot who is brave. He isn’t the type of hero who is not a self centered, but motivating…
Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born on August 4th,1901. Louis Armstrong died on July 6th, 1971 in Corona, New York City, because of a heart attack. Louis Armstrong was a music artist and played the trumpet. The Genre that Mr. Armstrong played was Jazz, Traditional Pop, and Dixieland.…
A hero, legend, great fighter and the most famous “Canadian Hero”. William Avery Bishop, best known as “Billy” Bishop was a person who had great respect for his country and carried an amazing talent. Billy Bishop’s life was surrounded by life changing events in which make him a brilliant hero. With his brutal and traumatic battles, Billy Bishop was Canada’s top Ace, with a total of 72 victories. Billy Bishop is a hero simply regarding his continued perseverance for his dreams which have changed him and his life before, during, and after the war.…
While reading Karen Armstrong’s essay depicting her opinion of religion, I found myself agreeing with her more than I usually do any other written art. The facts were brilliantly organized and centered around one main focus: the need for one to be “right” above another. As a member of a strong Southern Baptist congregation, I’ve found myself questioning the ideas that have been preached to me my entire life. These questions aren’t to discount or disprove God, but rather to question the “second to none” mentality that the Almighty Entity possesses. Again, this is not to forsake the man above. I live in a world that has spawned numerous religious philosophies around the world. Armstrong was correct in pointing out the need for each individual belief to be a singularity of the utmost exactness, and all else is to be considered “foreign” or “ungodly”. I gained unbiased proof through Armstrong’s research dating back to the 5th Century CE. Armstrong explains how the Golden Rule, or the ability to do unto others as you would have done to you, can play a major rule in lessening the violence and restoring acceptance throughout the world. In a sense it is a bit scary to think that thousands of years ago there was a practice such as “jian ai”; the concern for everybody; and over the years we have since lost all reasoning of compassion and acceptance of things that are not alike ourselves. When I picture the end of the world, I’ve always depicted it being a religious war or at the very least beginning as one. Armstrong was dead on with her closing argument: the cultivation of jian ai along with the implementation of the Golden Rule, would be viable in the realization that every nation is as important as ours and ultimately aid in the restoration of harmony throughout the world.…
The textbook “History of a Free Nation” depicts Christopher Columbus as being a heroic voyager who leads his crew to destiny. The textbook offers an analysis of Columbus’ preparation for the voyage, which details his motives for wanting to sail to Asia. Columbus attempted to determine how far he would need to sail after reading a copy of Marco Polo’s “travels”. While Columbus was a geography enthusiast, his calculations of the Earth’s size were incredibly inaccurate, presuming that Japan was just 2,400 miles from the farthest point of Portuguese exploration, the Canary Islands. Believing that such a journey was possible, Columbus badgered the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella for 6 years before finally receiving three ships to make his voyage. While describing the…
Segregation between bands. Integration happened eventually, but what slowed that is the society outside of the music world.…
“We don’t get to choose if we get hurt in this world, we do have some say in who.” -John Green. They thought for sure he was going to die. Doodle is a happy little boy that has a compact body, with parents that think they know for sure he is going to perish in less than a month. This is the story of William Armstrong, also known to some, as Doodle.…
We all have at least one hero. It can be a friend, a family member, or simply a stranger you met on the streets. My hero is my mom, Yan Li Cheng, who is a small Chinese woman with short black hair and warm chocolate eyes. Her smiles and laughter always cheer me up and she always supports me whenever I need it. Yan Li Cheng, my mother, is my hero because she has taught me that working hard will definitely pay off in the future.…
My Michigan hero, Tim Huyge always works hard and does anything to make others happy or is making sure everyone, including him, is enjoying life, which inspires me to do the same. Even though he has M.S. he always works hard and looks beyond himself to help others who are having a difficult time. For he is either batman or superman in disguise or even better, he is my Michigan hero, and my…
Being heard in movies, the radio, television, and even elevators, jazz music has made its mark in just about every single location of the world. As popular as jazz is around the world, its original roots and foundations in the African-American culture are often forgotten. One of the most influential jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong, also known as Satchmo or Pops, is considered to be among the founding fathers of jazz music. His career launched in the early 1900s, where his legacy would form early to create a sound foundation for early jazz music that was quite exceptional. Louis Armstrong was such an essential part of the jazz age during the 1920’s that his music created a firm foundation, paving the way for Jazz musicians everywhere. His influential singing, along with his great dexterity, intricate lyrics, and profound melodies make it easy for him to claim his title as “The Founding Father of Jazz.”…
Travelers Saint Christopher, please let me find my way. The Sun has set and left me in the dark. I’ve wandered off; I’ve gone too far astray…
A hero according to dictionary.com is a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deed sand noble qualities. These things basically describe my grandpa. My grandpa's name is Frank Giesen and he has a wife named Harriet Giesen and they have 7 kids and 21 grand kids. He is a Korean War veteran but he didn't fight, he was an interpreter. I picked my grandpa as my inspiration not only because I love him, because of his strength on the inside and the outside.…
“Either America will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States.” -W.E.B. DuBois, 1906…
Armstrong’s primary goal of this passage is to show the ways in which "p & ~ Bsp” and "p & Bs ~p”cause the audience to see them as paradoxical. Through his theory of meaning and communication Armstrong indicates the differences between these two cases.…
Louis Armstrong or frequently called pops, satchmo, and dipper had a far from normal life. Louis was born August 4, 1901, in New Orleans Louisiana he was a son of Mary Albert and William Armstrong. Louis did not grow up wealthy, in fact the place where he lived was nicknamed the battlefield. His dad a factory worker and left soon after Louis was born. His mom who was regularly found on the corner as a prostitute usually left Louis with his grandmother. Louis only made it to the 5th grade before he was made to drop out and begin working as a man. A Jewish family gave Louis a job picking garbe and collecting coal. He then found out really soon that was not what he wanted to do the rest of his life.…