Harper Lee Biography Harper Lee wrote a book call ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ which was a number one best seller for a couple years after it came out. Harper Lee’s book is still very famous today in high schools for teaching kids.(Wilder‚ Mike) One of the most interesting things that Harper Lee used real life events in her book. She also used people in her life as characters in her book. Harper Lee‚ her real name was Nelle Harper Lee‚ was born on April 28‚ 1926‚ in Monroeville‚ Alabama. Harper’s father
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Biography John Updike was born on March 18th‚ 1932 to Wesley and Linda Updike. Weasley was a junior high school math teacher‚ while Linda was an author who was not published until she was middle aged. The three of them lived in Shillington‚ Pennsylvania‚ and they stayed there for the first thirteen years of Updike’s life. But‚ he did not stay in Shillington for long‚ for shortly thereafter they moved to Plowville‚ Pennsylvania to live on their grandfather’s farm. Updike hated Plowville‚ and
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African American Literature Irene Gomez-Leon ENG/301 December 8‚ 2011 Nora H. Barber African American Literature Historic stories of African American Writings are outstandingly interesting‚ and informative. The understanding from this assignment is remarkable in comparing and contrasting different texts. The writings exposed terms‚ equilibrium and difficulties that ascended from each second fleeting over the hurting senses of the writers. All black writings observe cultural dealings in related
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Kirk Dwayne Franklin‚ born Kirk Dwayne Smith on January 26‚ 1970 in Fort Worth‚ Texas to a teenage mother. He never knew his father and his mother struggled caring for him and gave him up for adoption. At the age of three he was adopted by his great aunt Gertrude Franklin‚ who had cared for him since birth and the only mother figured he had known. Gertrude recognized Franklin’s gifts and talents at a young age and encouraged his development and growth. Detriment to provide Franklin with the musical
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My name is Mary Crystal Claire S. Ancheta. I was born on the 31st day of July‚ year 1996 at V-Luna Medical Center‚ Cubao‚ Quezon City. I live in Air Force City‚ Clark Air Base‚ Pampanga. I live with my parents and siblings. My father is an honorable soldier for 21 years while my mother owns an internet café at Mabalacat and also manages a small canteen. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother. Because of my father’s frequently assignment and deployment‚ I went to different school when I was in my primary
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential‚ popular and prolific composers of the classical period. He composed over 600 works‚ including some of the most famous and loved pieces ofsymphonic‚ chamber‚ operatic‚ and choral music. Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of god. Mozart was born in Salzburg to a musical family. From an early age‚ the young Mozart showed all the signs of a prodigious
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Longno‚ Joanne Cristy D. Eng 002 / 8:30-9:30 MWF Prof. Cariaga‚ Meryl September 19‚ 2014 Keesha Lenn Mangapot Tamayo Have you ever dreamed of becoming a chemist‚ a scientist or even an inventor? Keesha Lenn Mangapot Tamayo is recently on her way of becoming the successful one. She is now taking Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at Technological University of the Philippines Manila‚ her stepping stone to success. Keesha is the youngest and the only daughter
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Annibale Carracci was born on November 3‚ 1560 in Bologna. In all likelihood he was first apprenticed within his family. His cousin Ludovico Carracci along with Annibale’s brother Agostino‚ opened a painter’s Academy. The 17th century critic Giovanni Bellori praised Carracci as the epitome of Roman Baroque. While the Carraccis laid special emphasis on draftsmanship‚ they also worked in a style mediating between the Florentine emphasis on linear drawing and the Venetian attention to the glimmering
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John Adams Biography of John Adams Childhood "He means well for his country‚ is always an honest man‚ often a wise man‚ but sometimes‚ and in some things‚ absolutely out of his senses." Benjamin Franklin‚ 1783 John Adams was born on October 30‚ 1735‚ (new style) in Braintree‚ (now known as Quincy) Massachusetts on the family farm. John was named after his father‚ a deacon of the church. His father was also‚ at times‚ the town’s tax collector‚ selectman‚ constable and lieutenant of the militia
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850)‚ an early leader of romanticism in English poetry‚ ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature. William Wordsworth was born in Cookermouth‚ Cumberland‚ on April 7‚ 1770‚ the second child of an attorney. Unlike the other major English romantic poets‚ he enjoyed a happy childhood under the loving care of his mother and in close intimacy with his younger sister Dorothy (1771-1855). As a child‚ he wandered exuberantly through the lovely
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