Adams was born into a poor farm family. At a young age‚ he began to keep a diary. It was about the size of the palm an adult hand‚ and his handwriting so small that you would have to use a magnifying glass to read it. Through this he developed the idea that ‚ by reckoning day-by-day his moral assets and liabilities‚ he could improve himself. A famous quote that he has is "Oh! that I could wear out of my mind every mean and base affectation‚ conquer my natural pride and conceit‚". His natural pride
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In January 1961‚ the 35th President of United States was elected. He was the youngest president in the American history‚ the first president born in the 20th century and the first Catholic president. The American president with the most titles of ‘the first’ is called John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Kennedy left a famous quote in his presidential inaugural address on January 20‚ 1961: “My fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens
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Summary of Foroohar‚ “What Ever Happened to Upward Mobility” In the passage‚ “What Ever Happened to Upward Mobility”‚ the author Rana Forhoohar talks about how America now is different from how America was back in the old days before the Great Reccession with its class differences‚ compared to now. The American Dream is ideal in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ and an upward social mobility for the family‚ achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers
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even though his professors discouraged it‚ but his drive for re-animating life was supposedly to be for the good of the public because he wanted to be able to “ ...[discover] if [he] could banish disease from the frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death…”(26)‚ but unfortunately Frankenstein was not able to understand the danger of the “astonishing power placed within [his] hands”(37)‚ because he was also driven by the greed for “wealth” and “glory”‚ and ultimately abandons his
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The Day it Happened did a very good job in conveying its theme‚ establishing its characters‚ and using setting and symbols to convey a meaning important to human experiences. In this short story it is clear that the theme is continual domestic violence against women in some cultures. This is important to human experience because domestic violence in some cultures has been happening for many years‚ and society seems to know about it but doesn’t take it as seriously as it should be taken. In general
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Martin Van Buren Born: December 5‚ 1782 in Kinderhook‚ New York Wife and Children: Married to Hannah Hoes Children are Abraham‚ John‚ Martin‚ and Smith. Prior Career: State senator‚ state attorney general‚ U.S. Senator‚ Sec. of State‚ Vice President Party: Democratic Party Age when President: 54 years old Term in office: 1 term (1837-1841) Major Events: Panic of 1837 Caroline Affair (1837) Major Accomplishments: Enforced the Indian Removal Act‚ closely
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President John F. Kennedy: Hero or Villain? For thirteen days‚ the United States’ government and citizens waited with abated breath‚ fearing the nuclear annihilation of their great nation. These thirteen days between October 16 and 28‚ 1962 are now known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Briefly this crisis can be explained as a confrontation between two of the world’s greatest superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ which nearly instigated a nuclear calamity that could have destroyed both
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The Presidency of John F. Kennedy The sound of a gunshot rings as the 35th President of the United States of America is assassinated. His presidency‚ and ultimately his life have ended prematurely. He was not president for long but he had big plans and set many of them into motion before his murder. John F. Kennedy had high goals for his presidency and went to great lengths to fulfill them. Goals such as stopping communism‚ boosting America’s economy and well being‚ sending a man to the moon‚ and
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brutal for all walks of life. In Jim Heynen’s “What Happened During the Ice Storm‚” he tells a story about farms boys who encounter pheasants during an ice storm that swept over the land and how they end up caring for the pheasants rather than further injuring them. After carefully analyzing the text the reader can understand how Heynen feels about human nature and how people behave in challenging situations as well as the theme he set for the story. While reading the story the reader can pick up a
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Celebrity-Watching “Everyone will have his fifteen minutes of fame‚” says Andy Warhol. As today‚ the definition of the word “celebrity” is no longer associates with the original meaning form the dictionary. Daniel Boors tin‚ the author of the “Or‚ What Happened to the American Dream‚” restates the definition of the “celebrity” in his book which is “celebrity is a person who is well known for his well-knowingness.” No a doubt‚ benefited by the modern high-tech media of the celebrities-watching culture
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