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Term Papers on Biographies
Karl Marx
Number of words: 2060 - Number of pages: 8.... felt he had an obligation to his religion, thus helping him in the decision in turning to Christianity. Karl's childhood was a happy and carefree one. His parents had a good relationship and it help set Karl in the right direction." His 'Splendid natural gifts' awakened in his father the hope that they would One day be used in the service of humanity, whilst his mother declared him to be a child of fortune in whose hands everything would go well. (The story of his life, Mehring, page 2)
In High school, Karl stood out among the crowd. When asked to write a .....
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Bontsha And Gimpel
Number of words: 741 - Number of pages: 3.... or been victim of injustice during his life. Peretz expresses his believe through the main character, Bontsha. He describes Bontsha as the most unfortunate imaginable human being on earth and yet never complaining about his adversity. Ever since the first day Bontsha was born, no one has cared of him. He was born with silence and passed away with silence. During his lifetime, he had to haul heavy loads stumbling at each step and begged for the pennies that were rightfully his, and even then, sometimes he did not get paid. Further, he knew he had been taken adva .....
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Maya Angelou
Number of words: 951 - Number of pages: 4.... you? Why are you beset with gloom" These two parts of their writings are asking a similar question. Why do you choose to seclude me from you’re world am I something you wouldn’t expect from another human? "Don’t scream about don’t think aloud turn your head now baby just spit me out don’t worry about don’t speak of doubt turn your head now baby just spit me out." This is a complex way saying why is you disrespected me because you can’t stand the way that I am. Just walk all over me treat me different act as if I’m a piece of crap. What good does .....
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Allen Sapp
Number of words: 646 - Number of pages: 3.... asked for more. Allen began painting what he knew from the reserve. He turned out many paintings at a tremendous rate. Dr. Gonor arranged for him to see an art professor from the U of S. The little instruction he got form her was the only formal instruction he has ever had. In September 1968 she showed some of Allen’s paintings in her backyard. The show was a great success. On the Easter weekend of 1969 Allen had his first major exhibition. The people loved him. He became a great success. The value of his paintings went way up in the next little while .....
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Stephen Bantu Biko
Number of words: 876 - Number of pages: 4.... to cut through to the
core of a problem and find the best solution. "His mind was a tool to chisel
out sense and truth and order" (Woods 78). Biko was thoughtful, sensitive and
had a good sense of humor. He was motivated by the search for good and truth.
At the University of Natal Medicine in 1968, he became involved in the
multiracial National Union of South African Students. He was known by peers and
adults as a student leader This organization fought for black rights, except he
claimed that, "the white [were] doing all the talking and the blacks listeni .....
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Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Patriot
Number of words: 649 - Number of pages: 3.... Rosa Parks was
arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white passenger. Throughout the 381
days which the boycott lasted, he was arrested and jailed, repeatedly threatened,
and his home was bombed. The boycott ended later that year when the Supreme
Court outlawed segregation in public transportation. This was his first victory
and alone made Dr. King a highly respected leader. When he went to India in 1959,
he studied Gandhi's principle of "Satyagraha" or nonviolent persuasion, which he
planned to use for his social protests. In the following year he decided .....
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Come Home
Number of words: 1140 - Number of pages: 5.... Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival), and each fall is spiced up with our multicultural Chili Pepper FiestaA few of the "Many Gardens within a Garden" include the Children's Garden, tended each year by about 450 kids, ages 3 through 18; The Cranford Rose Garden, exhibiting more than 5,000 bushes of nearly 1,200 varieties; The Herb Garden, with more than 300 varieties -- "herbing" is apparently taking the country by storm as people rediscover medicinal, culinary, and other uses; and The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, a beautiful creation featuring a Viewing Pavi .....
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Thomas Alva Edison's Life: A Light Goes On
Number of words: 954 - Number of pages: 4.... he questioned every answer given to him. But, the only person that saw his gift was his mother (Feldman and Ford 206). His mother help taught him how to read. By the age of 12 he was reading Gibbon's 'Decline and more books of that nature. He had also begun to do chemistry experiments and had his own laboratory in his father's basement (Day and McNeil 231).
Second, the world revolves his fulfillment's. But his fulfillment's didn't come easy. He was newsboy on the Grand Trunk railroad. Between the trips from Port Huron to Detroit he would publish his own pa .....
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