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Term Papers on Biographies
Herbert George Wells
Number of words: 1255 - Number of pages: 5.... and his mother was a housekeeper to the gentry,
Sir Harry Featherstonhaugh. Though devoted to his parents, he viewed them
as "willing victims of society" (Borrello, Alfred: 2). He was angry at
their refusal to take effective measures to improve their place in life.
And it was because of this that he did not care for the working class and
envied the solidly established middle class.
As a boy H. G. Wells had always been physically active, but after
he broke his leg at the age of 8 in 1874, he couldn't do too much. During
his period of convalescence he turned .....
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Raoul Wallenberg
Number of words: 1511 - Number of pages: 6.... past. Jacob Wallenberg helped open trade routes to China and Japan. His great grand father, Andre Oscar, went to sea at the age of fifteen and became a steam boat captain not long after. Raoul dreamed of being one of the "Big Men" like the men in his family. He looked at them as fearless Vikings (Linne'a 7,8).
Raoul studied architecture at the university of Michigan in Arbor, Michigan U.S.A. He could learn about banking after collage. He wasn't good in math this isn't good for a future banker (Linne'a 15,18). He finished his architecture course in th .....
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George Orwell
Number of words: 761 - Number of pages: 3.... Preparatory School under the regime of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes," which he later brutally portrayed in his novel Such, Such Were the Joys" ("Orwell," The Oxford Companiion 516). After leaving school, he joined the "Imperial Indian Police," and after five years in Burma, resigned in 1928 ("," The Oxford Anthology 2140). Burma left him with a "lifelong distaste" for power ("," St. Martin's Anthologies 398). Orwell remained living a "life of poverty" in England and Europe until the mid-1930's (Wadsworth 866).
In 1927 after an attack of "dengue fever" he returned to Eu .....
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John Alexander Macdonald: A Good Role Model?
Number of words: 494 - Number of pages: 2.... it is now.
John A. Macdonald became well known for the way he treated people. He was kind
and courteous. And because of his humor and consideration of others, people
enjoyed being around the Prime Minister. He left a good impression on the people
of Canada because he cared for not only the English, but also the French and
Natives. One example is when he visited the Council House of the Six Nation
Indians near Brantford. Mr. Macdonald met more than thirty farmers and after
only thirty minutes of chatting with them he knew them all by name# . In another
instance, .....
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Stephen King: The King Of Terror
Number of words: 2018 - Number of pages: 8.... David were left to fend for themselves when Stephen's father Donald, a
Merchant Marine captain, left one day, to go the store to buy a pack of
cigarettes, and never returned. His fathers leaving had a big indirect impact
on King's life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, Stephen King
recalls how his family life was altered: “After my father took off, my mother,
struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My brother and I didn't see a great
deal of her over the next nine years. She worked a succession of continuous low
paying jobs.” Stephen's first .....
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Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
Number of words: 1043 - Number of pages: 4.... his promise and Franklin was stranded in England.
Franklin spent a year and a half in England and worked in a few different
printing houses. He returned to Philadelphia and soon was back in the
printing business.
In 1728, Franklin and a partner, Hugh Meredith, opened their own
print shop. They printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.
He married Deborah Read in 1730. They had three children, two boys
and one girt. One of Franklin's sons later became governor of New Jersey.
He worked as a printer from 1730-1748 and was successful. He
became the .....
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Carlos Santana
Number of words: 534 - Number of pages: 2.... family. The eight-year old Carlos quickly left the violin for the guitar, studying and emulating the sounds of B.B. King, T-Bone Walker and John Lee Hooker. Soon he was being asked to join local bands like the T.J.'s, where he added a unique touch and feel to his own renditions of all the great songs of the 1950's. As he continued to play with different bands along the busy Tijuana Strip, he not Page Two only started to perfect his style and sound, but actually started bringing home enough money to really help his family. His future looked promising. In 1960, C .....
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Herman Melville 2
Number of words: 564 - Number of pages: 3.... Bartleby. Throughout the story, the reader has no clue what Bartleby is thinking, so Melville creates an air of mystery about this character. Another of Melville’s characters that show this quality is Claggart in the book Billy Budd. Claggart is constantly referred to as being mysterious, “…a nut not to be cracked by the top of a ladies fan (Billy Budd).
Besides being mysterious, Melville is stubborn and this comes out through his characters Captain Veere and Bartleby. Like most writers, Melville’s career had its ups and downs .....
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