… Makepeace Thackeray was born on July 18, 1811 in Calcutta, India to Richmond Thackeray and Anne Becher Thackeray. Thackeray was sent to school in England in 1817 two years after his father died. Soon after Thackeray had left, his mother and her new…

… it must run faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up you better…

… in the '60 women are taking more control over their bodies when it comes to contraception. Contraception has been a controversial topic among those for and against contraception. Traditionalists still hold on to their belief that birth control is unnatu…

… of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate their subject matters" - Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Cumulative Record (Third Edition 1972) Chapter 1 "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely".…

… Sea Hero is a simple-sounding two-syllable word, which many people freely use to name and describe others. But, how many people really know what a hero is? One of the most know codes for defining a hero would be Ernest Hemingway's code, which can be…

… repeat it." History is a "chronological record of events." These events, whether positive or tragic, often repeat themselves. The McCarthy Hearings that took place in the 1950's are a good example of this. The accusations of communism led to…

… narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant…

… Shiloh was the battleground for a major battle during the Civil War. Shiloh was a decisive, bloody battle, in which the Union army won. During the battle of Shiloh, Rebel forces attacked the federal government, and almost defeated them. But there was…

… Welty, a fourteen -year old Campfire girl whose name is Marian, visits an elderly home to earn points. The way Marian slowly makes her way from the bus stop to the nursing home shows reluctance. The author's purpose was to describe a young child's…

… the bad experience she along with her family had to go through during WWII, when they were deprived from their freedom. She tried to be somebody else totally different to fit into a society, rejecting who she really was. The struggles she…