… the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, began his career as a painter in the 1860s and 1870s. He studied under the American painter George Inness, Tiffany combined the use of light, colour and nature in his work. He received praise for his oils and…

… purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing. In the world of today, numerous violent incidents happen everyday. However, what troubles the community the most, is the increasing numbers in specifically school violence. Many shootings and abuses that…

… reputation of Jerzy Kosinski has continued to sink. At one time he was one of the most promising writers on the American scene, pounding out three hits in a row-the cult classic The Painted Bird, Steps (winner of the 1969 National Book Award), and…

… man, he received his start as an illustrator of magazines. He became a regular contributor of engraving drawings to Harper's Weekly, one of the nation's most popular magazines of the time. After spending a year in Paris in 1856, he returned to the…

… years of 1600 and 1610. His father was Chinese and his mother was a Filipino, just like him. His parents were Christian and he was baptized with the name of Lorenzo after a Martyr during the third century. His last name Ruiz was taken from the last…

… Church ruling over the majority of Europe theocratic governments had one great ideal in common: political ideologies were not just from the church, they were the church. John Calvin had his own, unique version of a theocracy, which he outlined in…

… during Frederick Douglass’s time, it is apparent that Douglass simply does not fit into this role. Because a slave’s opinion was unheard of at the time, their positions in society were already set for them. Yet, Douglass constantly resists this…

… every black kid in the country thinks the only way to be successful is through athletics,” said Charles Barkley to Sports Illustrated. Therefore, these kids think that the only way to go to college is by being good at a sport. What they do when they…

… the story of Jane Eyre. Jane experiences many times of throughout the course of her life. In the early part of her life she had no idea what independence was. She did not learn of independence for many years. She was always told what she could…

… Jackson classic, has conjured up a new meaning of “bad” since the pop star was accused of child molestation in December of 1993. With the influence of the media, the American people answered Jackson’s question, but some of the responses were not…