… is revealed in The First Stone because of her language techniques and her unique way of writing. It is a non-fiction text, very personal, (as we only hear Garner’s point of view) honest and frank. The novel was extremely controversial, particularly…

… who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements - namely, ideograms. Cummings' most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram;…

… while the English Civil War was fuming. She was educated in all things women of her age were expected to know such as singing, dancing, playing instruments, etc. (Jokinen 1). Margaret was a Royalist during the war and was the maid of honor for Queen…

… kid in 1945 New York City, to his final days in the early 1990’s, is to be considers one of the jazz’s best. The 1996 album entitled, Bluing: Miles Davis Plays the Blues, the engineers at Prestige Records bring Miles Davis back to life. Packed with…

… T. Washington was born Booker Taliafero on April 5th, 1856. He was a Mulatto slave. He and his mother were slaves to James Burroughs, a farmer in Virginia. When his mother married another slave, Washington Ferguson, Booker took the name Booker T.…

… Ireland. Her feast day is February the first. She dedicated her life to God. When Brigid was born her mother was sold to a slave owner. When Brigid was old enough she left her mother to go live with her father. Brigid was…

… us. Most of them have to do with famous people and their lives. They are events which give us information for some famous peoples characters and achievements. In my opinion the most impressive events in someone’s life are the most dark parts of…

… Tower in 1550. He was born during one of the most exciting periods of Scottish and European history. Napier was known as the ‘Marvellous Merchiston’. This was a title that many people said that he well deserved. He got this title for his “genius and…

… president of the United States of American and he was one of the most influential presidents of our time. He born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years,…

… in a very dramatic time in the history Spain. The changes in history affected the works of this artist throughout the course of his life in addition to many obstacles that he had to overcome in his personal life. When the works of Goya are…