Who Is Ezra Jack Keats?

Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood deals with the simplicity of life, stressing the importance of "each cobble, donkey, [and] goose"; we must rejoice in the simple aspects of life which ultimately make it so wonderful. There are many characters in the play who would attempt to hide from reality behind their "germ-free blinds" and "sealed window[s]", consuming themselves with insipid activities which do not bring the joy of the "spring sun" into their lives. Thomas' treats these characters with humour, subtly suggesting where his sympathies lie; with those characters who rejoice in the "love" and the little aspects of life which make it so much more worth living.

Arthur Young was born on September 11, 1741 in Bradfield, a village in Suffolk, England. After he dropped out of school and acquired a job in a mercantile house, for which he was not suited for, Young began his writing career at the age of seventeen. He was much more inclined to write than work in a more commercial capacity as he later became a great English agriculture writer. Although Young was such a fantastic agriculture writer he is most known for his social and

Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Dublin. However, he’s family moved to London after he was born. Yeats decided to move to London when he was about 14 years old. After Yeats returned to London he met famous writers like Oscar Wilde, Lionel Johnson and Maud Gonne, this encourage him to write about his Irish heritage. Even though Yeats lived in London for about 14 years “Yeats maintained his cultural roots/Irish nationality” (Poetry Foundation). In addition, this means that Yeats showed his love to where he came from by including Irish legends on his poems and plays.

- Springsteen's Speech during Dylan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, January 20, 1988 Quoted in Bauldie, p. 191.

Ken Kesey was born on September 17, 1935 in a Small town in Colorado to a long line of farmers who he describes as "a stringy-muscled brood of restless and stubborn west-walkers" (qtd. in "Ken Kesey"). The Kesey family had an important tradition of telling stories which instilled a great interest in language and stories in Ken, and when he went to high school, he had a strong love for reading and acting ("Ken Kesey"). After college, he

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24th, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald grew up always moving around after his father started working for Procter and Gamble. His parent sent him to school at a young age after officially moving back to St. Paul. He became a very prestigious young man, but eventually dropped out of school to join the U.S. Army in 1917. Though never seeing combat, Fitzgerald had a very successful military life, and fell in love with Zelda Sayre during his service. After moving back to St. Paul, and marrying Zelda, he finished his first novel and had it published.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of, if not, the single best writer in the history of American literature. Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota (Petry 1). His life was very

Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville on October 3, 1900. His parents were William Oliver Wolfe and Julia Elizabeth Westall Wolfe. Thomas Wolfe was privately educated at the University of North Carolina. From 1920 to 1922, Thomas Wolfe attended Harvard Graduate School. His first book was Look Homeward, Angel and his most famous book was Of Time And The River . He was known for being a very passionate writer and that gave his readers a hint about his emotional side. His active communication and command of the English language, was what made him popular to the fans of his writings.To the people he worked with, he was considered selfish, undisciplined, and dependent on editors, who greatly improved his writing. Thomas Wolfe was one of eight children,

He’s the best writer since Shakespeare, was all the gossip of most writers. He wrote songs to his friends, not a lot of websites refer to this. He always full with joy to his family about receiving letters from them, which encouraged them to write often. He wrote them as often as possible. He was a caring guy. Byron did not like Keats poetry at all. Keats felt the same way about his work too. He felt that Byron felt like he had a sense of entitlement, that he was snobbish because he was a lord and tall and was wealthy. Although; he felt this way about many of the Romantic poets of this time period. Most Romantic poets from this time period seemed to have some sort of title or ranking and wealth on their side but he had none Keats’ had neither.

Jack Kerouac was born March 12, 1922 to a French family in Lowell Massachusetts. French was the first language he learned and then English when he entered grade school. He appeared to have a somewhat troubled youth, at age four his older brother died. This had deep effect on him and his family, his father became a struggling alcoholic who couldn’t keep himself together, and his mother became a devout Christian. She instilled this deep faith into him, she was very important to him. He claims that god had spoken to him during a confession when he was six years old, this would later steer his work. Kerouac went on through school normally, he eventually earned a scholarship to play football at Columbia University. He was forced to quit because of injuries and indifference between him and the coach, after this he promptly

Although there were many major influential authors in the Victorian Era Rudyard Kipling was among the most influential of his time. Kipling was born on December 30, 1865 in Mumbai, India then died in America on January 18, 1936 shortly after his seventieth Birthday. Kipling wrote many famous poems and novels winning many awards and prizes. Kipling was even nominated for the Noble Prize three times and then finally won in 1907. Since Kipling was writing during the Victorian Era, you would think most of his works would contain themes of peace and prosperity, but this was not the case; Kipling was known for many works that had an ethnocentric outlook. Some of his most famous works are still read and used in historical education today. The Jungle Book is read by kids everywhere and The White Man’s Burden one of Kipling’s most controversial works are still studied today.

Choices may affect everything that happens to you, but sometimes a choice can change your future drastically and you’ll need some help. Luckily I had Mackenzie Slykhuis, a guardian angel and a best friend in one, who helped me create memories by choosing correctly while I suffer with a deep depression. She has helped me through this eternal and ceaseless darkness with her boldness in decisions and choices, her kindness and generosity, and her persuasiveness and humor.

E.E. Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (E.E Cummings, poets.org 1). Cummings began was an early developer and learner and began writing around the age of 10 (1). He was the son of Rebecca Haswell Clarke and Edward Cummings (Berry, S.L. 29). He had one sister, Elizabeth Cummings, who he loved dearly and played with all the time. He and his father had an inseparable bond, Cummings described his dad as a hero and that they were very close. (29). Cummings being such an early developer had no problem with school and went to a private school where he continued to read and write (10). His reading level was extremely high (10)! Cummings studied many different languages consisting of Latin, French, and Greek (10). As a senior Cummings wrote and was the editor of the schools newspaper (10). When he was 15 years old he did the unbelievable and went to Harvard University (14). While in college Cummings loved to go to circuses and ballets (14). While balancing college and school work Cummings was a romantic (14). He also turned out to be an astonishing dancer (14).When Cummings, who was around twenty, was done earning his degrees and graduating he was ready to leave Massachusetts (15).

The influence Walt Whitman had on Ezra Pound is found through Pound’s modernist poetic experiments. “At the beginning of Pound’s career, he wrote of Whitman, “I honor him for he prophesied me while I can only recognize him as a forebear of whom I ought to be proud”” (Willard 573). The following work from Pound was a pact he made with Whitman:

Now that our review of Bede’s commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah as well as his letter to Archbishop Ecgbert is complete, we can at this point turn our attention to but a few of the many significant parallels that exist between these two documents. The first one is found in book one of Bede’s commentary where he discusses Ezra 3:8 in which the appointing of priests and Levites to help in the rebuilding of the Temple is mentioned. In his commentary on this passage, Bede wrote: “bishops and priests have a duty to build up the congregation of the faithful... by teaching, and by giving counsel to appoint teachers for it who may diligently fulfill the most holy work of the word... [and] preach God’s word to the people...[with] the practice of good works... [so that they can remain] unsullied in the sight of their Creator.” These ideas about bishops and priests, as we have already seen, are concerns that Bede articulated in his letter to Archbishop Ecgbert.