Dave Eggers: A Brief Biography

Seth MacFarlane was born in Kent Connecticut on October 26th, 1973 in a small town called Litchfield. His mother worked at the high school that Seth was going to at the time. He graduated in the class of 1991. After high school, Seth was accepted to the Rhode Island School of Design, which is one

Sandler grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was born on September 9th, 1966. While this probably doesn't come as a surprise, Adam was the class clown throughout high school. What was surprising is that Adam never realized how useful his sense of humor would be. He got his start in stand-up comedy one night when he got and started performing at a Boston bar he frequently

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman was Born on 29 May 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA although some believe he was born in Amarillo Texas, but that’s just a joke that he got started. But knows one really knows why. He has 3 kids, two girls from a previous marriage and a son by is currant wife Bridget Fonda since 2003. But this is all stuff you can get from anyone’s biography. But the date and place you were born doesn’t make the artist. Life, experience and failures that’s what makes the artist.

East Egg, where Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom Buchanan live and West Egg, where Nick Carraway and his rich neighbor Gatsby live. East Egg and West Egg is separated by a bay that also separates Gatsby’s love, who lives in East Egg and Gatsby.

David Carl Allison was born on February 21st, 1961 in Hueytown, Alabama. He grew up racing dirt track cars and drag cars alike, always seeming fascinated by the mere thought of racing. He began to follow in the footsteps of his father, Bobby Allison, who at the time was already racing for NASCAR. When Davey became old enough he decided to pursue racing as a career, so he signed with NASCAR. Growing up around cars of multiple types gave

Ed was born in 1937 and raised in Massachusetts with his mother and biological father. His mother was born in England and traveled to Canada to be

Have you ever had a secret that it is so dangerous, it could kill you, but you were too scared to tell someone? That is the life of Dave Pelzer. Pelzer had a secret just like that, except if he didn’t tell anyone, he would have died. Dave Pelzer is my hero because he conquered his abuse, he told his story to schools, and he helped with bullying problems.

Todd Morgan Beamer was born on november 24, 1968 in flint michigan, his parents were David and Peggy Beamer. Todd was the second child of three, and the only son. Beamer grew up in wheaton illinois with his two sisters Melissa and Michelle beamer. Todd was raised in a very religious environment. Growing up Beamer went to Wheaton Christian Grammar school, there he played baseball, basketball, and soccer. After he went on to attend wheaton academy where he played all of the same sports and was elected class vice president. beamer's father got promoted to vice president at his work, the beamer family moved to california. beamer then spent his senior year at los gatos high school, after graduation beamer went in to attend fresno state university

Dave Eggers is a victim of circumstance, his life flipped upside down by the tragedy of his parent’s deaths, leaving him to raise his younger brother Toph to the best of his ability. Dave, going through this traumatic event in his early twenties, doesn’t have the opportunities that most people his age have to be young and carefree because he was forced to assume a parental role. This misfortunate, heartbreaking story is something that one simply cannot help but sympathize with, and what we learn in part III of the novel is that Dave knows that. He uses it to shape himself, to form his identity, and the way he responds to people and situations. By doing this, he creates a shield which makes him untouchable. Since people feel sorry for

Nick however, is unlike the other residents in West Egg. He went to yale, and has social connections with the East Egg, a fashionable area of long island and home to the established upper class. One evening, Nick decides to drive out to the East Egg and have dinner with his beautiful cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom who was a classmate of Nick’s at Yale. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, a beautiful young women in which Nick starts a romantic relationship with. Nick also learns some about Daisy and Tom’s marriage. Jordan tells him Tom has a lover named myrtle who lives in the valley of ashes, a dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Soon after, Nick travels to New York City with Tom and Myrtle.In a party in the apartment Tom keeps his affair, Myrtle begins to taunt Tom and Daisy, and Tom ends up breaking her nose.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born to his father and Edith Lieber in Indianapolis, Indiana on Armistice Day. At home, his parents struggled to pay every bill but still ensured that their children became educated. After graduating from Cornell University with

Golding's life began on September 19, 1911 when he was born in UK, St. Columb Minor to a Mr. and Mrs. Golding. Alex Golding, his father, was a schoolteacher. While Mildred Golding, his mother, was a suffragette. Although Golding was born in St. Columb Minor, he and his family lived in Malborough, Britain, where his parents brought him up to be a scientist. Golding, being a reluctant boy, did not want to be a scientist. His true calling was in

Born on June 3rd, 1926, Allen Ginsberg grew up in the city of Patterson with his mother and father. He kept a journal in his teen years and loved the poetry of Walt Whitman during high school and attended Columbia University after his high school years. In 1954 Ginsberg moved

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Dwayne Johnson A.K.A, “The Rock”. Born in California, Hayward. Born on March 2, 1972. Son of Rocky Johnson. He was a football player in high school, people say he was good enough to make it to the NFL, since that didn't work out