Josiah Wedgewood

Born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland, Andrew Carnegie was the second son of Will and Margaret Carnegie. His father was handloom weavers while his mother worked for a local shoemaker. In 1848, the Carnegie family came to America hoping for better economic opportunities and established in Pennsylvania and this is when Andrew Carnegie formal education ended because his family had no money for education. He then got his first job as a bobbin boy at a cotton factory, earning $1.20 a week. After this he had quite a few different job one of which was at the railroad where he made got money and that’s when he was able to make some investments in coal, iron and oil companies and a manufacturer of railroad sleeping cars. In 1865, Carnegie left the railroad job and he continued his ascent in the business world. But because the railroad industry experienced a rapid growth during that time in the United Stated, Carnegie made an investment in the railroad business and by the age of 30th he was the richest person. In the early 1870s, he started working in the steel business, and very soon he became one of the most important people in the field. Despite of his success in 1901, he sold his steel company to banker John Pierpont Morgan for $480 million. Carnegie then dedicated

Bigotry and stubbornness are perceptible attitudes of small-town communities in 1960's Western Australia. The notion that the inhabitants of the tight-knit community of Corrigan are racist, prejudiced and ignorant is explicated in Craig Silvey's coming of age novel, Jasper Jones. The bildungsroman is narrated by Charlie Bucktin, an adolescent from the small town of Corrigan. Charlie becomes unexpectedly involved with a local indigenous boy, Jasper, as they set out to discover the truth about the death of a young girl from their community. Throughout this quest, Charlie comes to many realisations about life, ultimately, that society can be very cruel. The prejudism and ignorance of the tight-knit community of Corrigan manifests in the

One particular example of a merchant I've written about is president’s wife in the presence wives presentation. I am speaking of Martha Washington who was married first to Daniel Parke.

On the AMC hit television show, Mad Men, the main character Don Draper spoke very powerful words when he said, “People tell you who they are but we ignore it, because we want them to be who we want them to be.”. The main character of the novel written by Craig Silvey titled, Jasper Jones dealt with the troubles of, as Don Draper said, people ignoring who somebody is simply because we want them to be who we want. Set in 1965 in a small West Australian town called Corrigan, main character, Charlie Butkin is faced with the fear of being drafted into war with Vietnam and seeing his friends treated poorly by others because of racism. The novel kick starts, however, when Charlie is interrupted by Jason Jones tapping on his window asking Charlie

As Americans living in the United States, we don 't often get to see or experience what others think of us in other parts of the world. Most can only speculate and wonder. Thomas Swann Woodcock came to the United States in 1830 from England. In his writings, he left us a short passage in his life through the Erie Canal. These writings left us his opinions of what he was seeing in the U.S. as an outsider trying to understand a new land. He couldn 't find his own words to quote what he had seen, so he quoted someone else to say that what he saw was “indescribable.” Thomas Woodcock saw an incredible country that had accomplished great scientific and

Despite his sixth grade education, Morgan was blessed with the mind of a true inventor, as well as ideas for entrepreneurship. While he worked in a textile factory, he learned the

traditional people of that time. The store symbolized consumerism, which was a jewel in society’s mind

The history of Hartford begins with Thomas Hooker’s arrival in Newtown (later renamed Cambridge) Massachusetts where he became a pastor of one of the earliest established churches there. However, voting in Massachusetts was limited to freemen or limited to people who had been formally interrogated on their religious views and experiences. Hooker disagreed with these limitations and their influential pastor, John Cotton. So, Thomas Hooker and Reverend Samuel Stone led a group of one hundred people in 1636 and founded the settlement of Hartford. Which then led to the founding of the Connecticut Colony and Hookers increased involvement in politics. On January 14, 1639 freemen from the three colonies that made up the Connecticut Colony sat down and ratified the “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut” which was called “the first written constitution known to history that created a government. It marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves more than any other man to be called the father. The government of the United States today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that of Connecticut than to that of any of the other thirteen colonies” (John Fiske).

Brilliant, heroic, and complex, Douglass became a symbol of his age and a unique voice for humanism and social justice. His life and thought will always speak profoundly to the meaning of

George Washington Carver was a man of not only revolutionary accomplishments, but a man of character as well. He had many inventions that helped out our world and the lives of others. Carver’s most famous for his work with the peanut but there were many other things he did. George Washington Carver revolutionized the farming community greatly improving many people’s lives which is why he is regarded as a hero today.

The qualities that Douglass had were just like any other leader’s qualities, but on the other hand Douglass had experiences that influenced hundreds of Americans all around the country during the civil war. These people were persuaded by this so much that he became one of the top abolitionists. He had the quality to be able to speak to these people so well because of his education that took him a long

Looking at Andrew Carnegie`s early life is particularly important in order to understand the magnitude of his achievements. Andrew Carnegie was born in a small town in Scotland. His father, well known for his vast array of knowledge, was a weaver, the main industry in town. Carnegie`s comprehension of entrepreneurship began at an early age. His family could hardly afford to feed their rabbits, so Carnegie recruited other children in the town and would end up naming a rabbit after each child that helped proving the importance of personal investment in their work. After the invention of automated looms, the Carnegie’s lost everything and moved to Pittsburgh. Carnegie worked at a loom factory and soon after was offered a job to deliver messages by telegraph. Five short years after the family moved to Pittsburgh, Carnegie got a job at the Pennsylvania Railroad. Andrew Carnegie, overworked and exhausted because of his involvement in rebuilding telegraph lines and railroad tracks during the Civil War, began his investing career as an entrepreneur after having a mild stroke. He saw the

In brief, these men had strong characteristics but shared these traits the most. But unique and alike in the same way, they help build America’s Political and Social standards in their lifetime. Benjamin was a man known for his many talents and Frederick Douglass was a man known as a great

When I finished reading on this article, I was amazed first by the fact that how much power does love and music has. I never knew the story of Clive Wearing, and this is my first time read it. Before, I only saw the people who had amnesia in the TV shows, and I couldn't shocked more that this is the real story in life. I couldn't imagine what his life was, and I'm very impressed what had been done by his wife. Deborah always stayed and helped him in his life after the illness, and I believe that because of this, which the joy and happiness that brings to him when Clive sees Deborah every day, Clive has lived so long. Maybe this is the truth of love, and from Clive's experience, you can tell love is unforgotten. It's very clear that love is

Simile: a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar.