Muriel Spark Research Paper

Before reading “The People of Sparks,” I was very skeptical on how the book would compare to “City of Ember” which was the first book in the series. But after reading the book I was very pleased with how Jeanne Duprau developed the main characters by giving them realistic struggles like how Doon was struggling to control his anger issues, and how Lina’s curiosity and rash decision making still tended to cause trouble. Which leads to the next reason why enjoyed the book which was because it stays true to its original characters, and puts them in an entirely different situation. In the first book Lina and Doon who are the main protagonists in the book had to find their way out of Ember because of its depleting resources, and had to use their

The book Endangered is about the journey of survival and the connection between a young American girl (Sophie) and a bonobo monkey (Otto) in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sophie’s mother lives in the Congo and runs a bonobo sanctuary. While on her way to the sanctuary to visit her mother for the summer, Sophie sees a man on the side of the road with a bonobo. She notices how malnourished and how bad the bonobo looks and against the rules of her mother, Sophie purchases the bonobo. When she reaches the sanctuary her mother is upset because even though she had good intentions of saving the bonobos life, bargaining with the man Sophie inadvertently promoted the illegal sale of the endangered bonobos. While at the sanctuary Sophie struggles to improve Otto’s health and a

Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson a.k.a “MA” was the first woman governor of texas, she was born in Bell County, TX on June 13, 1875 she had two daughters Joseph L. and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace, Miriam A. Ferguson married James E. Ferguson in 1899 at the age 24. Her husband James E. Ferguson tried to get his name on the ballot in 1924 sadly he failed that’s when Miriam A. Ferguson ran for governor before then Miriam always took care of her family that’s why Miriam supporters made up “MA” Ferguson and her first and middle name make up “MA” so they always called her “MA” and to make people vote for her she said she promised with her husband she would have “two governors for the price of one” Miriam promised that she would extensive cuts in the in

Sarah Breedlove which name she was born into on 12/23/1867 in Delta Louisiana on a cotton plantation.Sarah Breedlove parents name was Minerva and Owen Breedlove.Sarah Breedlove had 5 siblings.In all 6 kids Owen and Minerva had,Sarah Breedlove was the first one to be born-free.Sarah Breedlove was born-free because she was born around the war of 1812.

Harriet Pullen, mother of four, traveled to Skagway without her husband to make a living to support her children. She arrived there with big dreams and just seven dollars. She soon began making good money selling apple pies to stampeders, and realized that the real money to be made was by tending to the needs of the stampeders. Pullen saved her pie money to set up a freighting business, in which she earned twenty-five dollars a day (this was very good in this time period). Later, her freighting business began to die down, so she pulled up enough money to buy a hotel, which she called the Pullen House. There, she housed travelers and stampeders. It was extremely successful and she became known as “Ma” Pullen for her hospitality. Harriet Pullen

A year after Harriet's mother passed away Harriet's dad remarried. Lyman Beecher becomes the father of four other children. In 1820 Lyman Beecher begins preaching forcefully against slavery. Young Harriet was not even ten years old yet, is deeply affected by his reformist message. The message that the new state of Missouri should be a free state.

Born on May 4, 1844, in Martinsburg, Virginia, Boyd was the eldest of the eight children of Benjamin Reed and Mary Rebecca Boyd (Abbot). the age of 11, Boyd rode a horse into the family's home during a party to protest her exclusion from an adult dinner party and asked, “Well, my horse is old enough, isn’t he?”, which displayed her strong-willed, high-spirited and quick-witted personality (Moore). Boyd was able to receive a good education, and was able to attend the Mount Washington Female College in Baltimore, Maryland, even though her family were not the wealthiest. (Abbot).

Have you ever put much thought into how an uneducated woman with a disability in reading and writing, could still find a way to work and fight for not only her rights but others too? Isabella Baumfree was a phenomenal woman . She took a stand for women’s rights, blacks rights, and anti-slavery. She was a well-known abolitionist and orator.Isabella Baumfree, was born in 1797, to parents who were enslaved; she was one of twelve children. She had a rough childhood. She was sold at the age of eleven, along with a flock of sheep for the price of one hundred dollars. She experienced countless beatings and sexual abuse from her master (slave owner). Later, she married a man named Thomas and had children of her own. Her children were eventually sold to different plantations. She was only left with her infant daughter . Isabella Baumfree was a runaway slave. As the result of her children being sold, she was only able to escape to freedom with her infant daughter. After she obtained her freedom ,she went to court and challenged the validity of her son being sold into slavery. She was successful against so many odds in the court case. She won. Isabella Baumfree continued down her religious

In 1914, Ida Ellison was screaming in pain in her Oklahoma City home. Lewis Ellison paced the hallways and held his wife’s hand, he was waiting for the birth of his second son. His first son had died before Lewis and Ida moved to Oklahoma. On March 1st, their child, a son, burst into the world, an innocent baby in his family's home. Lewis named his son Ralph Waldo Emerson, in honor of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and both parents hoped their newborn son would grow up to become a poet. Even though during the 1900’s births in the hospital were becoming more common, in frontier states like Oklahoma they were still a relatively unheard of idea. Ida and Lewis had moved to Oklahoma City years prior, with hopes of shielding their children from the racism that they and their ancestors had faced.

A 19-year-old University of Detroit Mercy student won $3 million in a Michigan lottery drawing Thursday.

I was born in 1997 to David Brain Sparks and Heather Jones in Morganton North Carolina. My full name is Garrett Dawson Sparks. For as long as I can remember I have had a fascination with the drums. I used to get yelled at all the time for setting in the kitchen and beating on pots and pans. I don’t think my parents liked my music, but it didn’t make me scale back.

American Puritans in the 17th century were known for their fervor for personal godliness and doctrinal correctness. In addition to believing in the absolute sovereignty of God, the total depravity of man, and the complete dependence of human beings on divine grace for salvation, they stressed the importance of personal religious experience. In her novel Hope Leslie, Catharine Maria Sedgwick critiques the idea of Puritanism and shows its deficiencies through the characters of Everell Fletcher, Hope Leslie, and Magawisca.

There was once a little town called Sparksville just inside the state lines of Wisconsin. It was a small town, unknown to basically everyone who didn’t live in Wisconsin. The people who lived in the town were nice to strangers, for not to many people came through very often, and they also had amazing hospitality. So amazing in fact the hotels would let complete strangers stay for free as long as they spread good news to their friends about the town. There was only one school in town for there were only about 432 residents living in Sparksville at the time, but the school was decently sized for a small town. The students were all grade A students, the teachers rarely often had problems with any of the students as they were raised with generous manners. Since Sparksville was such a small town the school didn’t offer very many sports other than Hockey, Football, and Basketball.

Dorothy Parker was a civil rights activist, journalist and poet of the 20th century. She unfortunately had an unhappy childhood and lost her parents at a young age. Dorothy Parker attended a Catholic grammar school, but at the age of 14 her education came to an end (Academy of American Poets, para. 1). Parker became to be known for her legendary literary figure. In fact Parker worked for several magazines and worked as a book reviewer for The New Yorker.

Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska (Jessica Estremera). He was the second of three children born to Patrick Sparks, a college professor, and his wife Jill. Nicholas spent the early part of his childhood moving around with his family as his father finished up his graduate work (Biography Channel website). "Because my father was a student until I was 9 years old and my mother didn't work, we weren't exactly living the high life when I was little. I grew up on powdered milk and ate tons of potatoes, though to be honest, I never noticed how poor we really were until I was old enough to take an honest appraisal of things. Even then, it didn't matter. For the most part, I had a wonderful childhood