Rabindranath Tagore

Mohandas Gandhi was born in 1869 in the Indian coastal city of Porbandar (Background Essay). He then studied law in London, where he noticed that Indians were expected to imitate their rulers, the Englishmen (Background Essay). Gandhi wanted all people to live free, even those imposed by India’s caste system so he decided to take action in a peaceful manner (Background Essay). By doing so he was able to gain India’s independence in 1947 (Background Essay). This caused Gandhi to be known as “ Mahatma” or “ Great Soul” because he was able to do it without violence (Background Essay). Gandhi’s nonviolent movement worked because he accepted the consequences to his actions, strived for fairness to all mankind, and didn’t think of the British as enemies.

“Gitanjali” is the collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore published in November 1912. It comprises of 103 poems translated in English by Rabindranath Tagore himself. He became the first non-European writer to be awarded with Nobel Prize for the translated version of Gitanjali in literature background. Originally Gitanjali was written in Bengali which comprises of 157 poems and was published in 14 august 1910. Tagore began writing at very young age and many of his verses are in the form of prayer written during hard and painful period of his life during which he lost his father, wife daughter and son in quick succession. He became unshakably devoted to god and his verses are spiritual in nature. It is to be noted that Tagore played a very prominent role in India’s freedom struggle and likewise patriotism can be seen in his verse too. Gitanjali contains translation of 53 poems from the original Bengali gitanjali, as well as 50 poems were from his drama Achalayatan, and from eight other books of poetry 17 poems from Gitimalya,15 poems from Naivedya and 11 poems from Kheya.

James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was very small, and his father (who found American racism made his desires to be a lawyer impossible) left the family and emigrated to Mexico. Hughes' mother moved with her child to Lawrence, Kansas, so she and he could live with his grandmother, Mary Langston.

Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar, India. He spent most of his childhood going to school and growing up in different parts of India, moving to Rajkot when he was only seven years old. He was the youngest member of his family, growing up with 3 older siblings. When Gandhi was growing up he took his religion of Hinduism very seriously.

Nathaniel was born on july 4, 1804 in Salem Massachusetts. Nathaniel was the only son of Elizabeth and William. His father, a sea captain died of yellow fever ,soon after they moved in with Elizabeth's wealthy brother because they could not support themselves. Afterwards he got leg injury for a few months and in that time he starting reading and decided he wanted to be a writer. With the help of his wealthy uncle he was able to get into college from 1821 to 1825 (www.123helpme.com).

James Langston Hughes was born February 1st, 1901, in Joplin, Missouri. His father, James Nathaniel Hughes, was a stenographer and bookkeeper and his mother, Carrie Mercer Langston, was a stenographer. Hughes's father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Cuba and then to Mexico when Hughes was young to escape the racism of America. Often left by his mother who was unemployed and searching for jobs, Langston Hughes was mainly raised by his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. Finally in 1915, he moved Lincoln, Nebraska and later to Cleveland, Ohio with his mother and step-father.

Mohandas K. Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. Gandhi’s mother, Putlibai Gandhi, was illiterate, but her intelligence and religious devotion had a great impact on Gandhi’s character. Gandhi’s father, Karamchand Gandhi, was the chief of the

Edgar Allan Poe was an American gothic writer, literacy critic and editor whose work greatly impacted the world of literacy and history itself. Poe was introduced to the world in the early 19th century, his time on earth being 1809 to 1849. Throughout his life, Poe experienced tragedy that could be reflected by his gothic writing style. Regardless of his hardships, he did not fail to leave a positive mark on the world. Poe revolutionized the way American’s viewed literacy and re-birthed an unpopular genre of art.

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, MA (“Edgar Allan Poe.” Encyclopedia). Poe’s parents were Elizabeth Arnold Poe [his mother] and his father, David Poe (“Edgar Allan Poe.” Encyclopedia). His father

Mohandas Gandhi, later called Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2,1869 in Porbandar, which is the present day state of Gujarat, India (Andrews

    Langston Hughes had a very rough childhood.  Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on the first of February in 1902.  After Hughes was born, his father divorced his mother and moved to Mexico.  Hughes was raised by his mother’s mother because his mother loved to move around a lot.  Hughes’s grandmother, the one that raised him, died when Hughes was a teenager.  Hughes finally settled down with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio.

Einstein was a master and innovator of physics and Gandhi was likewise for the moral and political domains. Reading copious amounts of books and absorbing knowledge were characteristic of both early on in their lives. Einstein’s favored authors of James C Maxwell and Aaron Bernstein would center his fascination in the world of physics. Gandhi was well versed in all the works of the major religions and gained influence from writers such as Leo Tolstoy and Henry Thoreau. Their innovations were not wholly original, as many aspects of relativity can be found in the works of Lorentz and Poincaré and many parts of satyagraha can be found in the teachings of Christ and Tolstoy amongst

Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi was born during the British rule in India on October 2, 1869. Gandhi in the year of 1888 was sent to England to pursue law, where he developed interest in the philosophy of nonviolence as expressed in the holy Bhagawad Gita, a scared text of Hindu scriptures. However after passing the bar, he found little accomplishment in his attempt to practice law in India, which is when he accepted a position in South Africa, where he assisted on a lawsuit. (Mohandas Gandhi, 2015)

Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916, in Llandaff, South Wales. His parents were Norwegian. His father had immigrated from Norway to England. He took a trip back to Norway in hopes of finding a new wife to help him raise his son and

Agatha Christie was born in September 1890, Agatha Christie grew up in a middle-class environment in southwestern England, she spent her childhood in a happy environment surrounded by some powerful and independent women, Agatha Christie's mother learned about the importance of education and therefore encouraged Agatha to receive her education from home, she learned to play piano and play mandolin.