Ray Larabie Research Paper

Avriel Benjamin Kaplan was born on April 17, 1989, to Michael Kaplan and Shelly Kaplan in Visalia, California. Since Michael Kaplan was Jewish Avriel Benjamin Kaplan’s name was hard to pronounce, so they called him Avi for short. When Avi Kaplan was five years old his sister was born, Esther Kaplan. He went to school at Mt. Whitney High School. In school, Kaplan was bullied because he was part Jewish. As a freshman in high school, he was asked to join a chamber choir primarily made up of junior and senior students. When Kaplan was 15 he taught himself to play guitar, and later in life, he even performed at restaurants and other places. he performed at Visalia, California coffee houses. Kaplan wrote his first song called “Collision” which is very close to his heart.

Christopher Johnson Mccandless, an intelligent young man, dies while trying to live in Alaska; by choice. The death of Mccandless was a controversial matter: people argued their thoughts on Mccandless’ story, and who's to blame for Mccandless' death. Some say it’s Mccandless’ own stupidity, or his honorable seek for thrill. Others say it’s his parents’ horrible way of raising him, or nature’s unforeseen acts. However, it is a mixture of all these, with Mccandless being the most at fault. Mccandless might have had choices, but there were things he couldn’t control, neither can anyone else.

There has been much controversy involving racial injustices. From the many killings by police officers of innocent and unarmed African Americans, to well recognized symbolism that may have negative connotations to some such as the Confederate flag. Many of these problems have been brought up a numerous amount of times, but never resolved. It would be a much better world if there was not any division among us. If finding solutions to these issues is a goal that is desired to be achieved, then only talking about the problem must stop, and action needs to take place. The Tillman building was built in 1894 and was formerly known as the Main Building. The name was changed in 1962 after Benjamin Tillman who was a South Carolina governor, a United

What makes a person a hero is their unhabitual nature to inspire others to believe that anyone can do what they want. One such man has earned his way to becoming such a hero: Chris McCandless. Christopher McCandless was a young man who decided to leave his old life, to become Alex Supertramp, and go out to do whatever he saw fit. The controversy around the life and death of Chris McCandless has been highly debated on whether he should be admired as a hero or shamed for being a fool. Chris McCandless has gained the right to be admired for being free-willed, iconic, and brave.

Twenty-one years ago this month, on September 6, 1992, the decomposed body of Christopher McCandless was discovered by moose hunters just outside the northern boundary of Denali National Park. He had died inside a rusting bus that served as a makeshift shelter for trappers, dog mushers, and other backcountry visitors. Taped to the door was a note scrawled on a page torn from a novel by Nikolai

Alexander Supertramp, a nickname used by Chris McCandless, stunned the whole nation with his unique experience. Some people said that he was a hero and he escaped from tarnished and sinful world to a wonderland in Alaska where he could live in harmony with nature. On the other side, some people judged that he was a tactless idiot who paid a price for his recklessness.

Risking their lives to document the war. Joe Rosenthal, Abbie Rowe, Marie Hansen, Hugo Jaeger and Lee Miller, captured amazing times in history during, World War II. Joe Rosenthal, known for the famous photograph of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, this photograph is one of the most famous photographs in the world. Abbie Rowe worked with the government, becoming a photographer for the National Capital Parks of the National Park Service. Women photojournalist, Marie Hansen was hired by LIFE magazine, being assigned to Women’s Army Auxiliary Crops. Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer, Hugo Jaeger, Führer allowed Jaeger to travel with them to document private events and parties. An iconic woman, Lee Miller is an American photographer and artist, she is famous for the

People have others that they admire like a friend, teacher, coach, or family member. The people they look up to are very important and help influence them in their lives. One influential person in my life is Jim Dunman because he is hard working, respected, and talented.

Going against society is something only very few have done. Not only have they put their name on the line but everything they have done and said. Society is what makes us humans in the modern world. Society says you should go to college and you should raise a family but is it right to do what society tells you ? If what you want is more or less does that make you an awful and ungrateful person. I believe it doesn't we live in the modern age and ethics and values have changed for the most part people today don't do things people would have done 50 years ago.

Abbe Charles was born on November 24, 1712. He was born at Versailles, the position of political power in what was then the most powerful kingdom of Europe. Abbe was born in France. As a young adult he studied for the priesthood and the bar. Early in his education, he primarily focused on the poor.

Eliot Rosewater, the wealthy President of the Rosewater Foundation, a quite remarkable man who despite his moral upbringing, and having a family fortune, Eliot used his money to promote disgusting authors, and ended up unwittingly hurting the people he cares the most about. A WW2 Captain, he mistakenly murdered a group of firemen whom he thought to be SS (Schutzstaffel) troops. After this horrific incident he wanted to do everything in his power to help the fire fighting cause, including becoming a volunteer fireman himself and spending lots of money for the “loudest fire alarm in the western hemisphere”. Through his immature actions, and his mental illness, he lost the respect and love of many people in his life, including his wife, Sylvia

Harold Arlen, originally Hyman Arluck, was a composer, performer, and singer. He is known as a brilliant and extremely skilled composer that wrote many famous songs still known and sung today; however, his true desire was to be a performer, and make a career of singing and playing music. He tried to follow this dream throughout his entire life, but his compositions were his true talent and this took over much of his time that he would have liked to spend performing. Towards the later of his life, he focused only on composing music for clubs and motion pictures.

Richard Holbrooke was known as an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker.In 1962, Holbrooke graduated from Brown University,There he was inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s invitation to work in the government. After Richard Graduated from college he entered the Foreign Service there he would carry out the foreign policy of the United States and providing aid to U.S citizens.One year after entering the Foreign Service, Holbrook began service in Vietnam which would last for six years. He first served in Mekong as a representative for the International development agency working on the Pacification Program. Which involved supporting the South Vietnam government with a variety of

“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” This quote is known from one of Richard Kipling’s works “The Jungle Book”. Kipling is known for doing a lot of things such as being an English Journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelists.

Name an element! Call it Earth? Air? Water? There isn't one that Robbie "Maddo" Maddison hasn't conquered with his dirt bike!