Sherwood Anderson Research Paper

Andrew Carnegie was born into poverty in Scotland and immigrated to the United States with his family for the prospect of a better life. Although, in the United States, his family still struggled to make ends meet until Carnegie was offered a job at a cotton mill as a bobbin boy, changing spools of thread for 12 hours a day, six days a week for $1.20 per week. He became the primary breadwinner of his family at the age of 12. After years of working

What was once a barren area full of trees and grass was soon a bustling city with over 30,000 people. Buildings and houses were around every corner with signs hanging up everywhere. Many of these signs were secret messages to the residents of Oak Ridge to keep what they saw, heard, and did there a secret. This entire city was built faster than any other and it was all for one reason; to build the most destructive weapon in the world. The atomic bomb.

Ernest J. Gaines was born in Oscar, Louisiana in 1933. He was born and raised on a plantation. He had six brothers and sisters and they were taken care of by his great aunt, Augusteen Jefferson. Him and his siblings were sent to labor alongside their elders in the fields. He served in the U.S. Army, but then

Elbert Frank cox was born December 5th, 1895 to Johnson D. Cox and Eugenia Talbot Cox in Evansville Indiana. Growing up he was the oldest of 2 boys. he grew up only with one brother because the other one had died at an early age.Later in his life he got married to Beulah Kaufman and had 4 boys; James Elbert, Eugene Kaufman, Elbert Lucien cox.But sadly one had died at the age of 17 months, so you could say three boys. in his earlier days, he and his family were known for being very close and religious and everything they did they did it with value.

Robert Davis was an African American man. He was not a “thug,” he was not a “drunk,” he was a retired school teacher from New Orleans who was in his sixties. He was brutally attacked by three police officers. He suffered a broken nose and other broken bones in his face. The incident was recorded and went viral. Davis was arrested but faced no charges. Three police officers were charged but only two went to trial. In the end, two of the police officers were fired — the third never made it to trial because he had committed suicide. Davis was compensated for the assault.

Born in San Antonio in 1986, Wesley Matthews, Jr. came from true sports pedigree. He father, Wesley Matthews, was a former NBA point guard who won two NBA Championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. His mother, Pam Moore, also played basketball and was an All-American runner. Matthews, who is currently a six foot five inch shooting guard was named Mr. Basketball in 2005 while playing for James Madison Memorial High School. After high school, Matthew received a lot of pressure to attend his father's alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Instead, Matthews chose to go to Marquette University. He made a good choice and was named Second-team All-Big East in 2009.

Charles Alexander Eastman was born in a buffalo hide near Redwood falls, minnesota in the winter of 1858. They named him Hakadah- the pitiful last because he was the only one out of his 3 brothers and 1 sister, and his mother died shortly after his birth. She was the granddaughter of chief red cloud. Hakadah’s father was named Many Lightings- Tawakanhdeota. He was a full-blooded Sioux and later took the name Jacob eastman. Since Hakadah’s mother had died, he was raised in the tribe’s homeland of minnesota by his grandmother. When he was 4, the “sioux Uprising of 1862” occurred, and he became separated from his father, elder and his sister- whom the tribe thought had been killed by the whites. Hadakah was taken into exile into Manitoba with

Strike three, batter out. The world’s fastest pitch in baseball has just been broken. A new record now stands to beat. Aroldis Chapman of the Cincinnati Reds has the new record. He struck out Andrew McCutchen with a 106.1 mph fastball. This is how the great Aroldis Chapman got to throw that speed and pitch.

Born in January of 1580 in Lincolnshire, England, started out as an apprentice to a merchant before later joining the English army. During his military career he was captured during a movement in Hungary against the Turks. After being enslaved for a time he was sent to serve a mistress for awhile before being sent again on to the mistress's brother. In the hands of this man, Smith was required to do farm work and received harsh treatment. John, in turn of this harsh treatment, ended up killing the man he was working for and escaped to England a short time later (early 1600s).

Peter was born 27 August 1870 to George and Karen Norbeck, who were Norwegian immigrants. He attended public schools and the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. Back in 1895 Peter was a contractor and driller of deep oil, water, and gas wells. In 1900 he moved to Redfield and added agriculture to his interests. Peter Norbeck married Lydia Theresa Anderson in 1901 and they had three daughters, Nellie, Ruth, and Selma (Sally) and a son, Harold.

Robert Alton Harris was born January 15th, 1953 in North Carolina. HIs mother, Barbara Harris was only six and a half months pregnant when she had to deliver Harris due to her husband kicking her in the stomach. Harris’s father accused Barbra of having an affair with another man and thought that the child was not his. So, in a drunk fir of rage, he pushed and kicked his wife, causing her to have to deliver Harris at onlysix and a half months. Barbara felt resentment towards Harris, and in turn began abusing him just as her husband abused her. While most of the nine Harris children were abused in the household, his siblings agreed that Robert was abused the most. As a child, Harris had a speech impediment, as well as a learning disability, Harris became a target for bullying in his school. Harris would come home from being teased at school, to being abused at home by his parents. As a young adult Harris would often take his frustrations out by killing animals, mainly cats and dogs, while laughing maniacally according to his brother, Daniel Harris By the age of fourteen, Rover was sent to a federal

Charles Eastman was an influential man. He set high standards for the men of his time. He developed and progressed several organizations that we still have today. He set the tone for developing a equal and empowering time of Indian rights, Indian literacy, and Indian medicine. Eastman strived to give back to the communities by helping them grow and succeed.

Andrew Carnegie was born in November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He grew up in a weaver’s cottage with his father, William Carnegie and his mother Margaret Morrison Carnegie. Carnegie’s father worked as a weaver, but they soon fell into poverty because of the new factory looms. Carnegie began to realize the meaning of poverty as he watched his father beg for work. Carnegie’s mother feared for their survival in the poverty of Scotland and began to investigate for possibilities in America. In 1848, the Carnegies immigrated to America with the help of borrowing twenty pounds and that is where Carnegie’s life begins to unfold.

According to Popular Science, Malcolm Scott Carpenter messed up while trying to bring his capsule back to Earth. His mistakes almost killed him, and he ended up crashing the capsule several hundred miles away from his landing site. His ignorance, and the feeling that he knows exactly what he's doing and that he needs no one else to do it, is something I can relate to. Another thing I can relate to is his mistakes when he ignores the advice, and the harsh consequences that may come with such a mistake. While in flight, Carpenter ignored Flight Director Chris Kraft's constant stream of orders to conserve his fuel. Even worse, when Aurora 7's computer turned on the low fuel light, Carpenter "…promptly covered it with a piece of tape so it wouldn't

After we are introduced to her husband, in paragraphs nine through fourteen Anderson flashes back to her youth in an abusive foster home, as well as her short courtship and abrupt marriage to an equally cruel husband. Even as a young girl she is fulfilling her role as caretaker and feeder. She fulfills