Shirley Temple

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Andy Warhol’s Gold Marilyn Monroe are arguably some of the most iconic and famous art pieces in history. However, what sets these two art pieces apart, and how are they even remotely similar? Both Da Vinci and Warhol used formal components of art to capture the attention of their audience and depict the beauty of their subjects but the technique used sets both of these

Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Baker on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital, to Gladys Baker. Gladys had been a film cutter at RKO studios, but psychological problems prevented her from keeping the job and she was eventually committed to a mental institution, because of that Norma Jean spent time in foster homes until she was 16 years of age. As an unlucky soul, Marilyn focused on her dreams of becoming a movie star. Being born and raised to a custom of fame and fortune in

Individuals look at a home has a place of shelter and a place of refuge after a long day. In Marilyn Dumont case, her home is more than just a home. It’s a sense of serenity. The poem is about a mother who is faced with a huge loss of her child. The loss that happens in the poem are some that individuals in that situation would not want to face alone. Coping with such a tragedy in her case would be through her child carrying in his or her life through the land that the speaker holds so close to her. In the poem “Not just a Platform for my Dance”, Marilyn Dumont uses landscape and nature as a coping method to help find serenity.

Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, California. She was the daughter of Leslie Hardie (President of Stecher-Traung Lithograph,Inc.) and Geraldine Bugbee Jackson.

The main idea is the central thought of the story and in order to support this main idea authors use tools that are very effective. Thomas Pierce, the author of the short story “Shirley Temple Three,” is a recipient of the 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation. Many of his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Zoetrope, The Oxford American, and Virginia Quarterly Review (“Thomas Pierce”). Shirley Temple Three is a short story about the struggles a mammoth represents in a woman’s life. Imagery, setting, and tone are elements of fiction that author’s use to strengthen the central thought of the story. Thomas Pierce uses symbolism, conflict and character development to support the main idea that one should let go

As we know Shirley Temple was a young prodigy with a lot of money. Jing mei mom wanted her to be a prodigy so that she could make money for their household because they were kind of low class. Jing Mei mom worked for different people to clean their houses so that she could get money for her household. She also wanted Jing Mei’ to be a prodigy just so she could have some type of talent because her siblings daughters all had a type of talent and they parents were always bragging, so Jing Mei’s mom wanted her to be a prodigy like Shirley Temple whom of course made a good amount of money for it, and was very

Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York, to Henry and Desiree Ball. She also had a younger brother, Fred, who was born four years later in 1915. While Lucille's mother was still pregnant with Fred, her father was struck with typhoid fever and passed away. After her father passed away, her mother eventually remarried to Ed Peterson. Ed, not being a fan of children, decided that he and Desiree would move to Detroit without Lucille’s kids. Fred moved in with Desiree’s parents, and Lucille moved in with Ed’s parents. Lucille recalled her new family being very poor and strict, saying that they didn’t even have enough money for school pencils. Ed’s mother taught her needlework, which is how she ended up loving to crochet for the rest of her life.

Lucille Teasdale-Corti was one of the first female surgeons in Canada. Lucille studied hard in school, graduated with top marks. She specialized in surgery. Lucille interned in a children's hospital in Montreal. While she was working she meet Piero Corti an Italian doctor who studied in pediatrics. She had to move to France to complete her training. Piero Corti, who would soon be her husband asked Lucille if she would join him in Uganda to work as the hospital’s first and only surgeon. They travelled to Gulu, Uganda, to practice medicine and to help those in need. She was the only doctor there so she saw lots of patients and lots of surgery in hard conditions sometimes. But this glorious work she did would kill her by contracting aids, she was told that she would die in two years still worked for another eleven years she died at 67 in 1996. She's one of the most remarkable women in Canada.

In the late 1950’s, Warhol began to have the interest in painting. He painted his first well-known paintings, which was based on comics, and ads he found in 1961. The next year the big spots lights came on and he had his big introduction on the Campbell’s Soup Can series, which changed him completely. Shortly after, Warhol got the inspiration and started working on a large variety of movie star portraits, including Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, and the biggest of all Marilyn Monroe. Using screen-printing process, and knowing that Marilyn was one of the biggest deaths in a while, he decided to take that for granted and come up with this marvilent idea to make him go viral.

Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010)[1] was an American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.

Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like the NAACP, at an early age.

Rap is a language that is composed of rhyming lyrics that send a message in their verses. Though it “is often intended to confuse and even affront many members of the listening public” (Bradley xxxvi). It has become a voice that can be heard and express opinions. Like many male and female rappers who have used this form of language to get their point across. In where we will compare both genders in viewing their similarities and difference in how they portray rap.

Brought into this world in June of 1926 was a baby girl named Norma Jeane Mortenson, otherwise known as Marilyn Monroe. Her childhood was mostly spent in the orphanages and foster homes in California. This was a result of never

1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. Air conditioning is invented, and Walt Disney produces Flowers and Trees, the first film to be released in three-strip technicolour. The year also marked the emergence of a short film series, Baby Burlesks. The star of the series was a three-year-old newcomer, Shirley Temple who played the lead role in each short film. Throughout the eight films, Temple and her co-stars are comedically portrayed in adult roles, which reference popular Hollywood culture such as pre-existing films and political events.

Louise Mallard is Kate Chopin short story's protagonist. As noted earlier, Louise has a heart trouble during the time when her friends are to break her husband's death news to her. She reacts to the news despite her heart condition with a flood of grief. She quickly retreats to her room which indicates repressiveness which she is accustomed to. She briefly feels guilt out of experiencing joy at the freedom which is brought by the death of her husband. She is later faced with some complex mix of love and resentment emotions which are elicited by the thoughts of Brently's tenderness with absolute control of her life from her husband. She ultimately welcomes her independence which she has newly found and then takes on the newly self-possessed individual's life. This essay will emphasize my argument on how the story shows some aspect of mental change in character, and I will identify where this starts in the character, what happens to cause the change, what the change is, and the consequences of this change for the character.