Why Did Harry Houdini Stay Famous

The passionate, exaggerated; P.T. Barnum is known to the world as the “Greatest Showman” for his impactful role in entertainment. Barnum was one of the most influential showmen of all time because he used his gifts, talents, and skills in order to better the lives of the people around him. Not only was Barnum a fantastic showman, but was also a politician and businessman. Even though Barnum was involved with other professions, he said of himself, “I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me,” (Kunhardt). Because of his love for show business, Barnum transformed the modern day circus, which entertained and brought joy to generations of people all over the world.

Harry Potter is a fictional character invented by J.K Rowling in the series of seven books starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Wikipedia, 2015). Harry is the main character in this series whose parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his aunt and uncle (Philosopher’s Stone, 1997, p.5). Harry was neglected by his aunt and uncle (Philosopher’s Stone, 1997, p.27). Harry is presented a whole new reality when he goes to the zoo one day and his integration into the magical world changes him from the foundation. These changes within him will be analysed using the developmental psychology theories of Lawrence Kohlberg and Erik Erikson to explain how the environment aided or obstructed Harry’s development.

Al Capone was a highly known gangster in the 1920s Alphonse Capone born in Brooklyn, New York to a poor US immigrant couple, Gabriele and Teresina Capone, seeking a better opportunity for their then big family of eight children. He was known for running many lucrative illegal businesses that included alcohol bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and protection. Al Capone was so notorious that he would murder those who got in his way. With little prosecution of his actions, Al Capone believed his self to being unstoppable. Al Capone, being raised as a kid in poverty learned hands on how to organize crime and became the biggest force in organized crime.

As a youngster, Berdy also developed a fascination for magic. He became so skilled, he won the top award for young magicians at the World Deaf Magicians Festival held in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In the trick he made a massive 2,000 pound animal disappear into thin air.In my opinion it was one of the coolest tricks he ever did.

In his book he writes that he may have excepted this fact were it not for his walk home one night. He was with his partner at the time and by some trick of fate they passed none other than Al Capone on the street. To his amazement his partner tipped his hat and all but bowed as they passed.

On the other hand, Walter Mitty did not become famous, he even lost his job, trying to accomplish his personal goal. He started his legend when he was on the verge of losing his job, leading to his search for Sean O’Connell and the missing negative, Negative 25. His search led him to Greenland, Iceland, Los Angeles, and the Himalayas. In the end, he got fired, even though he got the negative back to LIFE Magazine, and the only people who knew were Cheryl and himself, making his legend a truly personal

Grayson C. History, 8-2 Monday, May 8th Harry Houdini: A Failure? Did you know that Houdini is considered by most experts to have failed at his central goal in life? Harry Houdini, can be seen as a failure at his life’s ultimate mission: to expose spiritualists and charlatans. He kicked off his career imposing a fashionable belief in superhuman abilities, but started to feel guilty about taking advantage of people like that.

When Capone was a child he was good in school until he started falling behind in 6th grade. One day his teacher hit him because he had been skipping school and he struck her back. His principle beat him for hitting a teacher, and he never returned to school after that. Then later he moved to the outskirts of the Park Slope neighborhood

King Henry; paper 4 Essay In this speech, King Henry is addressing Harry, one of his kinsmen who have apparently fallen out of favor with King Harry. In his speech, the King openly criticizes Harry foe openly betraying him before multitudes even when the king had enthroned him with the authority to represent him in all public gatherings. The kings subsequently reminds Harry that he will no longer belong to the royal family and his space henceforth has been taken by his cousin who the king believes will best represent his values and core principals as compared to Harry. The general mood in the except is full of remorse and regret as the kind]g ponders over the next move now that he has lost trust of his subjects as a result of actions of Harry.

Harry Houdini is a name that will forever be remembered as “The Great Escape Artist.” Harry Houdini was born to the name of Ehrich Weisz on March 24, 1874. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. His mother was Cecilia Weisz and his father, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz. His mother had six children, Houdini was the fourth child, and Rabbi Mayer also had a child from a previous marriage. Rabbi Mayer emigrated from Hungary to the United States because conditions started to look bad for the Jews in Eastern Europe. When Houdini was about four years old Cecilia and the children soon followed Mayer to America. (Shelly Schwartz)

From prisons to the public, everyone was itching to see what Houdini would do next in his career. Every act was more daring than the last. Six boiler workers challenged him to escape a “galvanized-iron hot-water tank,” which he “emerged fifty-five minutes later...his suit torn and dirty, his face bloody and his hands bruised” (Kasson 119). Not only did these challenges against water tanks, tires, and handcuffs prove his abilities as the fittest escape artist, it also proved him superior to modernity. These symbols of modern technology represented how modern man was feeling trapped by the industrialization. Houdini, against all powers of the latest technology, still came out on top.

I think that Houdini became such a famous magician because everyone will go to a magic show. Also, the stunts he performed where “magic” or so unexplainable that people who saw it probably came back again, and again to try and figure out how Houdini did his tricks. Also, I think that Houdini would not have become such a popular person if he had been something else like an artist because most paintings are sold and then people normally don’t really care about who their painting is made by. He might have become a little famous if he

This evidence proves my claim, because my claim is that Houdini was a better magician than a showman. In this piece of evidence it compares Houdini to other well-renowned magicians like Merlin and how Houdini could "he could of sawed Merlin" which means Houdini was a better magician than Merlin. Inclusion Houdini was the better magician, not a better

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