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in the military. He instead dreamed of one day studying law and becoming a lawyer. However, after his father experienced economic troubles in an economic depression during 1873, Pershing submitted an application to West Point Military Academy in hopes of a free education that could lead to law school later in life. Even upon accepting admittance to West Point, he did not intend to make a career out of the military, but once at the Military Academy, he quickly assimilated into the

My personal myth story begins on the day that I was born. October 17th, 1989. The day of the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake. I was born at 4:05, almost an hour exactly before the earthquake shook northern California. Since that day, my family has always referred to me as the earthquake baby. I immediately connected to the Poseidon archetype, as well as to the archetype of Hades, and see characteristics of these two gods play out in my personal life. In this paper, I would first like to discuss

Life: Hildegard of Bingen, who lived from 1098 to 1179, was the tenth child of a noble couple who promised her to the service of the church as a tithe. At eight years old, Hildegard entered into the Benedictine monastery at Mount St. Disibode to start her formal education. Raised by a religious recluse, Hildegard lived in a stone cell with a single window and took her vows at the age of fourteen. As a child, Hildegard experienced vivid visions, which she kept hidden throughout her childhood.

Her formal schooling was phenomenal for girls in the early 19th century, though not unusual for girls in Amherst. After spending some time in Amherst district school, she attended Amherst Academy for about 7 years before entering Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) in 1847. Dickinson’s early years were not without distress. Deaths of friends and relatives, including her young cousin Sophia Holland, prompted questions about death and immortality. Death happens to be a recurring

Emily Dickinson is said to be one of “America’s greatest and most original poets of all time” (Poetry Foundation). Dickinson grew up in a time where literacy and education were important features of the average person. Because of this great emphasis on learning and literature, Dickinson intended all of her poetry to be based merely on possibility, which is still strongly seen by her readers today (McCormack). Emily Dickinson was easily influenced by events occurring around her and her feelings

The Kray twins were infamous gangsters in London during 1960’s. Ronnie and Reggie Kray were born on the 24 of October in Hoxton, east London. The twins were notorious for their gang and its violence also for narrowly avoiding being sent to prison many times. Although many people know the things the Kray twins did when they were already famous no one really knows what made them become gangsters. The Kray twins were Irish, Jewish and Roman Gypsy. They were identical twins. Reggie born 10 minutes

About a year and a half ago my brother and I were at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp during the summer. I was talking with one of my buddies in the camp about how I am Jewish, when suddenly a camp counselor tapped me on my shoulder. I turned around and he had the most utterly confused look on his face I’d ever seen. He actually asked me without a doubt on his mind “Wait? If your jewish then where's your horns?” When other kids heard him ask me they wondered as well and for some reason started to actually

In the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. When Africans first came to America, they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, greedy, lazy Americans. They were given no pay and often badly whipped and beaten. African Americans fought for their freedom, and up until the Civil War it was never given to them. When the Civil War began, they wanted to take part in fighting to free all slaves. Their

meditations III and V. The title of the third meditation is “The Fire Sermon”; Buddhists will recognize this title from a sermon given by Buddha himself; Eliot notes for his Christian readers that it measures in importance as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. In this sermon, Buddha describes everything as being on fire, and he explains ‘everything’ as the eye and all it sees, the ear and all it hears, the nose and all it smells, the tongue and all it tastes, the body and all it feels, and the mind including

Raul Rios Professor Peters English 2327 30 April 2016 Harriett Jacobs: Cultural Analysis Cultural analysis can be associated with a person’s race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or region. An easy way to examine a person’s cultural analysis is to simply pull up a text book and or a website about the person and find very good information about the person. Yet when it comes to famous writers of history, their cultural analysis can be determined through their marvelous and significant