Nicholas Hughes

Edward James Hughes was born 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire in a terraced house overlooking the Rochdale canal. He lived just on the border between city and country. This early setting of seeing firsthand the contrast and split in civilization enforced in him a very dualistic view of life. His early childhood days also had a profound impact on his disposition as he became fascinated with nature and the animals within it. Animals held specific importance to Hughes as his hobby of hunting

her own life when she was only thirty at the time and she left behind an absolute artistic legacy. Plath’s life was intertwined into her poetry, ironically critics weren’t allowed to offer insights into her agony and her work. She was married to Ted Hughes, he became the poet laureate of England and he used copyright control over her works to refuse the biographers permission to quote his wife’s works when her point of view disagreed with his own. Plath was known to be neurotic and very moody that no

no doubt that Ted Hughes was not only one of the most renowned British poets of the twentieth century, but also one of the most controversial and influential. With such masterpieces such as “The Iron Giant” and “The Crow” there is no doubt in his contribution to literature and poetry. Hughes utilized his life as inspiration for most of his work; he borrowed events from his childhood on a farm and the deaths of his wives to create works of poetry that are dark and emotional. Hughes gained a reputation

Sylvia Plath received a scholarship after Smith to attend Newnham College in England. She met her husband, Ted Hughes, there. Ted Hughes was not a very good husband and they went through a tough relationship. In the end, he left her for another woman, eventually leading her to the depression that ended her life. While studying at the university's Newnham College, she met Ted Hughes. Plath published her first poetry collection, The Colossus in 1960, and during the same year, she gave birth to her

Poetry Analysis for the Theme for English B Langston Hughes the speaker and author of the poem “Theme for English B” uses figurative language, imagery, and tone to develop the theme of racial discrimination. The poem focuses on how he is different from a racial standpoint but is similar in the way he lives and is an American. Langston Hughes uses figurative language throughout his poem. “I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you.” (Line 18). This is an example of personification in his poetry

Langston Hughes is regarded as one of the most significant American authors of the twentieth century. Foremost a poet, he was the first African-American to earn a living solely from his writings after he became established. Over a forty-year career beginning in the 1920s until his death in 1967, Hughes produced poetry, plays, novels, and a variety of nonfiction. He is perhaps best known for his creation of the fictional character, Jesse B. Semple, which first appeared in a Chicago Defender newspaper

love at first sight. Sylvia Plath, an American writer, experienced the desirable moment the first time she saw Ted Hughes, an English poet (Middlebrook). The romantic relationship between Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath grew instantly. They both shared a love of writing, but yet their relationship began to go downhill five years after their marriage (Popova). The marriage between Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath was destructive because of Sylvia’s unstable mental health and Ted’s unfaithfulness, but it was

Maddy Michielssen Mr. Hyde English 2 Pre-AP, Period 4 Tuesday, October 17, 2014 The Notebook Nicholas Sparks SETTING The story of The Notebook begins in New Bern, a city close to North Carolina’s North coast, in Craven Country in 1932. The story then fast-forwards to the year 1946, still in the same city, New Bern, in the deep south of the Unite States. The story ends in the modern era, today, in a nursing home called Creekside Extended Care Facility. PLOT A man named Noah Calhoun retreated back

THE NOTEBOOK By Nicholas Sparks The love story between two different teenagers that come from completely different worlds is the most remarkable. The Notebook is about two young teenagers who fell head over heels with each other. They got separated by Allie’s upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn’t right for her. But that obstacle didn’t stop these two young lovers from being together even if it took years. This beautiful tale has a special

II. Background Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska (Jessica Estremera). He was the second of three children born to Patrick Sparks, a college professor, and his wife Jill. Nicholas spent the early part of his childhood moving around with his family as his father finished up his graduate work (Biography Channel website). "Because my father was a student until I was 9 years old and my mother didn't work, we weren't exactly living the high life when I was little. I grew