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He a brawler and school dropout. He became foreman of the Big Six Fire Engine Company (not was first elected to the Board of Aldermen, and then to Congress. He rose through the political ranks and over time gained control of Tammany Hall's political machine and was able

Hi! Let me introduce myself. I am Marley Bangert, I will be a senior next year at Madeira High School, and next year I will be taking CP English Twelve. Throughout this past year in American Literature I learned that a lot can change in a school year. So much about my writing skill and my reading comprehension has improved throughout these past 9 months. First, I am going to discuss my reading comprehension skill and how it changed and improved throughout this year. Reading has never been my strong

Wilde mother published an article under the name of Speranza. Both Oscar Wilde parents had two sons, Willie and Oscar and a daughter under the name of Isola Francesca, but later died and suffer of a fever during her early childhood. During his high school, Wilde was studios and a very intelligent student. He is a top student and received kinds of award. One of the awards that Oscar Wilde receives

How do authors generate ideas when writing? Many authors shape their works by reflecting on occurrences in their lives. While some utilize positive occurrences, more often than not, poets incorporate unpleasant experiences in their compositions. Mary Oliver exhibits this technique by incorporating her tough childhood into her poetry. “…with words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation”

Langston Hughes was an extraordinary African-American poet, author, and playwright whose revolutionary writing style fueled the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights movement. Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri and began publishing poetry in 1921. He attended Columbia University for a year, traveled to Mexico, Africa, and Spain, and completed his education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. His work included many poems, books, and plays and a popular column for

magnificent. “The Starry Night” was painted as a manifestation of religious and spiritual expression to through symbolism and color theory. Before van Gogh was an artist, he spent time as a teacher, an assistant preacher, a bookseller, and then went to school for theology. He finally abandons all these pursuits by becoming an evangelist to coal miners in southern Belgium. He empathized with them and acquired humanitarian-like traits; it was there that occurred the “transformation of his love of God…into

James Mercer Langston Hughes was African American poet, who wrote for more than the average African American male. Hughes’s was a Social activist for African Americans during his lifetime. Hughes took great interest in the music of the Harlem Renaissance which can be seen in his later works by taking the beat and message of the Jazz music played in Harlem at the time. It is safe to say that Langston Hughes influenced many African Americans through his writing, social and political activities, and

Movement to express specific ideas within his poems. Born on June 3rd, 1926, Allen Ginsberg grew up in the city of Patterson with his mother and father. He kept a journal in his teen years and loved the poetry of Walt Whitman during high school and attended Columbia University after his high school years. In 1954 Ginsberg moved

mundane are just some of the attributes that make his work instantly recognizable (Cunningham). Collins’ ability to write poetry was evident at an early age. He wrote his first poem at the age of 12 and went on to join the literary magazine of his high school (Cunningham). Collins has earned numerous literary degrees including a Bachelor in Arts from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a doctorate in Romantic poetry from the University of California, Riverside, in 1971. Collins’

acknowledgment of the mundane are just some of the attributes that make his work instantly recognizable. Collins’ ability to write poetry was evident at an early age. He wrote his first poem at the age of 12 and went on to join the literary magazine of his high school (Cunningham). Collins has earned numerous literary degrees including a Bachelor in Arts from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a doctorate in Romantic poetry from the University of California, Riverside, in 1971. Collins’