I chose to write journal entries about the book Ellen Foster written by Kaye Gibbons. Each of the journal entries are written by Ellen showing her perspectives over different scenarios throughout the book. The first journal entry she writes is about her dad being an abusive father. She writes about how she is tired of being abused and she ends up finding another place to go. The second journal entry is saying how she was only able to stay at her Aunt's house for a short while until she had to go back to her father's house.…
For this paper I will be answering the question, “how did the American Civil War effect Elizabeth Val Lew”. I have always had a strong interest in the Civil War. I am particularly interested in the Battle of Gettysburg and Michigan’s involvement in the war. Recently I have become interested in the role women had during the war as well. During the war many women enlisted in positions that were mainly set aside for men, for example nurses.…
Daphne du Maurier, also called “Lady Browning” is a British author. She was born on May 13, 1907 to a creative, wealthy, successful family, rich in history. George du Maurier, her grandfather, was an author, as well as a cartoonist. Her mother was the actress Muriel Beaumont, and her father Gerald du Maurier was a well-known actor-manager.…
Elizabeth dowdeswell was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on November 9, 1944, and moved with her family to Canada in 1947, settling in rural Saskatchewan. Her father Desmond Granville Patton (1920-2008) was aUnited Church of Canada minister. Dowdeswell married at a young age but soon divorced. She attended the University of Saskatchewan and utah State University and later became a teacher and university lecturer.…
3. According to Mary Eberstadt "yesterday's rock was the music of abandon, today's is that of abandonment. " In the past, musical lyric called to do your own things, be independent, express yourself, be free, but today's music describes "our home-alone world," how children experience loneliness when parents prefer personal problems and careers. As an example Eberstadt took famous rapper Eminem and his songs.…
Ellen DeGeneres was born on January 26, 1958 in Metairie, Louisiana. Ellen is the youngest of two. She has an older brother named Vance, a mother named Elizabeth “Betty” and a father named Elliot. Both her parents filed for divorce when she 15 years old; after the divorce Ellen and Vance were separated. Ellen stayed with her mother and Vance stayed with his father.…
Ellen the famous talk show host has had a lot of twist and turns through her life. Ellen Degeneres first got a TV show back in 1994 and it ran until 1998. Then five years after the show ended she got a talk show that still is on tell this day. Ellen faced a lot of negativity when she showed that she was gay on her TV back in 1998. Her fans helped her with the negativity that she received.…
Ellen Hopkins has written a lot of New York Times best-selling novels because she is one of the greatest poem and novel writer of the 21st century. She is most noticeable by observing teenagers and young adults for her novels such as the crank series, burned series, impulse series, and many others. Ellen Hopkins has contributed many wonderful things to literature and that makes her a great writer, but what people don't know is that her life and her work are an also important reason for her being a great writer. Ellen Hopkins was born on March 26, 1955, in Long Beach, California. She was adopted at birth by Albert C. and Valeria Wagner, who were 72 and 42 then.…
Rachel Carson Essay Rachel Carson was an American woman meaning she was born in America. Rachel was born around the 1900 hundreds. Rachel lived in Pennsylvania. She was with a family of 6,3 sisters (not including her) and her mother and father. But that is not what she is known for.…
For Lena Dunham, the new year doesn't necessarily mean "a new you." The Girls star embraced 2016 with the same body-positive efforts she's always had. Except this time around, she's doing it with a bikini selfie. On Sunday, the Tiny Furniture director posted the Instagram pic, which featured Dunham in a black bikini seemingly lounging with some striped towels. The caption reads, "Not her natural habitat but she's trying her darndest!!!"…
Amy Poehler was born on September 16, 1971 in Burlington, Massachusetts. Ever since her college days, Poehler has always had an interest in performing and comedy. She began cultivating her acting talents when she joined a team of improvisational performers while attending Boston College (LeVasseur, 2016). Collectively, they were known as “‘My Mother’s Fleabag’” (LeVasseur, 2016).…
Many people have some sort of influence on their lives by another individual, learning more about someone can be really inspiring. Ariana Grande is an influential figure by caring for the ill and showing others how to confident. Grande has helped benefit many of her supporters in a bunch of ways, from mental and emotional help to physical help. Being more influential can all start by learning more about someone who has contributed to society, and wanting to be more like them. Ariana Grande has helped to contribute to society by caring for sick kids and supporting the CRI.…
Silent Spring was a controversial book written by Rachel Carson about the effects of DDT on animals, plants, and even humans. To this day, fifty years later, the book has still received criticism for exaggerating and misinforming the readers about the real effects of DDT. Rachel Carson, while exaggerating information, is correct in her studies of the effects of DDT. Rachel Carson states fairly early on in Silent Spring that when DDT is sprayed in large areas it can easily run in water. DDT is a mist-type spray sprayed over crops and farms to kill insects that many people find annoying.…
Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She was a writer, scientist, and ecologist She went to school at Chatham University. Her book was called Silent Spring. It was published in 1962. It was about pesticides and the unsafe use of them.…
Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She grew up on a small farm which gave her first-hand exposure to the wildlife around her as well as the chemicals to which it was subjected. Her mother instilled within her an appreciation for nature at a young age which ignited her interests in science, specifically conservation. Carson graduated from a small high school and pursued a degree in biology at the Pennsylvania College for Women where she graduated magna cum laude. After graduation she worked under Raymond Pearl, one of the founders of biogerontology, studying the aging process of drosophila to offset her financial difficulties.…