... we consider the personal hardships that he had to endure during the course of his life and when we see the type of man that he becomes. He certainly was a man of inspiration who knew how to express himself by writing the best of poems and philosophical ideas with inspiration. To get an idea of how Ralph Waldo Emerson might have become such an inspiration to the people, some background on his life is essential. Can you imagine living a life with all your loved ones passing away one by one? A persons life could collapse into severe depression, it could lose all hope and meaning. They could build a morbid outlook on life. Ralph Waldo Emerson suffered these thing ...
... home in Maine. Hawthorne’s childhood was not particularly abnormal, as many famous authors have claimed to have. Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College and graduated after four years. After graduation, he returned to Salem. Contrary to his family’s expectations, Hawthorne did not begin to read law or enter business, rather he moved into his mother’s house to turn himself into a writer. Hawthorne wrote his mother, "I do not want to be a doctor and live by men’s diseases, nor a minister to live by their sins, nor a lawyer and live by their quarrels. So, I don’t see that there is anything left for me but to be an author." (" American Writers II, ...
... of the fish. Interpreting the meaning of such a painting is based very much on an individual’s thought processes. This work is very unique and seems to take on a different personality or theme each time you examine it. Although you find new things with every viewing, one thing remains constant. The idea of nature vs. nature tends to stick out in your mind as you picture the actions of the various animals shown. Although very hard to understand, the use of color and layering effects produce a very vivid and life like scene. The fish at the top of the picture and the animals underneath the painting seem to make the painting too busy. In fact, it adds to t ...
... similar instinct. They did however, disagree on what the vehicle for these instincts' corrupting influences are. Freud claimed that tension caused by the stuggle to repress anti-social instincts eventually was released and caused the social evils he observed. Marx also saw instincts at work but not the tensions and Id that Freud saw, Marx simply credited man's greed and the subsequent oppression of other men as the root to all that was wrong with civilization. It is interesting to note that both Freud and Marx saw conflict but each traced it back to sources each was respectively educated in. Freud was a Psychoanalyst and his understanding of the mind was ve ...
... opened s' eyes to the fact that he was in need of soul searching. Those years would not be in vain; the cadences of black religious rituals sound throughout his writings. Baldwin was also known to credit his years at the pulpit for morphing him into the writer he was to become. In 1942 James Baldwin was fed up with his father, fed up with the church, and (at that point) fed up with his life. The brassy, young Baldwin went into a restaurant, which he knew was designated for whites only, and demanded that he be served. When the waitress informed him that they did not serve his "kind" in that restaurant Baldwin picked up a glass and hurled it at her wi ...
... one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here, in Paris, that most of his success was accomplished. Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first issue March 31, 1901 - "Young Art"), in Paris. On a second trip to Paris, in the summer of 1901, he exhibited his works at Ambroise Vollard's gallery in the Rue Lafitte and became good friends with the avant-garde poet Max Jacob. It was during this visit that he discovered Vincent Van Gogh, who inspired him to create "The absinthe Drinker" (1901, William Jaffe Collection, New York City) and also the "Dwarf Dancer". Suddenly, the 20- ...
... hide and protect her inner world from those around her. She was enormously shy and had great difficulty expressing her feelings. Christie considered herself the "slow one" of her family, the child who hated to talk about herself and refused to let anyone enter her beloved secret world (Gill, p.2). Frustrated by her extreme introverted ways, Christie attempted turning to music as a way of expressing herself. This strategy, however, proved to be an ineffective means as she would become stiff and feel inept while performing in front of even small audiences (Gill, p. 3). Christie, feeling like a failure with speech and music, turned to the world of writing. Christi ...
... and remove the tumor, they were shocked to see that it was the size of a grapefruit. His wife, Joy Piccolo, stood at his side the entire operation and everynight there after. Brian and Joy were what most people would call the "ideal" couple. Brian was the All-American hardworking athlete, while Joy was the loving supportive wife that stood by his side no matter what his successes or failures might bring. Brian lived through the operation, but then the Piccolo's got another piece of disheartening piece of news. What was this piece of news, you might be asking yourself. The answer is in the book, "" by Jeannie Morris. This book traces the life and death of a ...
... Hitler wanted to indulge himself. He later found out how hard life was when his mother died in 1907 the same year in which he moved out. During his time in Vienna, Hitler made a living by selling his artwork. Desiring to be an artist, he was in fact dismissed from the Arts Academy twice. Soon after World War I started, Hitler volunteered for the army where he worked as a messenger in some of the bloodiest battles. He was wounded and received two medals of valor. The medals he got were the “ Iron Cross Second Class,” and the , “ Iron Cross First Class.” After the German war was over he took up political work and joined the tiny German Workers’ Party. By 1 ...
... for someone in order to learn a trade. This was the first step toward his career as a writer. In 1857 he apprenticed himself to a riverboat pilot. He became a licensed pilot and spent two and a half years at his new trade. The river swarmed with traffic, and the pilot was the most important man aboard the boat. He wrote of these years in 'Life on the Mississippi'. The Civil War ended his career as a pilot. Clemens went west to Nevada and soon became a reporter on the Virginia City newspaper. Here he began using the pen name . It is an old river term meaning two fathoms, or 12 feet (4 meters), of water depth. In 1864 he went to California. The next year he wrote his ...
