Category: Biography

Jane Austen’s last novel was quite a different take on the romance genre during her time. It was expected of Austen’s art of writing to direct her irony in her novels about expectations in women, aristocracy, and social customs. Austen herself was a keen observer of the economics of her class and herself of the…

In this short essay, I will discuss the topic of marriage as an economic factor in the early nineteenth century based on Jane Austen´s novel “Sense and Sensibility”, which consists of a complex debate and terms like morality, economics, aesthetics, and psychology. The novel Sense and Sensibility was published in 1811 after Jane Austen did…

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Austen). In the society of Austen’s time, marriage was one of the most common ways to increase one’s social status. Social status was based on one’s family background, reputation and wealth. Marriage was…

First Reflection of the Black Suffrage Research Project “If you’re doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really don’t know what was going on in the person’s mind. You just know what was going on in the minds of people around him.” by Clint Eastwood. Since my…

Just how much do you know about Franklin Graham? He is the son of the late internationally-known American evangelist, William Franklin Graham II, who was better known as Billy Graham. Just like his father, Franklin is a Christian evangelist and missionary who has dedicated his life to the propagation of the gospel of Jesus Christ…

Humanity remembers major scientific discoveries and some of them continue to influence the way we view the world today. For example, the accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming and Newton’s apple led to the discovery of gravity. These discoveries all have something in common – a brilliant mind and a stroke of luck (or…

Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business is a non-fiction historical biography written by Harold C. Livesay. The book follows the chronological events of Andrew Carnegie’s life from the moment he was born up until his death. This book gives insight into how Andrew Carnegie went from rags to riches. Livesay opens the book…

My name is Martha Montanez and I am a current New York City college student and resident of the borough of the Bronx. I am writing to express concerns about the future of my Concord Avenue neighborhood. I think that you should reconsider the specified location of your proposal to build a new jail facility…

“Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.” as Sherry Anderson once said. Clara Barton lead the way to the new field of volunteer service. The social issues and personal experiences during Clara Barton’s life guided her to the formation of the American Red Cross and the National First Aid Association…

What inspires a person to write? Whether it be poetry or lyrics to a song, people always have a personal motive for writing that particular piece. Some people write to pass the time, but in many cases, writings have a deepened meaning intended to depict a story or circumstance that a person has experienced within…