Category: Famous Person

The majority of composers from the Classical era lived a life full of struggle and hardships. It was not common to have a comfortable life and still earn a profit. They used their traumas as inspiration and found ways to incorporate them into their style and sound of composing. This was not the case when…

The history of a great woman remains intact with Eleanor Roosevelt, who was born on October 11, 1884, and died on November 7, 1963, when she was said to have finished her activism vision and mission in the world. She was an American political figure and activist who served as the first Lady of the…

‘Sometimes called popular factual television, reality TV is located in border territories, between information and entertainment, documentary and drama’ (Hill 2005: 2). Discuss with close reference to AT LEAST TWO reality TV shows of your choice. Reality Television is a genre of television program that documents unscripted real-life situations of individuals. Biressi argues reality TV…

Art has changed and developed in drastic ways throughout history. You can often tell when an artist created by the methods and techniques that they learned and perfected. An artist who inspires me because of his timeless art and independence from other art movements that were developing during his career is Edward Hopper. Hoppers unique…

The C.I.A. Headquarters in Virginia is a big, concealed campus surrounded by woods. The C.I.A. collects and organizes intelligence. On the C.I.A. website, their primary mission is, to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security (About CIA, 2019). There…

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. The town was booming, with several large manufacturing companies and thriving inhabitants of German immigrants. Teds grandfather and father owned a successful brewery and the future Dr. Seuss grew up in the midst of a bustling, prosperous extended household. A baby throughout World…

George Gershwins music journey started at the age of 11 when his parents bought his older brother, Ira, a second-hand piano (Biography.com, 2019 ). George had a natural talent for piano and he took it up, eventually seeking out mentors who could help him hone and nurture his abilities (Biography.com, 2019 ) He went on…

Ellen DeGeneres is a famous American talk show host. Despite facing many hardships and discriminatory situations when she became candid about her sexuality, Ellen utilized her famous platform to support the commendable causes of many organizations and individuals. Ellen was born in Metairie, Louisiana, on the 26th of January 1958. She was a successful stand-up…

Marco Polo was a well-known and important explorer. In this section, I will share what I have learned and what Marco Polo observed on his famous voyage to the East18. I focus on one of Europe’s most famous people, Marco Polo, and his medieval voyages on the Silk Road. Polo traveled through Asia and along…

When we think about education today, we think about elementary education, secondary education, high school, and college education. This is the life of education we know and are used to. It was only during the middle ages that education slowly became more common. In the early 16th century, education was very different than what we…