Born in 1945, Suzanne Jurmain is the author of Freedom’s Sons. After completing high school in New York, Suzanne attended University of California where she would receive her Bachelor of Arts. In 1949 at the age of 4, Suzanne Jurmain became an actress. She was on the TV guide in Los Angeles, California and in 1966 she would become an assistant editor. She was known for writing several books, such as, From Trunk to Tail, Once upon a Horse, Freedom’s Sons, and The Forbidden Schoolhouse. In 2005 Suzanne received a Golden Kite award. Suzanne Jermain was good at reading in school. One thing she could never excel in was math. She was an editor, museum tour guide, and actress until she would settle on the perfect job, writing children books. Suzanne
She is the daughter of Carl Edmund Atwood who was a zoology professor and Margaret Dorothy Killam who was a dietician and nutritionist. She had two siblings, one younger sister and one older brother. Atwood started writing when she was sixteen years old (Ingersoll, Earl G). In the article it states that Margaret did not become serious until she was at the University of Toronto in the late 1950’s. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman, The Handmaid's Tale, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000
Margaret Brent stands out in the beginning of American history for her daring and self-determination. She never married but that did not keep stop her from flourishing in a world ruled by men. Instead, she became a successful businesswoman, trading land and servants, and earned the respect of Governor Leonard Calvert, who entrusted her with managing his estate upon his death. (Witkowski) While these achievements were both unusual and significant, Margaret is best known for being the first woman in America to request the right to vote.
Grace Vanderwaal has accomplished many things with her talents and her life as a pop star has just begun. First of all, when Grace was 12 she had tried out for America’s Got Talent! Grace’s performance blew the judges away and ended up getting the GOLDEN BUZZER that automatically moved her to the next round! Later on, she ended up winning America’s Got Talent with a million dollar prize. That's not all, after winning Grace signed a record deal with “Columbia Records” and made her first CD called “Perfectly Imperfect” with her original songs. Now, Grace is homeschooled and enrolled in online classes. In addition, she is planning to give some of her money to music charity. To sum it up, Grace Vanderwaal’s accomplishments will lead her into a
In Susan's middle life she started to write more books including; “ That was Then, This was Now”, Rumble Fish, and “ Tex”. She experienced writer's block when, she had to write her second book “ That was Then, This was Now” she could not move past this writer’s block by herself, so her husband, that she met in her freshman biology, helped her finish this book. She enrolled in the University of Tulsa in 1966, and her first book “ The Outsiders” was published then. In 1970 she graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in education. She started to teach young students, but found that it was a difficult job, and very tiring, so she just settled with writing. Susan and her husband David Inhofe wanted to start a family, so they settled down and had their first born, Nicholas David, in
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet down the Mississippi to explore the unsettled land in North America. Jacques Marquette was a Missionary from France exploring the unsettled land to spread his religion and build relationships with the native americans. Louis Joliet was a canadian fur trader exploring the unsettled land to find new trade routes. Marquette traveled down the mississippi. They mapped out the mississippi and made peace with the Quapaw Indians and were given calumet which is a peace
While Suzanne Collins’s contributions to many areas of American life are in themselves extraordinary, her writings are the key to her widespread and lasting influence. Suzanne Collins was born in Harford, Connecticut and she was born on Augest 10, 1962. Her father Lt. Col. Michael John Collins was an Air Force pilot, they move to several places when she was still a child such as New York and Brussels. She is also the youngest child of four.Since her father fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and acquired the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star and also is a history teacher before so he always talked about history to his kids, that is the reason why it is a big topic for Collins.
Throughout history, there have been many influential writers who have in one way or another affected the way in which we look at life. One of those writers is Louise Erdrich. Louise Erdrich was born on July 6, 1954 in Little Falls Minnesota. Since she was very young, she began to write stories because she was encouraged by her father to do so. She then went on to college to pursue her career and majored in English and Creative writing. She got married in October of 1981 and due to difficulties with her husband, they divorced after fifteen years of marriage. They had six children in total three of their children were adopted, and the other three the couple had together. Louise Erdrich has written many stories and books, and many of the books
Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962 in hartford connecticut, she was also the youngest of 4 children in her family, she was not only an american author but a screenwriter as well, best known for her most recent books released, the hunger games trilogy. Suzanne Collins did not live a normal life, with her father being in the Air Force she traveled a lot. As a young female Suzanne grew up wanting to be a successful woman. If you would have bet me back then I bet that she would've never known where she would be today, Because being the author of one of the most popular novels in today’s era she has gotten more publicity and attention than she probably ever could have imagined. 1234567891011121314
Shirley Jackson, the author of many great novels and short stories today. She was born in San Francisco, California to Geraldine and Leslie Jackson, on December 14th, 1916. She grew up having a wealthy lifestyle, as her great-grandfather made a family fortune by building houses in San Francisco. When she was a teenager she eventually moved to the East coast and later attended Syracuse University. In 1940, Shirley Jackson accomplished a lot. First, she received a bachelor of arts degree from Syracuse. After college, she married her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman and later moved to Vermont with him. A few years later, after having written a few pieces of literature, one eventually made its way into the New Yorker during the year of 1943. This began to shape her future as a writer. Her pieces began showing up in magazines, newspapers, and more. This is when Shirley Jackson became well known and began writing more frequently.
Alice Rosenbaum, better known as Ayn Rand, was born in Petersburg, Russia in 1905. This inspired woman who loved Western films and plays was never thought of as a world-renowned author, but shortly formed into one. At a very young age, Ayn taught herself to read and soon after decided to make fiction writing her career. She was introduced to American history during high school and upon graduating she enrolled in her first University. At this same time, her family fled from their home town to Crimea, to escape the revolution. Years later upon receiving her first job as a script reader and stage extra, Rand published her first novel, We the Living, based on her years under Soviet tyranny. The novel took a turn for the worst when it was rejected
While the definition of what a city is up to the idea one’s mind, Anthropologist Jane Jacobs, philosopher Marshall Berman and Urban planner Robert Moses had polar opposite ideas of how a city should be portrayed. Jane Jacobs’s rather utopian ideal of sidewalk New York City was the true sense of a city but bulldozed by the modernization of Robert Moses.
Joan Bauer is a writer who wrote a lot of books , for everyone any age, but some book are for kids but adults can still read it.Joan Bauer was born July 12, 1951. She was born in River Forest,Illinois. Joan Bauer mostly wrote young adult literature that means for teengers, who is haveing a family problem,like sickness, or fight .I am going to tell you about “Tell Me”. Tell Me is about Anna Was going for vacation at her Grandmother Mim’s house in Rosemont. She had a lot of fun that is forgot about her parents are fighting. After a while, there was a problem that she saw a girl on a bus and she was saying “help, help”. After the problem was solved she went back home and everything was okay between her parents. They lived with fun and loving family
Linda Sue Park is the daughter of Korean Immigrants. Her first published work was a haiku, when she was nine and was published by Trailblazer children’s magazine. Her love of reading changed to a love of writing. She published poems all throughout high school. In something about the Author it says “Drawing on her Korean heritage, Park sets her stories in Korea’s past... ” (2013). She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in English. After college she did not pursue creativity writing until 1990. She got married and had two children.
The film Freedom Writers directed by Richard La Gravenese is an American film based on the story of a dedicated and idealistic teacher named Erin Gruwell, who inspires and teaches her class of belligerent students that there is hope for a life outside gang violence and death. Through unconventional teaching methods and devotion, Erin eventually teaches her pupils to appreciate and desire a proper education. The film itself inquiries into several concepts regarding significant and polemical matters, such as: acceptance, racial conflict, bravery, trust and respect. Perhaps one of the more concentrated concepts of the film, which is not listed above, is the importance and worth of education. This notion is distinctly displayed through the characters of Erin, Erin’s pupils, opposing teachers, Scott and numerous other characters in the film. It is also shown and developed through the usage of specific dialogue, environment, symbolism, and other film techniques.
Not only did her book influence me, but children make me happy. Spending time with them, I feel happy even if I may be having a bad day. Through my elementary field experience, I have found students are friendly and open-minded. At first, I was so nervous because I am not a native and I have trouble speaking English well, so I ...