Irene Hunt Biography Irene Hunt was born on May 18, 1907 ,in Illinois. When she was six years old her family moved away to Newton, Illinois. She lost her father in 1914. She attended the University of Illinois. She graduated with a BA (Bachelor of the Arts). After she attended the University of Minnesota to earn a MA (Masters Degree). From 1930 to 1945 she taught English and French to schools in Oak Park,Illinois. Her book “across five aprils” won the Charles W. Follett Award. Her next book called “Up a Road Slowly” won the Newbery Medal in 1967 her foruth novel “No Promises in the Wind” It won a Friends of Literature Award and Charles W. Follett Award in 1971. Irene Hunt died on May 18, 2001, in Savoy, Illinois, on her 94th birthday. Her
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Marilyn Reynolds is the author of Detour for Emmy. She is an English teacher in Los Angeles County. Marilyn is the author of numerous essays that have been published in many national newspapers, library magazines, professional journals, and autobiographies. Her students help her to keep in touch with the reality of today's teens; she then puts these realities into her writing. Detour for Emmy was inspired by her own experiences and those of her students. (5)
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Lee developed an interest in English Literature while attending high school. After graduation in 1944, she attended Huntington College, later transferred to the University of Alabama where she worked on the school newspaper and was editor of the humor magazine “Rammer Jammer.” During her junior year, Lee transferred to the law division. After her first year of law school she left and went to Oxford University in England as an exchange stud...
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“Louisa, Please Come Home,” by Shirley Jackson, is a first-person narrative story that tells the experience of Louisa in the small town of Rockville during the 1950s. In fact, there are six characters in this story. The protagonists of this story are Louisa Tether, Mrs. Peacock, Carol Tether, Mr. Peacock, Mrs. Peacock, and Paul. Carol and Louisa are sisters, and the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Tether. Paul is a neighbor of the Tether family, and Mrs. Peacock owns the rooming house where Louisa Tether lives. Mr. and Mrs. Tether, Mrs. Peacock, and Paul worked together to solve the problem of Louis running away from home. The main character Louisa Tether is a nineteen-year-old-girl, who is fair-haired, five feet four inches tall, and weights one hundred twenty-six pounds. Her personality could be described as intelligent, impudent, and organized. The following scenes from the book exemplify these three personality traits throughout the story. Shirley Jackson shows the life of Louisa, and ultimately the aspects of this character’s personality shine.
Bradstreet, Anne. "The Author to her Book." An Introduction to Poetry. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 13th ed. New York: Longman, 2010. 21. Print.
In Eudora Welty’s, “A Worn Path” Phoenix Jackson went great lengths risking her own life for her grandson, who couldn’t help himself. On her worn path she faced the world with courage. Although she faced difficulty in her early life, her faith remained the same to help those who were dear to her heart. She walk a worn path relentlessly facing obstacles along the way with a mind that is diminishing overtime. Through the problems that she is faced with, she remains humble. She is admirable because considering her old age, weakness and loss of memory, she is determined. Welty’s details of character, symbolism, conflict and theme creates a compelling and fierce Phoenix Jackson. The moral message in this short story is to show the setting and characterizations
had written the novel in hope it would be read by people of her day
Irene is an ambitious oriented professional with strong people skills and the ability to learn new concepts quickly. She has been a stay at home mom for the past two and half years but is excited to reenter the workforce with a company where she can call home. Irene owned her own business prior to moving to Portland where she managed the day to day budget, forecasting, payroll, collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, as well as resolving any customer concerns or issues. In 2013, Irene relocated to the Portland area where she married and they began a new family.
Martha C. Chase was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 30, 1927. In 1950, she received her bachelor of science from the College of Wooster and then continued schooling at the University of Southern California where she earned her Ph.D. in 1964. She was known for a little in the 1950s, as Martha Epstein since marrying Richard Epstein another scientist, but later divorced.