Walter De La Mare was born on was born on April 25 1873, and up until his death in June 22, 1956 lived a very uneventful life. Born to a principal at the bank of England by the name of James Edward De La Mare, he lived in a very privileged household. His mother, Lucy Sophia Browning, who was the daughter of a Scottish naval surgeon and author Dr. Colin Arrot Browning, was James’ second wife. Many believe his mother his mother was related to poet Robert Browning but this is false. Together his parent had two sons, and four daughters. Although his parents named him Walter he despised the name and liked to be called “Jack” instead. Walter De La Mare joined the Esperanza amateur dramatics club at the age of nineteen. While part of the Esperanza
amateur dramatics he fell in love with the leading lady Elfrida Ingpen, who was ten years older than him, and made her his wife. They were wed on August 4, 1899. Together they had a total of four kids, two sons by the name of Richard and Colin, and two daughters by the name of Florence and Lucy, the family resided in South London. Walter de la Mare was known for his imaginative games of charades at his many parties.Walter began writing in 1895, and did not stop till the end of his life. His first published story was called “Kismet” and he published it under the name Walter Ramal and received little notice from it. He struggled with work and writing, but he had to work to able to put bread on the table. In 1908 he was given a yearly government pension of one hundred euros, so he retired from the accounting department of the Anglo-American Oil Company and most of his days were filled with writing and nothing more. His son Richard became a Chairmen of Faber and Faber and published many of his father’s work. His first successful book was called: The Listeners. The Listeners was a spooky tale of a traveler who is calling out for someone, but nobody is there. Walter Del Mare was known for his romanticized imagination due to his romantic themes and fantasy worlds. He pioneered into children’s literature, publishing “Songs of Childhood” which put him in the forefront. Walter was such a great children writer due to his use of dream like tones as well as visionary illumination. Some his critics claimed he indulged in a vague sense of mystery without organized acceptance of any specific guideline, but this is what made him so appropriate for children verses. One thing many could agree on was his masterful skill of manipulating the poetic structure. Walter De La Mare wrote mainly about themes, childhood, death, dreams, and events. He was known for his touch of mystery and melancholy. As wells as children’s literature he is well known in the horror community, and is often reprinted in horror collections. And although he wrote for children he believed there is no such thing as a good poem for children, only a good poem that children can understand. When he got older he retired to Taplow in Buckinghamshire. Walter died on June 22, 1958 and was buried in St Paul’s Cathedral. He will never be forgotten and although not during his life time, some of his writings were put into television, showing that even after his death he is remembered. Some of his prizes include: Polignac Prize, Royal Society of Literature, 1911, for The Return; James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 1922, for Memoirs of a Midget; Carnegie Medal, Library Association, 1947, for Collected Stories for Children; Companion of Honour, 1948; Order of Merit, 1953; Foyle Poetry Prize, 1954; honorary degrees from several universities, including Cambridge, Oxford, St. Andrews, London.
Francisco Pizarro was a famous Spanish explorer. On September 13, 1524, Francisco Pizarro set sail from Panama to a conquest of Peru. He brought about eighty men and forty horses with him. In 1528, Pizarro went back to Spain managed to obtain in a group of people from Emperor Charles V. Francisco Pizarro was known for capturing the Inca Emperor, Emperor Atahualpa, in 1532. In 1533, Pizarro conquered Peru.
These types of expectations and pressure put into children in our society for many reason such as getting good grades and doing well at school. In Joy Luck Club June (Jing-Mei Woo) deals with the pressure in a more distinct fashion compared to the children in our society today, as she rebels from her mother’s expectations. The expectations that are set high apply pressure to kids in society and Jing. This affects everyone in their own ways, as some people quit after a while like Jing, and some try to keep up with the expectations and goals. June doesn’t try to keep up with her mother’s expectations and expresses herself to her mom in a frustrated manner.
Texas in early 1836, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his main force of at least 5000 men followed an inland route toward San Antonio. At the same time, Mexican General Jose Urrea with some 900 troops, left Matamoros and followed a coastal route into Texas.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning is an English Poet of the Romantic Movement who read various number of Shakespeare’s plays and many different passages from Paradise Lost before the age of 10. As a child, Elizabeth suffered from lung ailment and spinal injury that had plagued her for the rest of her life, but that didn’t stop her from completing her education, and writing numerous amount of sonnets and poems. When she was living under her father’s tyrannical rule, she bitterly opposed slavery and her siblings being sent away to Jamaica by writing the poem, The Seraphim and Other Poems, that expresses the Christian sentiments in the form of Greek tragedy. In 1846, the couple, Elizabeth and Robert, eloped and settled in Florence, Italy, in which helped
Giovanni de Verrazzano was the first European to sight the New York Harbor, Narragansett Bay, and Block Island. He sailed to America with four ships in 1524. He died do to cannibalistic natives.
Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Esteban Loaiza has been arrested for allegedly dealing cocaine out of his California rental home. He was taken into custody in Imperial Beach, near the Mexican border.
Walter Mosley was born on January 12, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, as Walter Ellis Mosley. His mother, Ella, was Jewish and worked as a personnel clerk. Her ancestors had emigrated from Russia. His father, Leroy Mosley (1924-2005), was an African American from Louisiana who was a supervising custodian at a Los Angeles public school. His parents tried to marry in 1951 but, though the union was legal in California where they were living, no one would give them a marriage license. Walter Mosley loved his parents very much and losing them later in life was a big devastation to him. Walter had lost his parents in his early adult life. Speaking about their death, he said, “Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It’s not just losing them, it losing the possibility of family.” (Source #6)
On January 12, 1876 Flora Wellman gave birth to John Griffith Chaney, Better know as Jack London, in San Francisco California, she was not married at the time (“Jack London Biography” 1). London’s mother suffered a life of illness and was left unable to take care of him, instead Virginia Prentiss, a former slave, took care of him for the first eight months of his life. London’s father, William Chaney, was an attorney, journalist, and an astrologist. His father never was a significant part of his career or life (Stasz 1).
There is no doubt that the particular layout of space of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition reflected the gender inequalities that existed within American society at the time. In particular, the Women’s Building offered a microcosm of the prejudices that dominated the overall landscape of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Although the men who organized the Columbian Exposition were unable to exclude women’s achievements altogether from the exposition, they were successful in relegating them into a bounded unit that overwhelmingly categorized their contributions as different and marginal, framing womanliness as “soft,” “delicate,” and “refined.” Discussions of the Women’s Building’s architectural aesthetics highlights such gendered dimensions of the Columbian Exposition quite clearly.
Bartolome de Las Casas was an important protector of native peoples because the latter part of his life was dedicated to social reforms that called for better treatment of the natives.
As a senior in Cristo Rey, many people ask “How does it feel to be a senior? Aren’t you excited?” and I respond no with a smile on my face. As many people don't know being a Cristo Rey student isn’t easy for many reasons like academics and time management. A typical Cristo Rey student has fifty days less than any high school student in Philadelphia. Given these points, the school has to make sure the students are where they're supposed to be or higher. Yet, I’m hoping all the work each student puts in at Cristo Rey pays off in college. In addition, Cristo Rey students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement Literacy their senior year and I am currently in the Advanced Placement Literacy class. I am striving to enhance my reading and
A woman can either make or brake a man. In this case let’s just say the women of the Middle Ages and Le Morte Darthur do a lot of braking. Powerful men throughout medieval history and in Sir Thomas Malory’s, Le Morte Darthur, all fall under the rule of lust which causes nothing but turmoil for themselves and their country. Malory writes about three influential and authoritative men that all fall to lust: King Arthur of England, Merlin the Wizard, and Sir Lancelot Du Lake. Each man brakes in some form or fashion because of the lust for a women; Arthur’s lover, Morgouse, gives birth to a son, who is destined to destroy him and camelot, Merlin’s lover, The Lady of the Lake, traps him in a cave, and Lancelot’s lover, Guinever, literally drives him mad into the woods and keeps him from The Holy Grail.
Browning, Robert. “My Last Duchess.” Making Literature Matter. Ed. John Schilb, and John Clifford. Boston: Bedford, 2000. 1376-1378.
Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy. He was a mathematics professor who made pioneering observations of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. Galileo constructed a machine that changed everything in astronomy, the telescope, and this supported the Copernican theory. In 1600, Galileo met Marina Gamba, a Venetian woman, who gave him three children. The daughters were Virginia and Livia, and son Vincenzo. But He never married Marina because he feared his illegitimate children would threaten his social standing. He died in Arcetri, Italy, on January 8, 1642.
In 1812 on May 7th, Robert Browning was born (The comp. Poetical works of Browning) . He was born in the Parish of St. Giles in Camberwell, London to a middle-class family Browning was the oldest of three children. Browning`s family consisted of a boy and two girls. Browning`s younger sister, Clara, died during childbirth, while his other sister, Sarianna, outlived him. Robert Browning and his family were always very close, and he was also taught many good values from his father, who conducted most of his education and is said to be why his writings were so strange (The Comp. Poetical works of Browning). When browning was twelve years old he wrote his first small piece of poetry which was quite good for a young man or even women at his age, but as advanced as his talents were, Robert Browning did no writing in between the ages of thirteen and twenty (Knipp).