Essays on Persons Page 18

       Christopher Columbus whose real name is Cristoforo Colombo (Columbus is an Anglicized version ) was born in Genoa, Italy sometime between the month of August and September of the year1451. His father, Domenico, a weaver, and mother, Suzanna Fontanarossa Colombo, were both  humble people. He was the oldest of five children ….

I am interested in researching this because of the events of the global financial crisis from a few years ago. When the financial crisis hit the United States, people were worried about the bailouts of the automakers and banks within our nation. Doing that time, the government bailout was not that popular with many people….

Despite the irony and humor in the banning of a book that warns about the consequences of banning books, there has been excessive focus on this topic. As a result, the political and social message that Ray Bradbury intended to convey through symbolism and parallelism between his fictional dystopian society in the twenty-fourth century and…

It is important to acknowledge the many faults of Columbus and not celebrate him. Despite being a fallible human, he made numerous mistakes and failed to learn from them. One of his major errors was his participation in the slave trade. When he first arrived in the Caribbean with his crew, Columbus captured six “Indians”…

William Henry Gates, III, commonly known as Trey, was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He is the second child of William and Mary Gates. His father is a lawyer and his mother is a former teacher who currently serves on multiple prestigious boards. Trey’s parents sent him to a private school (Moritz,…

Thomas Alva Edison, a celebrated inventor, was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. Despite his deafness, he displayed remarkable intelligence and created revolutionary inventions like the light bulb and phonograph. The invention of the light bulb revolutionized our lifestyle by rendering candles and lanterns obsolete. Thomas’s parents were Samuel Odgen Edison and Nancy…

The Removal of the Cherokee from their land in the 1830 ’ s remains a national shame today. How could our great painstaking state have done such a thing? The Cherokee were viciously moved west with neglect for the Torahs that existed. It showed that the United States authorities felt it had the power to…

There are many famous thinking in the world. The two I chose to write about are Helen Keller and Bill Gates. They have their similarities as well as differences. Their accomplishments and contributions to society have changed the way we live our lives today. Their creative styles have set them apart from their competitors and…

Michael Jackson was a solo artist, dubbed the “King of Pop”, who was active from the years of 1964, when he debuted as a member of the pop group “The Jackson 5” with his brothers, to 2002, when he passed away. Throughout those years Jackson had an extremely successful career, both in the group and…

Like many in their generation, they were influenced by society emphasis on science and technology. Though both dropped out of college, both were avid students in the emerging fields of electronics and computers. Family Backgrounds William Henry “Bill” Gates Ill was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington to William Henry Gates Jar. And…