Pop star‚ composer‚ and songwriter John Lennon was born October 9‚ 1940‚ in Liverpool‚ England. Lennon met McCartney in 1957 and invited Paul to join his music group. They eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. Lennon left The Beatles in 1969 and later released albums with his wife Yoko Ono‚ and others. In 1980 a crazed fan killed him. In September of 1969‚ Lennon returned his MBE (Member of the British Empire)‚ awarded by Queen Elizabeth to the Beatles
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JohnAiden Warner Ms. Rita Brown Las 100 March‚ 14‚ 2013 Who is John Dewey? John Dewey was born on October 20‚ 1858 in Burlington‚ Vermont. He had 3 brothers of which he was the third born. His oldest brother dies as an infant. His mother was a Christian devout to John Calvin’s system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. His father owned a grocery business then left to join the Union Army as a soldier in the Civil War. After the war he owned a tobacco shop which was very
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Kevin Fitzpatrick English III Mrs. Sawyer 22 March 2016 Plot: When writing Travels with Charley John Steinbeck was nearing the end of his career and was feeling “out of touch” with America during the 1960’s. In reaction to this he starts a trek across America as sort of a spiritual journey with his poodle companion Charley. The novel reads like travel fiction or a travelogue and is considered a novel due to many parts of the book being fictionalized yet still based on events that occurred on Steinbeck’s
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Who was the individual? • John Lennon was born on October 9th‚ 1940 and passed away on December 8th‚ 1980 from being shot seven times by a 25-year old man who had two hours earlier received an autograph from Lennon. When he was shot he was holding his wife‚ Yoko Ono’s‚ tape “Walking on Thin Ice.” Where was the individual from and what did the individual do in life? • John Lennon was born in Liverpool‚ United Kingdom. He was a singer/songwriter for the most successful songwriting partnership in
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After the Battle of Poitiers‚ King John II of France was captured by the victorious English‚ and was held at ransom. Although he was held in the Tower of London as a prisoner‚ he was afforded many kingly luxuries such as permission to travel about and to enjoy a regal lifestyle. He had what amounted to a small court in prison‚ owning horses‚ pets‚ and clothes while maintaining an astrologer and a court band. King John began the challenging task of negotiating a peace treaty‚ which would likely
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John Locke was a British Philosopher born on 1632 and died in 1704. He wrote The Two Treatises of Government which was a major contribution to political theory. He defended the belief that ”that man are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch‚” (Tuckness 2005). In other words‚ he is saying that someone isn’t chosen to rule by God but we all have equal rights. What locke means by natural rights is the right to life‚ liberty and‚ property
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John Proctor is one of the many real characters played in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible written in 1953. John is what some would call a tragic hero. He lived in a time period where any small act of sin could cost him his life. John naturally experience urges that men have to lust after a woman‚ that would be the downfall to his death. He was a prominent man who was a husband with children of his own. John cheated on his wife and felt unworthy‚ he then try to fix his wrong doing’s but only made
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Author: John Steinbeck John Steinbeck played an important role in American Literature. His books and novels‚ even today‚ inspire young minds like ours. John wrote about his life growing up in the 1920’s. His novels were about the people and the truth about the way people acted back then. Many people despised him because he told the truth in his writing. John Steinbeck was born on February 27th‚ 1902 in Salinas‚ California. John was the only son of three daughters. For the most part John lived
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wide range of emotions‚ our mortality and the transformations which differentiate us as a species. Examples of texts which do so include the play Away by Michael Gow‚ the photo "Woman on Bondi" by Marco Bok and the poem "Ode To A Nightingale" by John Keats‚ which provide similar and contrasting views on these aspects of humanity. Away by Michael Gow‚ first published in 1986‚ is an Australian play set in the 1960s‚ following the Vietnam War‚ which explores the mortality‚ loss‚ restoration and transformation
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and 3 John Overall Theme: John is urging all Christians to live close to god and love other people to get closer to God/Jesus. John 1 -John explains that people must live close to god and live in the “light.” This is basically saying that if you put your sins in the light and confess them to god‚ he will forgive them. • “If we walk in the light‚ as he is in the light‚ we have fellowship with one another‚ and the blood of Jesus‚ his son‚ purifies us all from sin.” 1 John 1: 7 -John clarifies
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