Essays on Hero

Siddhartha Gautama was born 2500 years ago in a small kingdom in ancient India. His mother Queen Maya was returning to her parents home for the birth of her child, the journey was extremely long for the queen to make so on the way the...

This short paper is intended to describe for the layman why Jim Gray won so many awards, culminating in his being selected to receive the 1998 ACM Turing Award, arguably the “Nobel Prize of Computer Science”. It briefly summarizes his main contributions to our field....

Very few people know the history surrounding corn flakes, specifically Kellogg’s corn flakes. Although John Harvey Kellogg is not create corn flakes on his own, has impacted society greatly, the Seventh Day Adventist church in particular. Born on February 26, 1852, in Tyrone, Michigan. John...

The Second World War was the most barbarous and devastating war in human history, and Europe was converted to a devastated continent with high unemployment, shortage of basics such as food, electricity, fuel. In France and Italy, there was a wide popular discontent with poverty,...

Siddhartha Gautama or Gautama Buddha was born in the 6th century BCE and was the next air to the thrown in India. His parents believed their son (Siddhartha Gautama) was going to be something extraordinary and they both decided to ask an astrologer to consult...

“A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not...

On February 8th, 1725 the great leader Peter the Great has died. In this article lets remember him and the great things he did for his country. One great thing about him even before his rule was his unlimited curiosity. Nikita Zotov his tutor could...

By the time Peter the First, or how he came to be known through the generations, Peter the Great, was coronated, Russia was the largest country in the world. Its vast dominion stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Much of Russia’s expansion...

The existence of Peter the Great overflowed so much with personal dramas and bizarre aspects that it radiated a sense of mystery and inexhaustible fascination. But who was Peter the Great? He was the son of Aleksej Michailovič and Natalia Kirillovna Naryškina, proclaimed tsar at...

When the talk of helping those around you what type of emotions go through you? Do you feel guilty for when you didn’t help the little old lady grab a jug of milk at the top of the shelf, or are you proud of your...

There are not a great number of songs that endure the test of time. Music comes and goes with trends, as there is always a need to follow the newest styles. This is especially the case with songs that serve a purpose other than entertainment....

The church was very dark before Martin Luther decided to step into for what the church was doing and by stepping in, he made an enormous impact. Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, priest, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther...

“A dream you dream alone is a dream, a dream you dream together is reality”- John Lennon.  John Whinstone Lennon was born on the 9th of October during the German air raid of WW2. John Lennon became famous for four main things. The first thing...

If I were to ask you: “Which musician/band is the best-selling musical artist of all time?” I’d probably hear answers like Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Madonna. I might also hear The Beatles, which is the correct answer to that question. According to CBS News,...

Good old Jeff  may additionally be the wealthiest American proper now however he has a lengthy way to beat John Rockefeller the richest American of all time. John D. Rockefeller was born in 1839 in New York City in a small town in Moravia. John’s...

“While all other sciences have advanced, that of a government is at a stand; little better understood; little better practised than 3 or 4 thousand years ago” – John Adams. John Adams was, as the second president of the U.S, a very noteworthy leader of...

Peter the Great took trips to west towards Europe in hope to gain knowledge and better Russia when he came back. Peter travelled to European countries such as England, Holland, and Germany in which he was able to receive a degree from university and expand...

Over the course of history, women all over the world have been challenging status quos, in pursuit of the freedom to live and achieve their dreams. In January 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell made history as the first formally accredited female physician in the United States, thereby...

During the first half of the 1800’s women began participating in revolutionizing the world whether it came in the form of protests, strikes, or receiving a higher education. Dealing with having to overcome plenty of obstacles and discrimination from their peers and foe’s always managed...