What makes a hero? Most people say it involves honor, bravery, a willingness to take risks, and put others’ safety and well-being above your own. Can someone be a hero and a law-breaker at the same time? Depending on where you stand on a particular issue, a man involved can ...Read More
What makes a hero? Most people say it involves honor, bravery, a willingness to take risks, and put others’ safety and well-being above your own. Can someone be a hero and a law-breaker at the same time? Depending on where you stand on a particular issue, a man involved can be a terrorist or freedom fighter. Where do you stand? The open-ended nature of this question makes it fodder for any number of different essay angles. As the question of what makes a hero is extremely wide, choose an issue or individual to research and outline for an essay, develop the introduction, body and conclusion, and compare your notes against samples of papers before making a final draft.
Ann Charters Ginsberg, Allen (3 June 1926-6 Apr. 1997), poet, was born in Newark, New Jersey, the younger son of Louis Ginsberg, a high school English teacher and poet, and Naomi Levy Ginsberg. Ginsberg grew up with his older brother Eugene in a household shadowed...
Horace Mann Horace Mann, born in 1796, was born into a life of poverty. He pursued the career as a lawyer and legislator in Massachusetts, which means he was able to see life from both classes. This is one of his many reasons for taking...
The sun was at the peak of noon with temperatures rising over 25 degrees Celsius. It was Daniel’s 3rd day at Brisbane Grammar School. He sat on the bench in front of the Ladies Toilets waiting for someone with sympathy to sit next to him....
Thomas Jefferson was a man of great moral character, who has been excoriated regularly over the last 30 years by historical revisionists and presentists. Hiscommitment to America and his vast contributions to the framing of society as it is today are overlooked in favor of...
It is difficult to underrate the significance of Accounting in companies and all types of business institutions around the world. It is because of my recognition of the importance of accounting that I have decided to seek further education and a career in this field....
Richard Allen born on February 14th, 1760 in Philadelphia was a minister, educator, writer and one America’s most active and influential black leaders. Allen had six children and a spouse named Sarah Bass. He founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in 1794, which was...
The French explorer – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was born in Rouen, Normandy, France on November 22, 1643. He was born into a wealthy merchant family and was raised as a Jesuit Priest. However, he gave up his priesthood at the age of...
Confucius (551 – 479 BCE), was a thinker, political figure, educator and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. Confucius was born at Shang-ping, in the country of Lu. His given name was Kong, but his disciples called him Kong-fu-tse, (i.e. Kong the Master,...
Charlie Russell was a professional painter, sculptor, writer, and narrator. Russell was born on March 19, 1864, in St. Louis, Missouri, as a child he designed his own imagination of the American West by stuffing his books with drawings of wildlife and American Indians. At...
The wealthiest man in the world, in his time, was Andrew Carnegie. His story of success was truly one of rags to riches. Andrew Carnegie grew up in Dunfermline, Scotland and moved along with his family to the United States in the late 1800s. He...
Adi Burjorji Godrej, born on 3 April 1942 is an Indian industrialist and businessman. He completed his MBA from the Sloan School of Management, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then joined the business alongside his father Burjorji Godrej. He chairs the 120-year-old Godrej...
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz was one of the limited five star Admiral in the history of US Navy and most respected Officers by the US Presidents. Considering his leadership, strategic ability, skills, managerial ability, capacity to carry out multiple tasks, intelligence, evaluating and controlling...
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841), in the wake of filling in as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson. While the nation was prosperous when the “Little Magician” was chosen,...
Ivan Seidenberg has been in a key leadership role at Verizon since 2000 (Anonymous, 2011). While in his leadership role, Ivan Seidenberg has led Verizon into a global network and Verizon has built out their network into a nationwide industry (Anonymous, 2011). Ivan Seidenberg is...
Saint Cecilia was born in 200 A.D. and died in 230 A.D. Her feast day in on November 22, she is the patron saint of Musicians. St.Cecilia is a virgin who lived in Rome her family was very rich, she was married to a young...
Introduction “If you can’t convince them, confuse them,” Harry Truman. Harry S Truman, sworn in as the 33rd president after Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s sudden death, presided over the end of WWII and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. He was born in Missouri on May...
TEDxSydneySalons are the smaller, smart relatives of the TedX events offering intimate, evening events combining talks, films and music. Designed to spark discussion and debate, TEDxSydneySalons are a great forum to exchange ideas and kickstart collaborations. The February 2017 incarnation investigated the theme of technology...
I chose Galileo as my hero. He was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy where he grew up with his brothers and sisters. His father taught music and was a famous musician. He and his family moved to the city of Florence when he was...
In June 25, 1933 James was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. James was raised in a farm with nine siblings. His first experience with racism is when him and his brother were riding a train from Chicago. Meredith was ordered to give up his seat and...