… of Lu (present-day Shandong Province) of the noble K'ung clan. His original name was K'ung Ch'iu. His father, commander of a district in Lu, died three years after Confucius was born, leaving the family in poverty, but Confucius nevertheless received…

… born in 1819 in small-town England, and the youngest of five children. Mary Anne was afforded the privileges of a private education, and enjoyed books and learning from a young age; she was introspective and quiet, much like her character Dorothea from…

… Human, Humane may refer to which is, or should be, characteristic of human beings. In thus, describing characteristics, human may refer to good and bad traits of a person alike. When emphasis is placed upon the latter, human is thought of as…

… of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. David was born in Vancouver in 1936 during World War 2, at the age of six he was put into an interment camp in BC with his family. After the war he went…

… Elephants” the author begins with a description of the place where the story develops; a rural town in Spain, where the two main characters, a man and a girl, are seated at a restaurant drinking beer as they wait for a train. While seated in the…

… of the people that helped to discover and solve the mysteries of DNA was Rosalind Franklin. Even though she had to struggle against a great deal of male ignorance in the scientific community, she still made an impact on the world of science. Born…

… seen of Gia Marie Carangi, I never would have suspected her life to have been so out of control and overwhelming. Gia’s life didn’t last long enough; but for the time she was alive, Gia experienced a lot and broke boundaries that were never thought…

… most influential painters of his time because of his original style of painting. Though he faced many tragedies in his life, he managed to create some of the most exquisite works of his era. He is known for incredible use of chiaroscuro in his works.…

… he explains how one day even a girl like her will have a world of opportunities, because of art. In the south many black women were so caught up in their own spirituality that many people forgot their identities, and only knew them for their beliefs.…

… came directly into mind, “What can I do to be a master student?” I thought about it and tried to come up with a person that I could try to relate myself to and follow their successful ways. Although Malcolm X wasn’t exactly who came into mind, I have…