Essays Tagged: "odd jobs"
Herman Melville
ol, New England (Hillway 13). He returned to New York in October of the same year and continued his odd jobs. Mr. Melville shipped off again on January 3, 1841 as a common seaman aboard the whaling sh ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany
t. He tried again and failed. His mother died and he decided to settle in Vienna. In Vienna he took odd jobs and made very little money. In Vienna he was described as odd, moody, and ill tempered. He ... t. He tried again and failed. His mother died and he decided to settle in Vienna. In Vienna he took odd jobs and made very little money. In Vienna he was described as odd, moody, and ill tempered. He ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Richard Nixon
ther died when he was only 7, and he left home when he was only 14. He went from town to town doing odd jobs and eventually made his way to California where he met his future wife, Hannah.Nixon's moth ... The lemon ranch didn't make enough money to provide for the family of seven, so Frank started doing odd jobs (namely building houses) AND ran the lemon ranch to provide for his family. In 1922, the Ni ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
"Weegee", a famous photographer.
New York's Lower East Side in 1910. He quit school at age 14 to help support his family, working at odd jobs and as an itinerant street photographer and assistant to a commercial photographer.Fellig h ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
Henry Louis Gehrig (Lou Gehrig).
able to maintain good grades. He never missed a day of school, and between studying and working at odd jobs, Lou still found time to play high school sports which were more organized than the games t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Al Capone.
Thieves Juniors "kid gangs." Capone quit school at age fourteen in the sixth grade. He worked a few odd jobs in Manhattan in a bowling alley and a candy store. Then Capone took a position as a bouncer ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Well written and descriptive essay/bio on Washington Irving, from a B to an A- paper
cially dependent on hisfamily until the publication of The Sketch Book. In the meantime, Irving did odd jobs for the family asagent and lobbyist. It seems like he worked as little as possible, and for ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Carl Sandburg.
rade and worked in his hometown shining shoes, delivering milk and newspapers, and performing other odd jobs. His thirst for travel and adventure, along with a railroad pass borrowed to him from his f ... be free. His works included the use of free verse, colloquialisms, an original type of rhythm, and oddly structured, prosaic poetry that emphasized key phrases and images. Sandburg was the first of a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Abraham Lincoln His policies in the civil war
ringfield, he was known for his sincerity and his character. Up to his political career he did many odd jobs, including rail-splitting and grocery store manager, but in the end he found his true calli ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Jack London and Individuality
amazing life experiences that not many other Americans knew at the time. Jack London had to take on odd jobs as a child in order to support his family, who were on the move constantly throughout the S ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Profile of Randle McMurphy from "Cuckoo's Nest"
he is nomadic in character. Having no permanent base or home, he travels around the country, doing odd jobs. Being discharged from the army for insubordination to his superiors, he is an indiscipline ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Martin Luther King Jr.
e age of sixteen, with nothing but a sixth-grade education and a pair of shoes.In Atlanta he worked odd jobs and studied, and slowly developed a reputation as a preacher. While preaching at two small ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Hitlers biography. Adolf hitlers life. Born,ect............
year later and failed again. He did not have steady work in Vienna, but, instead, took a variety of odd jobs. He lived in cheap rooming houses or slept on park benches and he often had to get meals fr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Harry S Truman-The Early Years
ence, MO where they remained until 1902.After graduating from High School, Truman worked at several odd jobs until landing a position as a clerk at The Union National Bank. Eventually in 1906, Truman ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Harry S Truman--The Early Years
nce, MO where they remained until 1902. After graduating from High School, Truman worked at several odd jobs until landing a position as a clerk at The Union National Bank. Eventually in 1906, Truman ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
An essay on themes concerning John Stienbeck's "Of mice and Men"
t man on the ranch and is crippled. The only work he can do is cleaning out the bunkhouse and other odd jobs. His only companion is his old dog who stays by his side. One night however, a fellow ranch ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
Analysis Of Faulkner's A Rose For Emily
nd the United States, living with a friend at Yale, briefly joining the Royal Air Force, performing odd jobs, working for three years as postmaster at the University of Mississippi, traveling to Europ ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Why People Act
d stayed at the Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut for a short while. He juggled through many odd jobs, before he decided to be a playwright. His first play was written in just three weeks in 19 ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Inheritance Of Tools
hours watching my grandfather working with the press, drilling holes in decoy bodies or just doing odd jobs for the neighbors. He always told me the sang "keep your eye on the metal and not on the bi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Antrax
who work in the office to sort the mail. He then hired a retired federal government lawyer who does odd jobs for the school's office, to take over the duty of sorting through the mail. At a tim ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers