Humor Biographies Samples For Students

Part 1 I interviewed one of my close friends about what he believes drives people to murder. One interesting thing that he brought up is the concept of young men growing up in gang environments - where people have to protect their territory and learn how to fend for themselves. There, the culture of gang violence is rampant, and so people often thing that it is the normal thing to do. Killing people is a means to assert masculinity and authority, as well as fitting in with the gang. I believe this is similar to differential association, as that theory ...

Thelonious Monk is known as one of the most gifted jazz musicians. He was the pioneer of bebop and his influence as a pianist and composer had significant effects on different kinds of music (Monkinstitute). Music of Thelonious Monk is based on Ingrid Monson’s and Paul Berliner’s work (Solis 3). Nevertheless, Monk is famous for his improvisations, which are so outstanding that a jazz critic Whitney Balliett once pointed out “His improvisations were molten Monk compositions, and his compositions were frozen Monk improvisations.” (Deveaux 169)
Thelonious was born in North Carolina on October 10, 1917, but his ...

With the exception of the Bible, no literary work has had a greater impact on Western culture than the plays of William Shakespeare. The celebrated “Bard of Avon” captured the human condition, revealed the inner-workings of the human heart and the conflicts of the psyche like no other author in history. Countless lines and soliloquies from Shakespeare’s plays today stand as hallmarks of the English language and have been translated into every known spoken language. The themes of his greatest works - love, power and deception – continue to resonate in the present, making timeless, cautionary tales out of MacBeth, ...