He was a man who grew up impoverished, who wrote from his experiences, and who tried to lift his fellow men above life's trivialities. ... Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published on the fourth of July in 1855. ... His experience in newspapers allowed him to help publish his work himself, even setting up some of the type and distributing the first edition. ... As first published, Leaves of Grass was a large book encased by green covers with an ornate, leafy design. ... The small sale of the first edition of Leaves of Grass did not discourage Whitman from publishing ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

They printed 5,000 copies and published it in June, 1988. ... Since then, John Grisham has written and published 15 other best-selling novels. ... In 2000, Grisham published A Painted House serially in the magazine. ... "The man who dreamed of being a professional baseball player now serves as the local Little League commissioner. ... (About the Author) This great American author has accomplished many things in his lifetime, including 15 best-selling novels. ...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Analysis It is in this first story that much can be gained in and understanding of Roman values and character. ... Tullus tells his own troops that the Albans are leaving to envelope the Fidenaes, who become scared and panic. ... Tullus explains that Mettius should have accepted his clemency the first time. ... However, he shows great restraint and avoids violent means. ... Assessment: The history of civilized people being as short as it is, relatively speaking, at the time of Livy's publishment, Romans were at a loss for the expectations of a great society. ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Dos Passos, who later played an integral role in the publishing of Cumming's first poetry collection in 1923. ... Many of these poems were previously published in The Harvard Advocate, The Harvard monthly and a periodical called The Dial. ... Both poems, All in Green My Love Went Riding and in Just, were published under the Tulips section of the book. ... Once, in a lecture at Harvard, Cummings stated that he " first encountered the mystery who is nature- in the aforementioned woods. ... As a poet who lived on the edges of modern poetry E. ...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are many who claim that it is wrong for a sophisticated society to impose a set of behavioral expectations on fallible people who just so happen to excel in sports. ... Children look up to these sports figures as "idols" who are invincible. ... Thus we look up to great superstars as celebrities. ... And it was ten years later, during the Great Depression that the nation was still able to lose itself in the heroics of this hero who appeared to be unscathed by the financial woes of normal people. ... Prior to that, in the public's eye, Mantle was a Yankee slugger who was...

• Word Count: 1777
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Peet had achieved great success in California with Peet's Coffee and Tea. ... The store was an immediate success, and sales exceeded all expectations. During the first year, Starbucks ordered its coffee beans from Peet's. ... The original Starbucks had a small mail-order operation to serve travelers who had visited Starbucks and customers who had moved away form Seattle. ... It published a mail-order catalog six times per year. ...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

(Bloom1 199) Although Maya's autobiographies did describe her great struggle from rags to riches, they were not as in depth and good at reflecting her motivation and determination to overcome them like her poetry does. Maya's first collection of poetry, Just Give Me A Cool Drink Of Water Fore' I Diiie, was published in 1971. ... The first section is about a wide variety of love including its joys and pains. ... "Times Square- tells the story of a shoeshine man who cleans shoes at such a remarkable rhythm that it in fact keeps his spirit alive. ... She was determined...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

While shopping Rufus sees a hat that he likes a lot but doesn't know if it's appropriate according to his mothers expectations. ... Mary hastens to call Andrew, her brother, who is willing to go down with a family friend, Walter Starr, to get Jay. ... The next morning when Rufus wakes up the first thing he wants to do is show is father his hat. ... Soon there after "Permit Me Voyage" was published, being his first published book. ... Among the people that had a influence on his writing his family contained a few people that had a great affect on his works. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Nel Wright represents the archetypal mother and wife, a conformer who never leaves her hometown. ... Toni Morrison first published Sula in 1973, and would have been aware of all the events just mentioned. ... She does this by refusing to conform to the expectations of others ("When you gone to get married? ... They imply, with the first two "girls," self-reflection coupled with hesitation. ... She realizes that there exists no man who will enable her to be a complete person. ...

• Word Count: 2386
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This uneasiness or nervousness is not only expressed throughout Gilman's diaries, but through Jane, the narrator of the story who has a baby boy. Jane, who is honestly portraying Gilman, remarks, "[I]cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous"(Other 5)(Yellow 336). ... It is not bad-at first, and very gentle, but quite the subtlest, most enduring odor I ever met I wake up in Kuhns 4 the night and find it hanging over me. It used to disturb me at first. ... The lack of money forbade her from having much of a formal education, but the love of her work, reading and writin...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The earliest known version of the Rumpelstiltskin story was published sometime between 1575 – 1590 by Johann Fischart (Source 8). ... Her task is too great, the expectations too high, etc. she becomes desperate, for if she can complete this task she may have what she desires, usually marriage to a king. ... The first two kinds of power can be conscious or unconscious. ... Rumpelstiltskin is the person in all of us that we wish was less of who we are. ... The older versions of the story do not take away from who he is as a character, they add to his mysterious and oddly human nature. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School