… who in the world Andy Kaufman was till I saw the movie “Man on the Moon”. This movie really cracked me up and also made really cry and think about life like no other. It also led me to ask who in the world is this guy Andy Kaufman? I began doing…

… ROPE Nafisa Rebello It was Prof. Eunice D’souza who at the beginning of the year introduced us to the poems of Dorothy Parker. It was just a brief glance, something not from within the syllabus and forgotten…

… Waddell Chesnutt, an Afro-American man of letters, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 20 June 1858, the son of free blacks who had emigrated from Fayetteville, N.C. When he was eight years old, Chesnutt's parents returned to Fayetteville, where Charles…

… from the 1920s to the 1940s. He was constantly moving across the country trying to succeed as a writer. Steinbeck had some trouble in school and then in the job world before writing. He lived a life of constant ups, downs, successes, and failures…

… truly noble martyr who lived with and died for honor. Thomas Becket’s stubbornness and rigorous demand for honor sealed his death. Throughout the book Becket is forced to compromise or hold tight to his beliefs and values. As a friend to King…

… German family and Anne was your general German girl. This family of four lived in Germany, Mr. Frank was an average business man, Mrs. Frank was an average mother and Margot and Anne were average students. The one thing that made them different…

… one of the masters of piano composition. He wrote chamber music which is music for small groups of instruments, songs, and pieces for piano and orchestra. But his fame rests almost entirely on his more than 200 compositions for solo piano.He was…

… in Tampa, Florida and would later become known to the jazz world as Cannonball Adderley. Adderley’s fiery, blues-ridden jazz tunes would make him one of the greatest alto saxophonists of his generation. Influenced by the great Charlie Parker…

… born in November 11, 1744. My mother’s name was Elizabeth Quincy Adams and My father’s name was Reverend William Smith. My mother was a descendent of the Quincy’s. A descendent of a 17th century puritan preacher, Thomas Shepard of Cambridge. My…

… of the differences are quite extreme and obvious whereas others are decidedly more subtle. Despite the apparent differences, there are also similarities inherent in the beliefs about, approaches to and methods of giving birth. Some child bearing custom…