About the Writer Willy Russell

After graduating high school in Oklahoma, he had attended Fisk University for a year and dreamed of becoming a doctor but lacked money for tuition. Her father meant everything to her(Farther 1). Keziah Brooks, a former school teacher from Topeka, Kansas, read to Gwendolyn and Raymond and entertained them by drawing pictures (Brooks 4). She did anything to make sure her children was happy. Keziah expected her children to do good in school.

His teacher could not believe that a ten year-old could write so well, and accused the young Jacques of copying the story. Jacques refused, and he was then called a liar. At fourteen, Jacques took up an interest in poetry and Homer's epics thanks to his English teacher. On the Redwall website, he mentions that he “saved up seven shillings and sixpence to buy The Iliad and The Odyssey at this dusty used book shop.” Jacques finished school at 15 and became a merchant seaman. He travelled to many places around the world, including the United States and Japan.

The times were tough on the King family, as their mother worked in a kitchen at a mentally challenged facility. (1)(5) Stephen King wanted to start writing even at the early age of 12. Stephen and his brother David began writing their own newspaper that they would sell for five cents apiece, titling their newspaper “Dave’s Rag”. David had enough money to buy mimeograph, to help Stephen and David print out their newspaper. (5) In Durham, Mr. King attended a grammar school, and later was enrolled Lisbon High School in Lisbon.

The owner exploited the needy individuals by taking advantage of their innocence and letting them work more for a very minimal amount of money. The winters were very cold and the chimneys in the aristocrats’ house needed to be cleaned often and only young boys would fit in the chimneys. Poor people would sell their young children for a small amount of money. Industrialization and greed not only destroy ones innocence but it also limits an individual's freedom of living. The young children were exploited and made to sleep in the soot.

Child labor, an illegal course of action that increases work rate, production, and most of all, profit. This method of mass-production began in the early years of the Industrial Revolution. A big cause of child labor was the big business owners needed people to work in their factories; they chose children because of their relatively low level of education, lack of knowledge of their human rights, and accepted low pay. The employers should have a responsibility to tell the children their rights, what they’re doing, and what they’re getting for it. The worst area in the world for child labor is in third world countries, because the children are dropping out of school so they can get some money so they don’t starve to death.

At the age of 5 though he learned to read and loved it. At first he went to a shop keeping school to prepare to take over for his father. But when he broke his leg, his mother made him become an apprentice to a drapery for extra money. He made only 2 pounds an hour and the place was soon closed down. The headmaster wasn't qualified with enough skill to proceed.

Schwartz for four years as a window dresser while taking classes at New York Art Student League. Sendak illustrated books for Marcel Ayme’s The Wonderful Farm (1951), which is currently out of print, and Ruth Krauss’s A Hole is to Dig (1952). Sendak decided to become a full-time freelance children’s book illustrator, after he did the illustrations for those two books. Sendak’s mother was di... ... middle of paper ... ...m, but it has not stopped the awards and recognition pouring in on his books. He does not let this controversy stop him from writing or illustrating.

in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of 1971. He met Tabitha in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University of Maine at Orono, where they both worked as students. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.

Although characters are an essential component to have in a play, the ac... ... middle of paper ... ...or is an actor. In those moments, Pridamant’s actions of tearing down the curtain and crying reveal more to the audience than his dialogue would. It proves that Pridamant feels remorse over mistreating his son and he wishes that he could have his son back. The playwright provides many aspects to create a play and to make it interesting. The actions and dialogue the characters make must be fluid and have a purpose.

Blood Brothers is a very popular play written by author and playwright Willy Russell. It was first performed in a Liverpool school in 1981. Willy Russell himself was born and brought up in Liverpool by his working class mother and father. At school he was an academic failure he left with one O level in English. After six years working as a hairdresser he went back to college part time to get decent qualifications.