E. E. Cummings Research Paper

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AG. E. E. Cummings was born into a rich childhood, which led him, in the 1920s, to writing poetry that has engraved his name in the stone of time. E. E. Cummings was known for his eccentric poetry.
He was born on October 14, 1894, in Cambridge Massachusetts His loving parents were Edward Cummings, and Rebecca Clarke. They thoughtfully gave him the name Estlin Edward Cummings, his middle name Edward coming from his father, Edward (Reef 2). Edward was a beacon of purity and encouragement throughout Estlin’s entire childhood. He would set a shining example for his son to follow (Reef 3), “My father was a walking platonic triad, the good, the true, the beautiful” (Kirsch Web). Edward was also a jack of all trades; teaching at harvard, preaching at the church, and building his own houses. His mother was loving person, “The most amazing person I have ever met”. Loving and caring to all, she ran the household tenderly as a matriarch while Edward was away (Reef 2).
Estlin tried to live up to his father’s example, even though it was quite difficult for him. He had great awe for his father in his childhood. When he moved to Harvard, he had mixed feelings for his father. When he was a child, his father worked at Harvard as a teacher, and Estlin was hoping that he would be able to go there and learn under his father (Kirsch Web). When he did get to Harvard, he was not a very good student. He enjoyed painting, music, writing, but couldn’t stay on task working out assignments and learning. Estlin started wiring in the Harvard magazine, Harvard Monthly. While writing for Harvard Monthly, he became friends with some great writers; John Dos Passos, Gilbert Seldes, and Robert Hillyer. With his new friends, he rebelled against old beliefs, moderni...

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... and lead people. Management was a keen spot for these young men. They liked the power that managing other people gave them, and allowed them to receive a lot of money.
The government implemented Lasissez-Faire, they were not going to touch the economy. They would stand by and watch the economy grow, or go bad. Some people saw that the stocks were getting high, a little bit too high. They were rising to dangerous levels, and people thought that they were going to make money off of it. This rise in stocks actually caused the stock market to crash (Bruccoli Layman 84)
Most people thought that Estlin was a guy just out there for the “fun” of life. He was highly individualist, and didn’t like sexual purity. He would have sex with almost anyone, and he wouldn’t conform with anyone’s ideals for him. He was ahead of his generation, thinking and exploring the world freely.

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