Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of,
Kurt Vonnegut, Sr., a successful architect, and Edith Sophia Vonnegut. He had two
older siblings, a brother Bernard, and a sister Alice. He attended Short ridge high
school. This is where he first realized his talent for writing. He was the editor of the
school newspaper. Kurt graduated in 1940, and after high school, attended Cornell
University and studied bio-chemistry, and was also a columnist and editor of the
Cornell daily sun. However, because of bad grades, Kurt found himself almost flunking
out of Cornell University. He saved himself from expulsion by joining the army in
1942. While in the army, several devastating experiences happened to Kurt. First in
1944, he received the news that his mother had committed suicide. A few months
later Kurt was captured by the German Army. He was forced to produce a vitamin
enriched malt for pregnant women. While doing this he happened to survive the
firebombing of Dresden. His book Slaughterhouse-five is partially about the bombing
of Dresden.
After being rescued by the Soviets, Vonnegut returned home. He was working as
a Police Reporter for the Chicago News Bureau and studying anthropology at the
University of Chicago. He later moved to Schenectedy, New York. Here he worked
in Press Relations for the General Electric Plant. This experience that led to the
creation of his first novel Player Piano, . It was after the publication of this novel that he moved to Rhode Island, while in addition to writing short stories, he taught High
School English and opened the first Saab dealership in the United States. After
realizing the shrinking of the Short Story market, he began concentrating entirely on
He was the commander for the time that Kaiserwald was open. (Kaiserwald concentration camp virtual library).
a prisoner of war (POW) in Dresden, Germany. During that time he experienced the firebombing of Dresden, which affected him greatly. This event had around 135,000. casualties, which is about twice the number killed in Hiroshima by the atomic bomb (1969 Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse (Five) -.. Many claim that his involvement in the war is what made him write Slaughterhouse Five.
When he was fifteen years old, his mother died from appendicitis. From fifteen years of age to his college years, he lived in an all-white neighborhood. From 1914-1917, he shifted from many colleges and academic courses of study as well as he changed his cultural identity growing up. He studied physical education, agriculture, and literature at a total of six colleges and universities from Wisconsin to New York. Although he never completed a degree, his educational pursuits laid the foundation for his writing career.
John Steinbeck was born in 1902, in California's Salinas Valley, a region that would eventually serve as the setting for Of Mice and Men, as well as many of his other works. He studied literature and writing at Stanford University. He then moved to New York City and worked as a laborer and journalist for five years, until he completed his first novel in 1929, Cup of Gold. With the publication of Tortilla Flat in 1935, Steinbeck achieved fame and became a popular author. He wrote many novels about the California laboring class. Two of his more famous novels included Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck got the title for Of Mice and Men from a line of Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, “The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry." In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck includes the theme of loyalty and sacrifice between friends. Steinbeck illustrates the loyalty and sacrifice between friends through the friendship of Lennie and George.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, with a B.A. 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.
high school.Due to his parents, not knowing English well, it was hard for them to advocate and
Francis Crick (American) and James D. Watson (Englishman) had a problem with DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) in 1950 because the individual pieces could not be seen. They could be seen with x-ray crystallography which could be done in Kings College, London. They were convinced that DNA was a double helix spiral ladder that contained chemical strands of two to four. It consisted of two strands that were interwoven.
The term ‘stress’ was generally thought to have been a concept created by Robert Hooke in the 17th century. He worked on the design of physical structures, such as bridges; his concept of stress came from how much pressure a structure could withstand. However, Lazarus (1993) pointed out that the term ‘stress’ has been used as far back as the 14th century, when it meant hardship or adversity. Back then it referred to the external stressor, such as the death of a spouse or financial worry; in the 20th century, there are many different schools of thought on this area. Hans Selye (1956), brought together the work of Cannon and Bernard and devised a comprehensive system of physiological stress; which he termed the ‘General Adaptation Syndrome’, and is a 3-stage process. He theorised that a certain level of stress called ‘eustress’ (Cox, 1978) could actually be beneficial to our overall performance. Later In 1976, Cox & Mackay devised another model called the ‘Transactional model’. This model takes into account the individual differences in the perception of the amount of stress experienced by the person. The main difference between these two models is that Selye’s model only accounts for the physiological side of stress, whereas Cox’s model takes into account both the physiological and psychological aspects of stress. Therefore, both models will have slight similarities and differences in their explanation for how stress occurs in individuals, which is the main focus of this essay.
Seuss left his home in Massachusetts at the age of 18 to attend Dartmouth College, there he became an editor in chief of its humor magazine ‘Jack-O-Lantern’. He was kicked off the magazine staff but continued to contribute to it using the pseudonym "Seuss." After graduating from Dartmouth, he attended Oxford University planning to eventually become
Stress, as defined as a reaction to a stimulus that breaks our physical and mental harmony, is ubiquitous. However, stress has two sides – the bad and the good, in which the latter is mostly overlooked as most people suffer from the affliction of the former.
"The discovery of the structure by Crick and Watson, with all its biological implications, has been one of the major scientific events of this century." (Bragg, The Double Helix, p1) In the story of The Double Helix, James Watson tells of the road that led to the discovery of life's basic building block-DNA. This autobiography gives insight into science and the workings within a professional research laboratory that few members of society will ever be able to experience. It also gives the reader an idea of the reality of life for one scientist and how he struggled with the problem of DNA. However, the author's style is marked by his lack of objectivity and inclusion of many biased opinions and personal prejudices.
Stress is a common factor in all of our daily lives. Learning to manage stress can be life changing and be very useful in both our personal and work environments. Stress can be caused by many different situations, such as family problems, work problems, finances, deadlines, information overload, unhealthy eating, lack of exercise, public speaking, trust issues, friendships, and so on. Stress is defined as, “an adaptive response, mediated by individual characteristics and/or psychological processes, that is a consequence of any external action, situation, or event that places special physical and/or psychological demands upon a person” (Kreitner and Kinicki, p.551). Stress triggers are different for different people. Although we would like to avoid stress, it is impossible. We need stress in our lives in order to stay alive and help us make quick decisions in life or death situations. Stress can actually be a good thing such as eustress, stress that is good or produces a positive outcome. When a person experiences stress it causes one of two reactions, fight or flight, which allows us to make the decision to either accept the situation or run away. According to Kreitner and Kinicki , “Physiologically, this stress response is a biochemical “passing gear” involving hormonal changes that mobilize the body for extraordinary demands” ( p.550). The main point is we cannot avoid stress; stress is good for us to a certain extent. Our efforts need to be aimed at managing stress and learning to live with and embrace it.
By the late 1940s , the people who were in the scientific community were aware that DNA was most likely the molecule of life. The scientific community knew that DNA have four bases which are adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine, but one thing they didn't know is what the DNA structure look like. Then come in Sosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, who were using X-ray to find out and understand the physical structure of the DNA molecule. In 1949, Ervin Chargoff, showed that each organisms have different amounts of DNA, but the amount of adeni...
Stress is a natural occurrence that most every person will experience at some point in his or her life. A stressor, as defined by Potter, Perry, Stockert, and Hall (2013), is any kind of event or situation that a person encounters in their environment that requires him or her to change and adapt. When a person responds to stress, his or her coping mechanisms and actions are individualized. No two people are going to handle stressful situations and cope with experiences the same exact way. Each person is unique and has his or her own customized way of dealing with stress. While some people are very open and honest about what they are dealing with, others keep their feelings bottled up. I find this topic so
Stress also can have an input on our social life. A research (Irwin G. Sarason, 1981) about whether people need support in stressful situation or not shows that people need to have others beside them to overcome their problems more effectively most of the time. We need companionship, but if stress produces anger undesired situations may occur.