Crazy Horse

The person I did my paper on was Crazy Horse who was a Lakota Native American. The thing I thought was so inspirational about Crazy Horse was his generosity. I thought this was so important because this sets up how he became such a great leader and why so many other Native Americans followed him. The passage that really showed this in my paper was when Crazy Horse tribe got snowed in one harsh winter, his father had brought back some food from his hunt. Instead of just taking the food Crazy Horse went around telling the elders that there was food for them. So the elders came and they left chanting Crazy Horse. Why this passage is so important is because the people of the tribe respected him and this would help him lead his people in the war to keep there land.
http://www.indians.org/welker/crazyhor.htm
This is the source I found most helpful because it was a view from the Native American side of the story and told of Crazy Horse when he was younger.

Thomas Edison

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1995/12/the-undiscovered-world-of-thomas-edison/5880/


The most interesting thing about Thomas Edison was how determined he was with all of his inventions specifically when he invented the first electric light bulb, because he would never give up on any of his inventions no matter what. One quote that really stood out to me is, "He did not just invent new and useful things but changed the way men and women lived." I liked this quote the best because it shows that Edison made an impact on all men and woman by never giving up and looking at even his failures as a success.

Markus "Notch" Persson

http://notch.tumblr.com/
This is the link that provided me the most insight as to Notch's personality and life as it is his personal blog for all things him. Especially his post where he states views on larger issues or his inspirations.

In the larger scope of things, Notch is a shinning example of unrestricted creativity. As I said in my paper, the best part about him is that he is doing what he loves to do, create and play video games. His passion and ingenuity are something that all human beings should strive for and his creativity should be something that all people should express in one way or another.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was a architectural visionary. he designed building to fit with there surrounding not stick out. he was the first to utilize low angled roofs and buildings with no basements he called these prairie style architect. he was able to be successful with out ever finishing high school or a degree from a university everything he learned was from a guy named Louis Sullivan. Sullivan planted to the seed to make Frank the amazing architect that he was. Frank too Sullivan's falsity and ran with it never looking back and changing it slowly along the way. one quote of his that stood out to me was "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. it should be of the hill, belonging to it. hill and house should live together,each the happier for the other."


http://www.cmgww.com/historic/flw/bio.html

Martha Graham was a Ballet dancer who knew in her heart that dance could be so much more. For a total of 70 years or more Martha gave life to her dreams and visions. Even though the one time she tried to give herself a break and retire, it almost killed her. So she went back to it and lived another 30 years.

"For many years Ms.Graham studied and worked in the field of dance. She was finally able to work on her dream and instruct new dancers. With her new charge of fresh performers, she began to experiment and discovered new styles that would change the world of dance for all time."

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Gi-He/Graham-Martha.html

John Brown

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/omalley/120f02/america/harpers/


John Brown was an abolitionist who was a leader in the movement for violent protest against slavery. He is most known for his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. Historians claim Brown's raid was the breaking point between the North and South. A year later succession and the American Civil War broke out. In his attempt to liberate Virginia, Brown was captured and later hung for murder and treason against Virginia. John Brown became a martyr for the movement of liberation. ""John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, His soul is marching on." The soldiers sang this song as they marched into battle.

Brown volunteered the majority of his life and all of his family to this movement that he so deeply believed in. John Brown's spirit would bring new life to the abolition movement and gave those fighting for the cause the drive to see it succeed. Brown shows us if we believe in something so deeply, we must fight for it. In Browns case it meant sacrificing his life.

My Paper

I will have to admit that I did not do this paper. I personally found this paper harder to compose than any other. With poetry being my biggest hobby and so many different people who have innovated the poetry game I couldn't bring myself to just pick one person. There are innovators like Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe that are just so evenly matched yet in different categories. There is no real way for me to pick just one poet that i believe has influenced poetry the most.

Although I could not pick one particular person I do believe that Henry David Thoreau would be a great poet that inspired poetry with his natural poetry. He found that nature was so beautiful that he could easily write about it.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_david_thoreau.html

There is a site in which you can find many of his quotes.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thoreau

There is a site in which you can get his biography.