... he immediately recognized the dances as the same harvest dances that his fellow Greeks performed near Thessalonika. This was the breadth of Alexander's influence on hundreds of different cultures around the world. Throughout the whole of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, stories of this great man have been handed down from generation to generation throughout the centuries. In many cases Alexander has even taken on a superhuman aura, and many unbelievable legends have been based on his life. When Julius Caesar visited Alexandria, he asked to see the body of the greatest warrior of all time-Alexander the Great. Such ...

... teenage years, Rocky took great advantage of living across the street from the James Edgar Playground, where he especially enjoyed playing baseball. It was during this period that he began the habit of exercising to his limit." After spending countless hours hitting and chasing after baseballs, he would often go home and do chinups and lift homemade weights until he was totally fatigued." After supper, "Rocky and his pals often spent hours pummelling a stuffed mail sack that hung from an oak tree in the Marchegiano's back yard....In hot weather, they usually finished their workouts by racing over to Saxton's Sprin ...

... and religion. Flannery O’Connor’s overriding religious views and perspectives on life were illustrated through the abnormal characters and grotesque figures in her stories, particularly in “Good Country People,� “A Good Man is Hard to Find,� and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.� Flannery O’Connor often used grotesque images in her writings to portray the fundamental struggles of human beings. However, she did not limit herself to the simple questions of right and wrong, good vs. evil. O’Connor’s characters struggle in their daily lives to overcome their violent inner conflicts. In “Go ...

... the ages of 25 - 35. Serial killers, in most cases, work alone. The murderer most often does not know his victim nor have they had any previous contact with each other. A serial killers motivation is death. He has a need to kill as others have a need for food. A serial killer can appear "normal" to neighbors and friends. Ted Bundy is known as one of the most notorious serial killers. He was born in November of 1946 to a 22 year old unwed mother, Eleanor Louise Cowell. Ted’s father, whom he never knew, was an air force veteran. After Ted was born his mother moved him from the home for unwed mothers to h ...

... Although he had many successes he viewed himself as a disappointment. He did have many accomplishments during his career, but he also had a few downfalls and failures during his career. John Quincy was not the most liked person in the country, but he stood up for what he thought and believed in. There was a time in the early stage of John Quincy Adams' career when he was a Senator, when many Senators careers would end because they did not follow the thought of their constituents. By this time Senate was to be a more executive council than a legislative body. If they became more of a executive council they ...

... ended there, but he furthered it by himself -- at night in the library and by day at his typewriter. He sold newspapers on Los Angeles street corners from 1938 to 1942. Bradbury's first story publication was "Hollerbochen's Dilemma," printed in 1938 in Imagination!, an amateur fan magazine. In 1939, Bradbury published four issues of Futuria Fantasia, his own fan magazine, contributing much of the published material himself. Bradbury's first paid publication was "Pendulum" in 1941 to Super Science Stories. In 1942 Bradbury wrote "The Lake," the story in which he discovered his distinctive writing style. By 1943 ...

... for democracy� (Dorpalen 1), and he organized meeting, and terrorized political foes with his personal bodyguard force known as the sturmabteilung (storm troopers). “He soon became a key figure in Bavarian politics, aided by high officials and businessmen� (Dorpalen 1). In November 1923, a time of political and economic chaos, he led an uprising known as the Putsch in Munich against the postwar weimenrepub proclaiming himself chancellor of a new authorization regime. Without military support, however, the Putsch collapsed. As leader of the plot, Hitler was sentenced five years imprisonment and served nine ...

... like to follow his own life, not in the footsteps of his father. After his enlistment, he struggled heroically in one bloody battle, but his troop experienced defeat. Taken prisoner of war, he was held captive for several months, then released and sent home. His parents were joyful and made up to him for the long months of suffering by showering him with affection. Francis probably enjoyed receiving extra money the most from this. Being a prisoner of war did take a toll on Francis. His body became so sick that he almost died and it took over a year to recover. It was during this year that for the first time in his ...

... that they were angels telling her to remove the English from France and give the crown back to the rightful king. She lived the rest of her life listening to them and trying to obey them. Joan told her uncle what the angels were saying and her uncle was told to take her back home until she grew up. In 1429 she moved back to Vancouleurs were she persuaded the people to follow her. The people also helped her find transportation and safety to get her to where she was going. While in France Joan used the voices in her head to help the Dauphin, Charles VII. She told the Dauphin how she was capable of savin ...

... mouth, firm chin liquid eyes, broad forehead, and prominent nose� (“ VII� 377). After her father’s death in 51 B.C., became queen. She ruled Egypt with her eldest brother and husband Ptolemy XIII. Marriage between siblings was a “common practice� in ancient Egyptian royal families (Sinnigen 662). She was the last ruler of the dynasty established by Ptolemy I. was of Macedonian descent but took it upon herself to learn the Egyptian language and referred to herself as the daughter of the sun god (“ VII� 377). Her capital was Alexandria, discovered by Alexander the Great, and was an excell ...