...Several people know David Crockett, better known as Davy Crockett, as an American hero, politician, and soldier that died in the battle of the Alamo in March of 1836. He was born on April 17,1786 and grew up in East Tennessee. Before the battle of the Alamo, Davy was just an average individual. He was the 5th child out of 9 and his parents were Rebecca and John Crockett. Growing up, he attended school like every other child. When he was 12, he got into a fight with the school bully and to avoid being punished for his actions, he started to skip school. Then ran away when his father, John, found out. After running away, Davy traveled from town to town and taught himself how to hunt. At the age of 15, he decided to return home where he was welcomed...
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...Davy Crockett was born in Tennessee on August 17, 1786. When Davy was in school, he fought the class bully, knowing the punishment for fighting was going to be bad. All of his uncles except Joseph and James were killed by Indians, which motivated him to later join the militia to protect women and children from the Indians. He was best known for being a hunter with a unique style. He became a hunter when supplies were short. Davy is also a militia man, folk hero, congressman, and an Alamo defender. Davy Crockett was a natural leader, which he showed when he joined the state militia, went to Congress, and fought in the battle of The Alamo. Davy joined the state militia of Tennessee under Andrew Jackson’s forces because he wanted to help other people. This shows Davy’s courage to fight for others knowing he could get injured or even killed. Some say “he got his courage from his dad that was in the revolutionary war” (Sanford, pg. 9). He was in multiple battles with the “Red Coats” during the time he was a militia man. One of the battles he didn’t go to. It was called the battle of horseshoe bend....
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...Davy Crockett was born in Greene County, Tennessee August 17, 1786. He had many tall tales about himself. A few examples are that he can jump riverbanks and fight bears. Davy Crockett was a congressman, a frontiersman, and the defender of the alamo. Son of John Crockett and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett. When David Crockett was 8 years old his father John Crockett gave up on farming. David’s dad had got a friend to help him build a gristmill, so that way the river would power up the gristmill. The gristmill would grind grains into flour and they could sell it t the neighbors. Before they could finish building the mill the water at the area flooded and it floated away. At age ten Davy learned how to hunt he had a sharp eye with a shot that would be right on target. When David was thirteen a one room school by his house opened up. Him and his older brothers attended. They learned reading, writing, and math. For a while Davy would set off for school, but then hid in the woods. Finally the schoolmaster sent a note to his father asking where was David. John Crockett was...
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...Davy Crockett was a bold, wise, and a skillful buckskin-clad pioneer. He was also a courageous congressman at his time. Davy Crockett was a ordinary, honest, hard working man. He was born on August 17, 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee. John and Rebecca Crockett raised a skillful young man. When Davy Crockett was 12 his father hired him to Jacob Siler to help drive a herd of cattle. But Siler tried to keep Davy by force after the job was completed, but Davy escaped at night by walking seven miles in two hours through knee-deep snow. He made his way back to his home. Soon afterward he went to school. When Davy crockett was 13 years old he beat up a kid at school. So he ran away from his school and his home because he did not want to get beat...
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...David “Davy” Crockett David Crockett was a frontiersman, folk hero, congressman, and Alamo defender. He was one of the most celebrated and mythologized figures in history. His biographers often said there were two David Crockett’s; David, the congressman and frontiersman and Davy, “the larger-than-life” folk hero. For this reason, he appeared in many books and a series of almanacs. Davy was a loving father, son, and husband. Even though he did not have much success as a congressman, he still had an impact in the wars. Davy was born on August 17, 1786, in East Tennessee around the Nolichucky River. He was the fifth child out of nine. His mother was Rebecca and his father was John Crockett....
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...Davy Graduate Programme Investing in your success DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS EXPERIENCE www.davy.ie Contents An Introduction to Davy Working with the Best Our Graduate Programme Why choose Davy? Our Graduates’ Views Sports and Social Benefits Training, Development and Support Application Procedure 1 3 8 9 11 13 14 15 17 An Introduction to Davy D AV Y G R A D U AT E P R O G R A M M E Davy is the industry leader in Ireland and we compete for business on a daily basis with the global investment banks. Our continued success is founded on our ability to attract and retain the best people. If you are considering a career in financial services and you have a strong work ethic, together with lots of ambition, you should consider the Davy Graduate Programme. For our part, we will do our utmost to nurture and develop your talents and will give you the opportunity to work with and learn from the best and brightest people in the business. Davy is a genuine meritocracy and our people are rewarded for their efforts and results in a fair and proportionate manner, regardless of how long they have been with the firm. We are looking for graduates brimming with energy, passion and ambition. If this resonates with you, we look forward to meeting up. Our Story Established in 1926, Davy is Ireland’s leading provider of stockbroking, wealth management, asset management and financial advisory services. Employing over 475 people, we offer a broad range of services to private clients,...
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...Mexican army charges the Alamo, and kills every Texan they see. Davy Crockett was a frontiersman, and three-time Congressman. He fought in the war of 1812, but later died at the Alamo in the Texas Revolution. Davy Crockett was famous for fighting in the Alamo; later come to find out he died, he fought for 12 long gory days, along with his fellow friends and frontiersmen. Davy Crockett had a harsh early life with great life accomplishments, and when he died it was a tragedy to his family and to the people. Davy was born on August 17, 1786, in the small town of Limestone, Tennessee. He had a very harsh childhood, because he was one of nine children. Even though he looked like a nice kid he had serious troubles. He ran away from home when he was just...
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...achieving enlightenment; however, very few people truly understand how to do this, and what it feels like. Enlightenment is an abstract concept of attaining knowledge and reaching self awareness. Despite the ambiguity in the meaning of enlightenment, today’s society believes that it will guarantee self satisfaction. In Fifth Business, Robertson Davies portrays a man’s quest for enlightenment through his unpredictable life journey. Every change in Dunstan Ramsay’s life journey teaches him a valuable life lesson, and changes him for the better, resulting in his discovery of enlightenment. The road to enlightenment is paved by the insight on life that Dunstan gains as he changes his physical locations over the course of the novel. It is also clear that change can be enlightening when looking at the important characteristics that Dunstan develops from the variety of people that he surrounds himself with throughout life. Lastly, the knowledge that Dunstan learns through his many ambition changes proves to help him find personal enlightenment. Through the principles that Dunstan learns from his perpetual changes in setting, friends and ambitions, Davies uses Dunstan’s life journey to show that in order to achieve enlightenment, one must live within constant change. Over the course of the novel, Dunstan is constantly moving to new settings, and every change in scenery results in a big leap towards enlightenment. When Dunstan enlists for World War I, he lives through what may be his worst...
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...“Fifth Business”, written by RobertsonDavies. I selected this novel as the title had initially intrigued me the most in comparison to the other available options. I have also read the novel “The Manticore” written by him as well, I thoroughly enjoyed it due to his writing style and was keen on reading “Fifth Business” as a result. Robert Davies is a Canadian author, playwrighter, journalist and professor whom is from Thamesville Ontario. I will prove that within the novel “Fifth Business” the theme of psychology is identified. Psychology influences not only the life of the protagonist named Dustan, but it also touches on the lives of the antagonists within this novel as well. I will prove that this theme exists by showcasing the connection it has with the characters in the novel. For example Dunstan lives his life trying to understand himself through the eyes of others. I will prove that Dunstan foreshadows the theme Psychology as he is a introverted young boy with characteristics of a confident young boy. This strange combination of archetypes is shown throughout the novel as Dunstan reflects on his life. The second character known as Davies is proven to be the opposite of Dunstan, he is a young extroverted boy that has a simple understanding of what his motivations are in life. Lastly the character known as Mrs.Dempster is a middle aged woman that represents the archetype of a sacred yet profane feminine woman. She poses an obstacle to Dunstan as he struggles around her throughout...
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...Robertson Davies novel Fifth Business the main character Dunstable (Dunstan) Ramsay struggles to understand his unconscious mind, thus having trouble being an individual. This novel outlines his journey for self-knowledge, happiness, and fulfilling his role as Fifth Business. Throughout the novel, Dunstan begins discover and understand himself. He does this through his interactions with the people he meets upon his travels. From a young child, Dunstan has trouble truly understanding who he is but as he grows older he matures and becomes his own person, as he is psychologically reborn. The person that Dunstan meets that makes the biggest contribution to help him start to understand himself is Liesl. Liesl works as part of a traveling circus as a ‘Truth Teller’, also modernly known as a fortuneteller. Dunstan describes Liesl as “the ugliest human creature” (Davies,196) he has ever seen, she wears mans clothing, has short hair and has a “huge, jutting jaw” (Davies,196). On the contrary he explains that she has a beautiful voice and she speaks very intelligently, due to this, Dunstan felt very comfortable with her, which is what allowed him to open up to Liesl. This is the first way Liesl helps Dunstan begin to understand himself, allowing Dunstan to open up for the first time in a long time released a lot of bottled up emotions. Dunstan describes Liesl as “a gargoyle! And yet never have I known such deep delight or such an aftermath of healing tenderness!” (Davies,218). Liesl...
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...Davy arrived at the Alamo on February 8,1835, just before the battle of the Alamo started.Davy protected the weakest wall of the alamo.Davy Crockett was the frontiersmen of Tennessee that was abused as a young boy and sold out to a stranger to herd cattle in Virginia that he had to walk on foot which was 400 miles.Crockett was one of the most well-known soldiers like Jim Bowie. Born August 17,1786 in Greene County, Tennessee and died March 6,1836, in San Antonio at the Battle of the Alamo. Crockett was fifth of nine children. He was taught to shoot a rifle at the age of 8 by his father and at the age of 13 attended school for the first time. After only 4 days, he ran away. At the age of 16 he returned home to his family to help his father pay off a debt.kest wall of the Alamo that was made of sticks shoved in the ground....
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...Fifth Business: More Than Meets The Eye Jeffery Soy Carl Jung’s literary archetypes determine the structure of literary works. In the novel Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, many of Jung’s archetypes are reflected in the characters. These archetypes include the Eternal Boy, the Wise Old Man, the Hero, the Maiden, and the Persona. The characters of Boy Staunton, Dunny Ramsay, Paul Dempster, Mary Dempster, and Leola Cruikshank symbolize these archetypes and support the overall theme of appearance versus reality in Fifth Business. Upon analyzing Carl Jung’s archetypes, one would find that Boy is the most obvious example of the Eternal Boy archetype. Over the course of the novel, Boy grows physically, but he acts very childish. He constantly denies throwing the snowball that struck Mary Dempster. He tries to prove to Dunny that he is better than him in every way. As kids, he ridiculed Dunny’s old sled and wool mitts (Davies, 3). In the future, he even goes as far as waving Leola’s naked photos in front of Dunny’s face (Davies, 148). Boy never grew mentally. Boy symbolizes the appearance of things, directly conflicting Dunny’s values of reality. And while many may believe that Dunny is the Hero of Fifth Business, he is better suited to the archetype of the Wise Old Man. The Wise Old Man acts as uses his personal knowledge to help offer guidance.To support this claim, one could take the example of his teenage years when he worked in a library. Dunny became focused on his...
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...van Eeghen 1 Petra van Eeghen 23 October 2014 The Consequence of Guilt Repressed guilt will unavoidably destroy a man. This was surely the case in Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, a novel that demonstrates how guilt can easily corrupt someone’s life. Three main characters that battle through the emotion of guilt are Paul Dempster, Percy Boyd Staunton and Dunstan Ramsay. Paul does not confront his guilt, Percy pushes away his guilt and Dunny allows himself to be absorbed by guilt and feel sorry for everyone around him. The ways these characters deal with guilt greatly impact their lives. Davies uses the theme of guilt to shape the characters lives. Paul Dempster grows to become immune to the feeling of guilt due to the situations he is put through at a young age. As a child Paul is guilty about his mother Mary Dempster. He blames himself for his mother becoming simple-minded. He has been told by many people in the town of Deptford that it is his fault and they stay away from him, “Paul was not a village favorite, and the dislike so many people felt for his mother-dislike for the queer and persistently unfortunate-they attached to the unoffending son” (Davies 32). Paul was always frowned upon based on his mother’s van Eeghen 2 actions such as her having sex with a tramp. He felt as though every poor decision his mother made was a consequence to her having pre-mature labor to him. Rude jokes were made about Mary Dempster but Paul’s father, Amasa Dempster, told...
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...Huynh Thieu Dinh (Felix) Eng4U Mr. Burton October 31th, 2013 Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5: Pirate of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl Hamlet is a story take place around the 14th to 15th century in the land of Denmark. The ghost scene from act 1 scene 5 is a crucial scene since it is the beginning of Hamlet’s plot for revenge. It is also one of Shakespeare “signature” scenes because most of his plays always include a supernatural figure manipulates and affects the plot. Then how could anything make the scene any better than it is now? The answer is changes the scene to an adaptation of the movie “Pirate of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl”. The adaptation would change the setting, costumes and makeups, dialogue, lighting, and figure placement. Setting: In the adaptation, I want to add in an ominous atmosphere for the setting of the scene because it would fit the supernatural event. First the time setting is at a starless night along with a crescent moon. Hamlet runs through a dark forest toward the ghost voice beyond the luminous light. Then, Hamlet reaches a sea shore covered in thick layers of mists. The dark forest, luminous light and misty sea shore are the factors that contribute to the mysterious setting. The reason I create this part of the setting is to enhance the meeting between Hamlet and the ghost. When Hamlet reaches the seashore, the voice stops and he then sees a ghost ship floats into a cave. Again, the cave also acts as a factor generates the haunting...
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...Red Feather Journal 73 “Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead”: The Davy Crockett Gun Craze by Sarah Nilsen In April 2005, sixty thousand members of the National Rifle Association gathered in Houston, Texas for their 134th Annual Meeting. The keynote speaker for the event was embattled U.S. House Majority Leader, Representative Tom De Lay. After his speech, De Lay was joined on stage by Lee Hamel dressed as Davy Crockett in full buckskin attire and a coonskin hat. Hamel presented De Lay with a handcrafted flintlock rifle that he had made for the event with his mentor, Cecil Brooks. The presentation of the reproduction rifle to De Lay is part of a long NRA tradition that began in 1955 when Walt Disney‟s Davy Crockett series first appeared on television. When Charlton Heston received his handcrafted flintlock rifle in 1989, he uttered his famous words, “From my cold dead hands.” President Ronald Reagan and Vice President Dick Cheney also joined the list of those who received facsimile Davy Crockett flintlock rifles from a man dressed in Crockett buckskin attire. This tradition is part of the NRA‟s efforts to represent the gun as a key instrument in the founding of the United States. It secured this ideological representation in part by appropriating the mythology of early American heroes like Davy Crockett. Davy Crockett became emblematic of the gun mythology of early American life. This mythology was synergized by the NRA and popularized through children‟s television...
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