Jill Lepore, Susan Sontag, and Teju Cole

Jill Lepore, Susan Sontag and Teju Cole

1. Jill Lepore

She is a writer and historian. In her article, “His Highness” she focused on the earliest examples to have a better look of George Washington’s first official biography. She accounts the events not known by the public. These events contributed to the first official biography of George Washington. She also mentioned the other biographies that were published.

1. His Highness

1. Jared Sparks, the editor and owner of North American Review

1. How he was able to see and use George Washington’s papers
2. His experience in handling George Washington’s papers
3. How he sifted through the writings and edited it
4. He published eleven volumes of Washington’s writings

2. Other George Washington books and biographies

1. Ron Chernow who wrote “Washington: A Life”

This is where George Washington was called “the most famously elusive figure in American history”.

1. Worthington C. Ford who published the last installment of a fourteen-volume set of Washington’s writings and biography
2. University of Virginia Press’s “Papers of George Washington”
3. “Bunk” by William E. Woodward

This was the very first biography that claimed Washington was a fraud.

1. George Washington’s diaries and letters that were cut up and given out to other people
2. George Washington’s biography

1. His military career 2. His moral fortitude 3. His friendship with Lafayette 4. His faith in God 5. Benedict Arnold’s betrayal 6. “secret navy” 7. His inspiring words 8. His leadership skills 9. His business tips 10. His kindness to General William Howe’s dog 11. His Mount Vernon journey in Christmas of 1783 12. His early life 13. His presidency

1. Ideas to write about in relation to Jill Lepore and her “His Highness”

1. The parts of Washington’s writings that were edited by Jared Sparks 2. Who was Washington to every generation? 3. What was written in most of George Washington’s biographies today? 4. In what times in George Washington’s life were his famous inspiring words came from? 5. The scandal on George Washington’s writings that Jared Sparks did

1. Susan Sontag

Sontag is a writer and film maker. She is also a political activist and a philosopher. She had written book-length essays. One of those is “Regarding the Pain of Others”. Here, she writes her analysis of how war is seen and understood. She factored in the important things like social status, culture and sex. She also discusses about the cause and effect of images of suffering like war photos.

1. Regarding the Pain of Others

1. A photo’s purpose

1. The meaning depends on the interpretation

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