Biography

I had the option of picking Harry Houdini, Elizabeth Taylor, or Malcolm X. I think all three of these are excellent people to write about. I am not all that familiar with Elizabeth Taylor’s movies mainly because they are a bit before my time. She is still an excellent actress with lots of interesting things to write about. While going over a few websites I realized I didn’t know as much as I thought I did about Malcolm X. He had quite a rough childhood. However I chose to write about Harry Houdini simply because it is awesome the things he can do! If you just watch any of his acts you will be left in awe with your jaw wide open. It amazes me how someone can do all those escape tricks. I wish I could do things like that, but I would probably just panic while trying to get out. I recently was in Florida and went to a festival on a pier one night. There was a young man doing Harry Houdini’s famous escape from the straight jacket. He was trying to beat Harry’s time and also do the trick with not only a straight jacket on but a 6 foot chain wrapped around him too. He did get loose from both and he did this in less than 3 minutes, I think. He was sweating a looked very nervous, so I can only imagine what Houdini was doing and thinking the first time he attempted all of his tricks and escapes.