Albert Einstein once said, "Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value." Unit 1 was intrinsic to my success in the future by teaching me about the characteristics that make us all human. There was an emphasis on a determination for success and the qualities of nature revealed in ancient myths. In this essay, based on what I learned in the unit, I will report the ways Benjamin Franklin’s lifelong ideals and goals are still seen in American modern society and describe the qualities the Native American origin myth makers saw in nature
The three Native American origin stories I read were called The Navajo Origin Story, When Grizzlies Walked the Earth, and The Earth on the Turtle’s Back. The qualities shown in these stories would be the same traits the myth makers saw in nature and life experiences. They were profound in their sense of thinking as these stories probably came from a curiosity to know how they and their ways of life …show more content…
In his autobiography, Franklin describes the goals he set for himself. He wrote down nine virtues he wanted to obtain—temperance, order, silence, reverence, industrialism, frugality,—and fervently set out to accomplish his goal of perfection. By doing this, he found how disorderly and imperfect he actually was; however, he became a much wiser and better person because of it. Then when he was older, he wrote aphorisms in his annual almanac that express values that are still widely held in America today like being diligent and being a good friend. A big part of American society is based on the idea of individualism, which Franklin was a big advocate of. Franklin was very practical and logical. Today, he is renowned for his scientific experiments and discoveries. Arguably, because of his curiosity and logical thought, we live in a modern world where science and logic are at the forefront of
The three Native American origin stories I read were called The Navajo Origin Story, When Grizzlies Walked the Earth, and The Earth on the Turtle’s Back. The qualities shown in these stories would be the same traits the myth makers saw in nature and life experiences. They were profound in their sense of thinking as these stories probably came from a curiosity to know how they and their ways of life …show more content…
In his autobiography, Franklin describes the goals he set for himself. He wrote down nine virtues he wanted to obtain—temperance, order, silence, reverence, industrialism, frugality,—and fervently set out to accomplish his goal of perfection. By doing this, he found how disorderly and imperfect he actually was; however, he became a much wiser and better person because of it. Then when he was older, he wrote aphorisms in his annual almanac that express values that are still widely held in America today like being diligent and being a good friend. A big part of American society is based on the idea of individualism, which Franklin was a big advocate of. Franklin was very practical and logical. Today, he is renowned for his scientific experiments and discoveries. Arguably, because of his curiosity and logical thought, we live in a modern world where science and logic are at the forefront of