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    After the abolition of slavery Douglass was very much passionate about the enfranchisement of the African American man. For example, while advocating to gain African Americans the rights to wrote Douglass wrote, “The old master was offended to find the Negro whom he lately possessed the right to enslave and flog to toil, casting a ballot equal to his own, resorted to all sorts…

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    truly achieve happiness, or simply, what is happiness? Can you you chose to be content or does it just happen? Well, John Stuart Mill, a autobiography writer, believes that contentment can not be found, if one seeks for it. In Mill’s own words, “The only chance it to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it, a the purpose of life.” In the autobiography, “Chapter V, A Crisis in My Mental History: One Stage Onward” by John Stuart Mill, Mill claimed that one will find happiness by the…

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    stewart's autobiography he is telling us his thoughts and opinions. This autobiography question is ask is can people actually find happiness by looking for it people can agree or disagree on the writings statement. I would agree on some of the statements in john's writing on what people do to find their own happiness. This autobiography is an controversies through other people's opinions and thoughts. This entire writing is based on john stewart's opinion. Reading through this autobiography i…

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    Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains are books that create a controversial matter with keeping, reaching out and challenging their readers. Most of all both of these books mainly have the issue with the white readers. Both books similarly challenge their white readers by criticizing them and or creating an image or situation that offers them a way out. Paul Farmer’s and Malcolm X’s mediator’s, Tracy Kidder and Alex Haley, play a major role in…

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    For this textual analysis I have chosen to compare The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to Jay Gatsby for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This comparison of Ben Franklin to that of Jay Gatsby will examine the way in which cultural factors such as morality, technology, and societal norms of their respective time periods affected their worldview and ultimately set the stage for how their stories are told and ultimately the outcome of their respective lives. It is my contention that Ben…

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    with the reader. We can ask ourselves if an autobiography can be reliable about the writer's life. Among all the writers who write an autobiogaphy, I have selected in the first place Barack Obama's autobiography written in 2012; then, chapter 2 of Stephen Fry's autobiography entitled Moab is my washpot written in 1997. Finally as a complementary document, I have picked out Joe Wright's movie named Atonement, released in 2007. Firstly, the autobiography written by Barack Obama in 2012. It…

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    Under no circumstances should drugs be legalized; drugs have negative consequences not only for individuals, but may also affect the entire families in numerous ways. For example, a parent or parents that abuses drugs is more likely to abuse and or neglected their children, these children often grow up and become substance abusers themselves. Authors like William Bennett are advocates for the legalization of drugs. Bennett who is the author of ‘’Should Drugs Be Legalized’’ meet with several…

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    diplomat, printer, and an author. As an author, Franklin wrote his autobiography which consisted of two parts. In the second part of his autobiography, Franklin introduced the theme of the American Identity. Franklin is perhaps the best place to begin a study of the fashioning of American culture for he is, by many biographers, referred to as “the First American.” Because of this many look up to and follow him. He gives examples on how to print, commerce, and some ideologies used to fashion an…

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    established universities, newspapers, publishers, taught commercial and political undertakings, while doing his best to practice them. Fukazawa wrote a few books during the Edo period and Meiji Period, which have inspired the Japanese culture. His autobiography explains his roots and how he journeys through life from Tokugawa to Meiji. Fukuzawa was the youngest, born into the low-ranking samurai of the Okudaira Clan of Nakatsu on the island of Kyushu. His mother, O-Jun also belonged to a…

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    Tony Dungy’s autobiography, Quiet Strength captures the theme, “Expectations must be matched by effort”. The autobiography Quiet Strength depicts Tony Dungy’s life altering experiences, which creates the principled man he is today. Throughout life we will all experience a time that we are told we can achieve anything. For some, this dream may become a reality. For others, they are left with a life that is below their expectations. If you desire unreasonable results, you must live like an…

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