Benjamin Franklin

through hard work, determination, and initiative” (Oxford Dictionaries). Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of the U.S. and a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, was able to achieve the American dream, inspiring many educated people today. He begins as a young teenage boy with nothing, builds on his values in life, improves himself, and accomplished prosperity. Met with many obstacles, Franklin was able to surpass them with the help of friendly companions and…

Benjamin Franklin is best known as one of the leading figures in early American history. Born into to a humble family, Franklin took his limited formal education and devoted his life to finding and sharing “useful information”. Not only did he keep up with technology trends from his childhood, he also organized groups of intellectuals and philosophers. One of these groups are best known today as the “Founding Fathers”. Together seven prestigious men structured the American government as we know…

Franklins Self-Improvement Project The say patience is a virtue and a mannerism one must learn over time. Though Franklin was seventy-eight years old and had already lived a life of great virtue, he still found fault in some of his virtues and that they needed improved upon. Franklin was a very busy man, he found between his many different responsibilities, duties, family, and his reading/study period he had a hard time keeping his routine in order. Franklin developed a plan that would…

Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. Franklin was a political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, 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…

Benjamin Franklin Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, Benjamin Franklin would grow up to be one of the most well known Americans in history. Benjamin was extremely intelligent as a child, he even taught himself to read. His father, a soap maker who had come to the Americas from Ecton, England in 1683, had planned for his tenth and youngest son to study at Harvard and work in the clergy. Ben was sent to different schools, but only for a couple of years…

Audience: Benjamin Franklin was a man who knew how to use his words. He developed a whole list of different maxims, or sayings, that can be interpreted literally or figuratively in which people can relate to on a personal level. One of his more famous maxims is “One Day is Worth Two Tomorrows” and is personal and has several different meanings to me. I related to this maxim, because I procrastinate often, and I do not live each day to its fullest. Many days are spent watching television or…

“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” by Benjamin Franklin, he sets out to devise a plan of self-examination, resulting in self-correction. Trying to achieve moral perfection, he creates a chart listing thirteen virtues and their precepts as a guideline for his self-examination. Though Franklin's intentions were of good gesture, the plan he devised was flawed due to basic human nature, lack of emotion, and different interpretations…

Ben Franklin written by Edmund S. Morgan, provides highly detailed information on Benjamin Frankin’s life. Each chapter talks about different times and accomplishments throughout his life. In Chapter one, Morgan provides us with what Franklin did as a kid growing up, and what he was like. Morgan writes, “[...][A] muscular young man, about five feet nine or ten, full of the energies-physical, intellectual, and sexual-of youth...he enjoys a form of exercise that few people of his time dared to…

President John F. Kennedy and Benjamin Franklin were two men who independently fought for a purpose that brought about change where they resided. President Kennedy fought in a life-risking war and saved his country from mass destruction which could have began another world war. Benjamin Franklin was a founding father of this Union who wanted people to be more efficient and resourceful to avoid being wasteful. Together, President John F. Kennedy and Benjamin Franklin took advantage of the…

As a young boy, Franklin receives a few copper coins from friends and family as a holiday gift. Ecstatically, he goes to the store and buys a whistle. When he arrives back at home, he decides to melodically play and play to boast in front of his family about his new toy. Annoyed by his playing, his brother, sister and cousin inquire about the price of the whistle. When he responds, they mention that he paid much more than the whistle is worth. Wallowing, he dreams about all of the other things…