John Hope Franklin

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most famous figures in American history. He was a scientist, a writer, and one of the main builders of American Independence. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706 and was the last of a family of 17 children. From the age of 12, he attended with his half brother James as a printer in Boston. There he began his apprenticeship of reading and he develops his own writing style. Franklin had run away to Philadelphia at the age of 17 in hopes to start a new life.…

Franklin’s Virtues Franklin was a man who seeks to be the best in all he does. His writing suggest that in every part in life, he continually presses forward in bettering himself. The reasoning behind Franklin’s virtues was to acquire a habit of all these things, which are: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity and Humility. He did not attempt to master all of these at once. He took each one and fixed his…

Benjamin Braddock from the novel, The Graduate written by Charles Webb embodies many of the issues and problems young adults are facing today. Though the narrative takes place in the 1960’s, Benjamin’s experience reflects and can easily be connected to a contemporary audience. As a 21-year-old who has freshly graduated from university, Benjamin questions many of the societal norms that are excepted of an adult. Though he makes a lot of mistakes in his story, those who review his narrative can…

Benjamin Franklin was famous for many important reasons. He was born on January 17, 1706. He accomplished a lot of important things in the 84 years he was alive for. He had many distinctive traits, many people acknowledged, and knew him by. These traits were, he was caring, he was extremely intelligent, and he was very persistent. Benjamin Franklin was very caring for many reasons. He fought for freedom on many occasions. Cared about his brother, and his brother’s opinions, even when his…

do something worth writing” (Franklin Quotes). Benjamin Franklin famously said these words and he made sure he wasn’t forgotten. He is famous for being one of America’s Founding Fathers, tying a key to a kite, inventing the bifocals and for his literary works. His most famous one being: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. This book has” became itself the most widely read autobiography ever written in America” (Franklin 1) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was divided into four parts…

Benjamin Franklin held many occupations throughout his life such as, diplomat, scientist, writer, inventor, and printer. One of his proverbs states, “Great famine when wolves eat wolves” (Franklin 11). The American Revolution ended in the loss of many lives, due to a quest for freedom. Even before the Patriots fought back, there were many events that led to the war. On February 22, 1732, George Washington was born. He played a major role in the American Revolution as the commander in chief of…

In early United States History, Benjamin Franklin was known for being a different kind of person. He never followed the rules like everyone else and always “marched to the beat of his own drum”. This difference from everyone else is what made Franklin a prominent figure in early American society. Franklin also uses this difference to help get his beliefs about society across to citizens. He uses satire to call people out and try to fix issues in the colonies. In the Satirical piece of…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin When thinking about Benjamin Franklin the first thing that comes to mind is a man flying a kite with the key at the end of it, trying to discover electricity. He was best known as a founding father, inventor, scientist, politician, author, and a printer in his lifetime. He became so well rounded due to reading books from philosophers and reading about humanism. Understanding his accomplishments and how he lived his life are what were captured in his…

similarities and differences of the purpose, tone, and tools between Charlotte Temple and Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. While Charlotte Temple is fiction and Benjamin Franklin is nonfiction, they both have a purpose to inform. Temple is informing us about the life and struggles of women during this time period and Franklin is informing us about his virtues. Since Temple is fiction, is also has the purpose of entertainment because it is a story. Franklin’s also has an element of persuasion…

The novel, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, tells the story of a folksy aristocrat and how he grew to be known as a stereotype of the American Dream instead of the complex, fascinating man he was. Author Gordon S. Wood states that “to recover the historic Franklin, we must shed these modern images and symbols…only then can we go on to understand how the symbolic Franklin was created.” Wood arranges the novel chronologically. He begins with Franklin’s birth like a biography, and…