The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The United States of America was born in and of the Enlightenment. The American Revolution, our national documents, and our system of government were products of Enlightenment philosophy. No other nation`s history can be identified in the same way as much with the Enlightenment as ours. The Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, was a revolution in thinking that began in Europe in the 17th century. After centuries of political and religious oppression, philosophers were beginning to advance theories…

The Prophet of Tolerance vs. The Modernist Poet Benjamin Franklin and T.S. Eliot, two intellectual men that were born almost two hundred years apart, but still their virtues share some common theme. They were both well-educated and both were concern about improvement. Self or society improvement. While Franklin’s virtues were mostly about self-improvement, Eliot’s values were about the society; however, both work the other way too. Benjamin Franklin was a wise man that despite the fact that…

however it is highly unlikely someone would risk their life just for a small portion of fame. In The Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin describes his plan to better his life through thirteen virtues. Franklin was a founding father and therefore an expert on the dynamics of government and how to reach its full potential. These virtues, which included doing civil duty and being respectful, started with Franklin and would branch from person to person until everyone had an ideal character. In turn,…

displayed differences in writing styles, experiences and views. To analyze, compare, contrast, and analyze once more all which is written, is there a knowledge gained as to who they were. Benjamin Franklin is a noteworthy figure in many sects in the advancing of the American…

John Adams John Adams was born in 1735 and died at the age of 90. He was married to Abigail Smith and their son, Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States of America. He was a graduate of Harvard College and a prominent attorney in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the second president of the United States of America. Before becoming president, he had served as Vice-President under George Washington. John Adams was influential in stirring up the revolt against Britain rule in…

out seventeen kids? In an autobiographical letter written to his son William, Benjamin Franklin describes in detail the hardships he faced while growing up in an extensive family, and how he became an intellectual man out of passion for reading and writing, and later on one of the Founding Fathers of the Nation. With his passion and dynamism, Franklin became a key figure in the American Revolution and his autobiography serves as an example of what was parallel to this conflict. Income-Order In…

In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, he explains his thirteen virtues that he has observed to achieve perfection. He believes that in order to achieve perfection in all aspects of life, you must follow a strict lifestyle that adapts to the thirteen virtues he created. During the three weeks, I followed the cleanliness, silence, and temperance virtues. After experiencing the virtues for three weeks, I realized how I needed to change how I was living. During the first week of the examination…

class and I heard how serious he really was about us trying to become what we want to be, I was surprised. I began thinking about what I could do as a semester long project in which I could set a goal and record my progress. I had read Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography a few months earlier and I remember him writing about a personal program that he had developed…

Early in American Literature, a lot of the writers were Puritans and based their texts mostly on God. They arrived here in America, wanting to spread their “Pure” look of the Bible and God. They read the Bible and live their lived strictly and had many laws that aligned with the bible. This life-style had its downsides and some often branched off and “Rebelled” against it through a plethora of ways, including writing. Puritans were part of an important role in Literature today, in fact, In the…

Despite, or perhaps because of, this country’s short history, the American identity is one of the most highly contested and undefinable of intangible ideas. Many of the highly debated abstract concepts are so often and sometimes needlessly argued over because they are indefinable. So much can fall under the categories of these types, like art, love, and poetry, that deems them impossible to narrow down into workable definitions. A blank canvas can be considered art and free verse is somehow…