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Douglass and Franklin Autobiographies, 2002.
Examines and compares the autobiographies of two Americans, Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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Both Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin offer autobiographies that provide insight into the very heart and soul of the men. Frederick Douglass was never more artfully subtle or persuasive than in "Narrative of the Life of an American Slave." The religious slave owners, according to Douglass, attested "that God cursed Ham, and therefore American slavery is right." Franklin's autobiography is undoubtedly his best-known single work and part one, which reads like an eighteenth-century picaresque narrative, is undoubtedly its most interesting part. 6 pgs.
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Benjamin Franklin?s Autobiography, 2005.
This paper discusses the writing of an autobiography using Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography" as the sole example.
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper explains that when people read autobiographies, it is to learn more about the author's life, his or her experiences or simply what kind of person the author really is; however what most people fail to question is if the autobiography is a true reflection of the author's character or merely an elaborate fabrication that nobody has sufficient evidence to refute. The author points out that the main achievement of Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography" is self-invention; he portrays himself as just another tax-paying citizen; however, he talks about how he let the government use his name to endorse different financial projects and attempts to establish himself as a sort of authority on virtue. The paper relates that writing an autobiography correctly includes (1) acting the part in real life when in public, (2) writing convincingly and (3) only fabricating things that you know nobody can disprove.
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"On the other hand, autobiographies are not always automatically taken for truth, so to a degree, public behavior must be in agreement with what was written for it to complete the image created. Benjamin Franklin, generally, did a good job of acting the part in public to help support the image he had created of himself, but there are certain aspects of his life that he did not try as hard to fit into the mold he had made. These aspects included women, chastity, and humility. Franklin's idea of having humility was to be like Jesus and Socrates. Franklin did many things in public and in his writings that counteracted any attempt to convince his audience that he was humble or that he strived to be like Jesus."
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Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography", 2005.
Examines the life of Benjamin Franklin through his book, "The Autobiography and Other Writings".
1,339 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 44.95
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Benjamin Franklin was one individual who successfully achieved many of his goals. Not only was he able to enjoy his success while he was alive, but also had the pleasure of knowing that his success story would continue to be an inspiration to many for years to come. Through a closer reading of Franklin's "The Autobiography and Other Writings," this paper shows that there were many factors that contributed to his success, such as his initial upbringing by moral parents, his exposure to education, and the fact that, within the society from which he came, it was normal for young men to be apprenticed in a specific trade. However, the key elements contributing to Franklin's success were his conscious effort to improve himself and his resolution to consistently live a life of virtue.
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"As a child, Franklin had the good fortune not only to be exposed to moral teaching, but also to have the example of his father, who he portrays throughout his autobiography as an honourable, diligent, and reputable man, whose "great excellence lay in a sound understanding and solid judgement in prudential matters, both in private and public affairs." Franklin's childhood memories entail instances of his father's dinner conversations with various guests, which regularly turned the family's attention to "what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life." Instances such as these conversations, as well as the general advice and discipline given by his father, made a lasting impression on Franklin, providing a base upon which to later form his thirteen virtues."
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, 2007.
A review of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography.
1,468 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. According to the paper, Benjamin Franklin, by his own account, was an unusually energetic, curious, productive person. The paper goes on to say that Franklin's areas of inquisitiveness were extensive and, rather than just taking a passive interest in his ideas, he went on to manifest them as libraries, post offices, stoves, fire stations and, ultimately, to help draft the document that signifies the free state of America.
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"I agree with Jackson Turner, that Benjamin Franklin gave credibility to America when it was still a very small, disorganized and unfocused young country. I also agree that Franklin's genius was probably not the result of his childhood experiences, or the way he was raised, but was more the result of the inherent gifts he possessed when he entered the world. Turner does not want us to think that all of the incredible insights, inventions, inspirations and experiments were due to Franklin's discipline, studying or rigorous routines, but were only the evidences of Franklin's true genius. The fact that Franklin did not have an easy start, but was able to make the best of his circumstances seems to be at the heart of his personal nature. Many people would resent having so little to start with, and having to face an adult environment at such a young age. Franklin, instead, was able to see the advantages in unfortunate situations, and to use them to his own benefit. He was able to admit that he was a marginal poet and go on to do other things rather than feel injured or insecure. "
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, 2002.
Study of Ben Franklin's autobiography and how his writing style differed from the Puritan style of writing of which he was accustomed.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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It is the purpose of this paper to outline how Ben Franklin had distanced himself from the puritan writers and, while maintaining some of their sensibilities, wrote an autobiography that reads like a manual for life.
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Benjamin Franklin's "The Autobiography", 2001.
A discussion of the virtue of humility as explored in Benjamin Franklin's memoirs "The Autobiography", concluding that the only thing that Franklin managed to accomplish was the appearance, rather than the reality, of humility.
1,085 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, $ 37.95
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"Attempting to obtain humility is one of the hardest things an individual can endeavor to accomplish. For many, the simple task alone seems daunting and unapproachable. However, for Benjamin Franklin, he attempts to engage this obstacle during the course of his life outlining what was originally twelve virtues, only to add humility as the thirteenth, in his memoirs, The Autobiography. When all was said and done, the only thing that Franklin managed to accomplish was the appearance, rather than the reality, of humility. "
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"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin", 2006.
This paper discusses the book by Benjamin Franklin "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" as a true symbol of the American Dream realized.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that Benjamin Franklin's autobiography "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" relates his entrepreneurial spirit that turned him into a shrewd businessman, a great inventor and innovator, a community leader and later a very well-known and well-respected politician. The author points out that this book indicates that the business environment was changing and industrialization was gaining hold because, as Franklin reported, while the older generation was skeptical and cautious, the younger generation was full of optimism, courage and believed in possibilities. The paper suggests that an important lesson from Franklin's book is that a person may gain success and still be rude and arrogant, but a man who is remembered for ages is someone who remained humble when he was going up.
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"The key to success may not be one and the same for everyone but it appears that hard work and believing in one's decision play critical role in shaping the lives and careers of successful people. Benjamin Franklin knew he loved printing and that this was the business to be in. He also had the inclination to start this business in Philadelphia so while some people tried to discourage him, he stuck with his beliefs and worked tirelessly to make himself a success in this business. As we later see that not only he became an immensely successful printer and publisher, he also turned into a competent politician. This wouldn't have been possible if he never believed in himself or if he listened to the negative opinion of other people. "
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, 2006.
A review of the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
1,394 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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In this report the author centers on the positive aspects of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography. He describes how Franklin overcame early challenges, such as poor math and grammar and how he presented the idea that a combination of constitution and through the sheer force of will, any disability or disadvantage can be overcome. The author describes that for Benjamin Franklin there was but one definition of success, that, of course, was his definition. He highlights that perhaps more important than this single-mindedness is the idea that with enough work, enough study and enough sacrifice anybody can reach his ideal of what it is to be a successful American. The author concludes that Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the neoclassical age of reason and his thoughts were both liberating and prohibitory.
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"First, a man whose works he read and respected was a vegetarian. Obviously, if so am great a person is a vegetarian, than there must be something about being a vegetarian that was good, and Franklin decided he wanted to be great like Toyon. A simple case of "monkey see_monkey do." The second reason he did it appears to be to save money. This was a good way for the curious, young Franklin to get more money to buy books. Thirdly, it seems like an attempt to improve his constitutions. He clearly implies in the last sentence that sacrificing meat, or anything else, makes for a better person. He believed that giving up meat made him smarter. An added bonus was that the time not spent eating with his family, or going out, gave him more time to study his math and his grammar."
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"Autobiography" by Benjamin Franklin, 1999.
A critical review, focusing on how memoir sheds light on the author's entreprenurial development.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 55.95
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"This study will provide a critical review of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, focusing on how that memoir sheds light on his entrepreneurial development. Franklin's life is a combination of individualism and conformity. The Autobiography ends before the Revolutionary years, covering his life to 1757, but the work does show how Franklin established himself in his community and nation as a leader, thinker, businessman, inventor and moralist. Editor Russel B. Nye seems intent on minimizing Franklin's economics-related aphorisms, as well as his money-making ambition in general: "Franklin's business career, successful as it was, was but a brief interlude in a long, full life" (Franklin xi). Nevertheless, for better or worse, Franklin's "spirit of capitalism," as Max Weber puts it, is clearly the major facet of Franklin's life as he himself portrays..."
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"Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass" ( F. Douglass ) and " Woman Warrior" ( Maxine Hong Kingston ), 1999.
Compares autobiographers' suffering under racism and sexism and their eventual physical, psychological & spiritual freedom.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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Frederick Douglass, in his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself, and Maxine Hong Kingston, in her autobiography The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, tell of their struggle against and victory over the chains of racism and sexism.
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"Frederick Douglass, in his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself, and Maxine Hong Kingston, in her autobiography The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, tell of their struggle against and victory over the chains of racism and sexism. Both Douglass and Kingston eventually find the freedom, identity and self-worth they seek, and both stories prove that the ideologies behind their oppression--that black men and Chinese women are inferior to whites--are not only bigoted but utterly wrong. Kingston and Douglass emerge from their oppression as shining examples of humanity at its most intelligent and determined to live in freedom.
Douglass struggles against his literal slavery and turns himself into an educated and independent human being. Kingston is ..."
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" ( Frederick Douglass ), 1997.
Examines ways slave used education & literacy to gain & express his freedom in his autobiography.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"This study will examine the ways in which Frederick Douglass used education and literacy to gain and express his freedom in his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. The opening pages of Douglass' autobiography include no sign of freedom. Slaves have their freedom stripped from them by the horrors of slavery, and slaveowners commit those horrors. An essential part of being a free human being, for Douglass, involves education, literacy and self-awareness. The slave with no education, no awareness of his or her position, no ability to read the thoughts of others, and no hope for the future is not fully a human being. The slaveholders kept the slaves uneducated because that made controlling them easier. Literate and free-thinking individuals are harder to control than a group of frightened illiterates whose only reality is that.."
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" ( F. Douglass ) & "Resistance To Civil Govt". ( Henry David Thoreau ), 1997.
Compares black & white authors' ideas on manhood, freedom and slavery.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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"This study will compare the notions of manhood expressed by Frederick Douglass in Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass and by Henry David Thoreau in Resistance to Civil government and Walden. The study will argue that despite great differences in the personal histories of the two authors, they express similar views with respect to the idea of manhood, or what actions, thoughts and signs of character do or should make a man a man, or a human being a human being.
As a white man of a privileged class, Thoreau might be expected to have drastically different views on manhood than Douglass, a former slave, would have. However, both men share the notion that a man should live according to principles which are based on self-respect, respect for others, a love for God, and respect for the natural world. Both men would deny true manhood.."
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Douglass and "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville, 1993.
A comparison of the slave's and fictional character's responses to types of imprisonment and prospects for freedom.
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"The book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiographical work about a real man, while the novel Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is the story of a fictional character. In the main characters in each work, however, certain patterns of life and responses to society can be seen. The good novelist, after all, looks at the real world and determines what types of forces are acting on human beings in that world, and the novelist then transforms what he or she sees into a narrative in which fictional characters reflect the dimensions of real life. Frederick Douglass's account is the story of such a real life, written with reference to the same era in which Melville writes his novel. The backgrounds of the two characters, Frederick Douglass and Bartleby, are quite different--Douglass was a slave in the South until freed, and Bartleby is a white office worker..."
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Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglas, 2004.
This paper discusses Benjamin Franklin?s "An Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" and Frederick Douglas?s "A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave".
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the experiences that changed both Franklin and Douglas had to do with the importance of education in enabling people to better themselves. The author points out that Franklin?s education came when he worked as an apprentice printer with his brother during his teens. The paper relates that Frederick Douglas?s life story tells a much bleaker tale and shows even more the ability of one man to use his wits and his natural talents to pull himself up by the bootstraps.
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"Indeed, it was because of the fact that he had such great access to books through his induction into the printer?s trade that he was able to foster his love of books and learning and to begin to develop his persuasive rhetorical skills that would aid him not only in writing, but also in oratory. Without this love of books and learning being instilled in him Franklin could have never become the great thinker, speaker, author, and statesmen that he was to become."
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Three Women's Autobiographies, 2002.
An analysis of Jane Addams' "Twenty Years at Hull House," Madeleine's "Madeleine: An Autobiography" and Mabel Dodge Luhan's "Intimate Memories: The Autobiography of Mabel Dodge Luhan".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will discuss three women's autobiographies and discover how they appealed to society in their unique approaches to gender relations. By discussing the differing lives of Jane Addams' "Twenty Years at Hull House," Madeleine's "Madeleine: An Autobiography," and Mabel Dodge Luhan's "Intimate Memories: The Autobiography of Mabel Dodge Luhan, we can see why these women reinvented themselves and transformed the way that people saw women within their times.
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