Reading Response Benjamin Franklin’s
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Benjamin Franklin’s principles are comparable to the Mary Rowlandson’s orgins in way and also diverse in some ways. In Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography, Franklin holds alloy of importance on educations and improving one own self, and how it can benefit to anyone. Franklin is a person who believes if he constantly read and educates himself he will improve his own work and archive hid dream. Compared to Puritan constant belief in the bible and her faith in god will get her to her American dream. Education is one of most valuable aspect of Franklin life which education will also be what he is most known for In his autobiography, Franklin states, “My father’s little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have yet since of then regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen my way…” (255). When Franklin gets his first public library, he looks at his success as a way to study it and improve on his self for the future. Franklin also received several other importuned qualities including control over himself and determination. Being free to Franklin was very valuable to him for the fact that, his father had originally planned for Franklin to be a part of the clergy; Franklin stated that. “I should not be a Clergyman” (255). Franklin was not interested in this kind of profession. Freedom would gave Franklin the option to become a writer. His Determination and principles to continuing with reading and educating himslef and following his dream is what got Franklin his American dream.
Mary Rowlandson has similar values of determination like Franklin’s which include a belief in God and known that her faith would keep her safe. Rowlandson holds a lot of life and dreams in God’s Will and that her faith is of great importance and should not be questioned. In The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mary Rowlandson, Puritan
Benjamin Franklin’s principles are comparable to the Mary Rowlandson’s orgins in way and also diverse in some ways. In Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography, Franklin holds alloy of importance on educations and improving one own self, and how it can benefit to anyone. Franklin is a person who believes if he constantly read and educates himself he will improve his own work and archive hid dream. Compared to Puritan constant belief in the bible and her faith in god will get her to her American dream. Education is one of most valuable aspect of Franklin life which education will also be what he is most known for In his autobiography, Franklin states, “My father’s little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have yet since of then regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen my way…” (255). When Franklin gets his first public library, he looks at his success as a way to study it and improve on his self for the future. Franklin also received several other importuned qualities including control over himself and determination. Being free to Franklin was very valuable to him for the fact that, his father had originally planned for Franklin to be a part of the clergy; Franklin stated that. “I should not be a Clergyman” (255). Franklin was not interested in this kind of profession. Freedom would gave Franklin the option to become a writer. His Determination and principles to continuing with reading and educating himslef and following his dream is what got Franklin his American dream.
Mary Rowlandson has similar values of determination like Franklin’s which include a belief in God and known that her faith would keep her safe. Rowlandson holds a lot of life and dreams in God’s Will and that her faith is of great importance and should not be questioned. In The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mary Rowlandson, Puritan