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Revolutionary Character Characters
Book Review of “The Characters of Revolutionary Characters” by Gordon S. Wood “The characters of Revolutionary Characters” is a realistic portrayal of six most important members of the founding generation of the United States. They are: George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine. The Founders, indeed, were a highly unique and exceptionally talented generation. The book takes as its accent not the story of the lives of individual founders but an analysis of their characters. Each life is considered as bonded, but the chain that connects the work together and gives it the advancing power of a revelation is the idea of character as a lived reality …show more content…
The author, Gordon Wood is trying to uphold all the characteristics of the American revolutionary characters and also how their individual role combined to make todays present United states. Washington is the only true typical hero we have ever had, who had a lifelong obsession with his reputation for impartiality. Hamilton argued for a society with wealthy classes, administrations in government, and strong banking. He wanted to be both the big-business man and big-government man, and while fighting for both, he became the man who made modern America. Aaron Burr, who was considered to have a bad personality with no principles other than self-interest, has become the model for the modern politician, who works for his friends and his own special interests. John Adams, a man of respectable character and high values, is shown as a man who lost his connection with the political world. The most interesting chapter was about Thomas Paine because he is rarely considered as one of the founders, though his writings were very important in the revolution. Paine was the first public scholar whose messages awakened not only the politicians but also the common people. Benjamin Franklin’s role as an example of hard work and self-reliance, as well as the selfless patriot, is a …show more content…
Their individual and also combined leading ability, cannot be completely replaced by anyone else and that is the reason he analyzed the whole life of the founders so that people can be inspired from the Founders, their life and their accomplishment. By reading the book, one can know the lifestyle of the Founders, get motivated and have the will to do something great like them and be like them to make a change in the present situation. The author wrote about how all the Founders were different on their own, but their goal was one, to have a developed nation. So, they used all their special capability and made it as the most developed country and without any doubt, I can say that author is succeeded to prove the main purpose of the

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