Benjamin Franklin and The Wright Brothers PHL458 What is a famous thinker? A famous thinker is some one who thought of something that change the world in which we live in. There are a lot of famous thinkers in the world like: Martin Luther King Jr‚ Steve Jobs‚ Bill Gates‚ and Michael Jackson. I will be discussing Benjamin Franklin and The Wright Brothers for my famous thinkers. Benjamin Franklin and The Wright Brothers are famous thinkers that showed the world new Idea ’s
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Three of the works that we have read have been Gulliver’s Travels‚ Candide‚ and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. The three have been widely different in their approach‚ but they all come back to the theme of a corrupt‚ evil‚ narrow-minded society that the main character believes should be fixed. Through all their journeys‚ the characters show us that through perspective we can see the necessary changes that need to be made to society. Of the three‚ I believe that Gulliver’s
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Slavery In the first five chapters of The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano‚ there is a pattern of a preference of death over life. Equiano and other enslaved people see death as the only way of gaining liberation and‚ as a result‚ they embrace it. This pattern of a preference of death over life is easily characterized by it showing up every time Equiano or a fellow slave is plagued by a difficult situation. Equiano expresses his preference of death over life after he is sold to a master
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Benjamin Franklin Was Known for Many Things... Benjamin Franklin was known for many things. Most people know him from his famous kite flying experiment‚ but he was mostly famous for helping writing the draft for the Declaration of Independence. Ben was also known for being a printer‚ writer‚ scientist‚ inventor‚statesman‚ civic leader‚ and diplomat.(America’s Library) By the end of his life he was elected for governor of Pennsylvania and lived a happy life.(Great Life of Benjamin Franklin) When
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CoMpArE and CoNtRaSt Both‚ "The Interesting Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano" and "Amistad" are important stories about slavery in pre-civil war america because they both address the issues of slavery. These gentlemen in the story made a difference in the slave trade. In "The life of Olaudah Equiano"‚ Olaudah was sold on a slave ship that came to the Barbados. Olaudah worked for his freedom‚ and in the end became efficient in American language. He worked his way to the free life and in the
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attribute the transatlantic slave trade to merely being an overtly inhumane business transaction of the past; therefore‚ many of the descriptions of this time are often generic and fail to give any true insight into the reality of these circumstances. Olaudah Equiano’s first hand account provides the reader with great insights into life of an African from capture‚ aboard the ship during the middle passage‚ and landing in Barbados in 1789. Equiano’s candid perspective as an individual who lived to tell
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Benjamin Franklin is a hero who still has an impact on us today. He invented objects that some people still use now. He invented a way to harness and conduct electricity. He also invented bifocal glasses‚ swim fins‚and a musical instrument called the glass harmonica. He was very intelligent and involved in politics. His knowledge got him to where he ended up. He started from being poor‚ to becoming very wealthy. To understand more about Benjamin Franklin‚ you will need to know about his life‚ politics
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the Franklin‚ is superior to any thing I ever saw of the kind: I see him still at work when I go home from Club; and he is at Work again before his Neighbours are out of bed.” – Doctor Baird‚ member of club that Franklin was a part of (pg 119). While serving nearly no other purpose in the book‚ Doctor Baird in this quote describes the one quality or Benjamin’‚ eagerness to succeed‚ that turned him into who we known his as today. Benjamin Franklin‚ formally the namesake of his Uncle Benjamin due to
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Benjamin Franklin was an author‚ printer‚ postmaster‚ diplomat‚ political theorist‚ politician‚ civic activist‚ statesman‚ scientist‚ inventor‚ and many more things. He did many things to help the United States‚ and he even signed the constitution. Benjamin Franklin should be the second most important founding father. It was so important that he went to the constitutional convention that he was carried there in a sedan chair by people because the bumpy carriage ride on cobblestone was too rough for
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Benjamin Franklin This portrait‚ which depicts Franklin as a learned scientist and inventor‚ was one of his favorites. Pictured on the left is the signal-bell apparatus Franklin devised to detect the presence of electrically-charged clouds. The bolt of lightning ‚ seen through the open window‚ became an attribute closely identified with Franklin. At Franklin’s death French philosopher/scientist Jacques Turgot wrote: "He seized the lightning from the sky and the scepter from the hand of tyrants."
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