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    Reading Response #2 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

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    When Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia‚ he had one thought‚ having a successful life away from his brother. One way he would be able to achieve that‚ was living morally perfect. What he could not understand was why he could not do what he thought was right and avoid doing what he thought was wrong. Therefore he made a list with thirteen virtues that he believed were “necessary and desirable” to improve himself. The intention was for him to “acquire the habitude of all these virtues‚”fixing

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    As it is with any piece of writing‚ the intended audience within the author’s mind can have significant impacts on both the way the prose is crafted‚ and how the reader interprets it. For instance‚ Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography appears to be written for a very particular individual. This is made explicit by the first two words of the book: “Dear son.” Immediately‚ one becomes aware of the fact that Franklin is not engaged directly in a dialogue with the reader‚ but rather‚ that he is addressing

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    priorities‚ which mean that different accomplishments and behaviors will make us feel better about ourselves. To be successful the individual must understand what is important and must recognize one’s strengths and weaknesses. When we hear the name “Benjamin Franklin” we automatically think that he was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; but he was much more than that. Not only was he a successful scientist‚ he was an inventor and a politician. But not many individuals

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    kept trying to conquer the frontier that was Mars. Mars as a planet tries to prove itself to be hostile to humanity with thin oxygen yet fails due to the tenacity of the colonists. “No!...I’ll be all right. I’ve got to stay here!” the words of Benjamin Driscoll‚ the Johnny Appleseed of Mars. The man who refused to admit defeat and return to Earth even after discovering that the Martian atmoshpere was detrimental to his health.1 Through his own tenacity and unwillingness to give up the man managed

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    “Background” “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” was thought by himself to be “the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection”. It refers to when he was in his twenties‚ around 1726‚ he found himself jobless; penniless; in debt and suddenly a single father. He was very intelligent and he knew there was definitely something wrong in his life and he was eager to make a change. So he wrote this autobiography not only to tell his son about his life but also to improve his financial

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    Benjamin Libet’s free will experiment was an attempt to determine if humans have free will by measuring brain impulses compared to a subject’s determination of when he or she first wanted to act and the time it took the subject to act. The subject acted by bending his or her wrist. Libet wanted subjects to feel like they were in control and therefore did not attempt to force an action to occur. Brain impulses‚ initiated unconsciously‚ were recorded before the subject was initially aware of any intention

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    Benjamin Carson was born in Detroit‚ Michigan on September 18‚ 1951. He was born into a working class family‚ and raised by a single mother‚ that had the education of a third grader‚ and Carson’s older brother. Starting out‚ Carson wasn’t a very smart student in school‚ teachers and students referred to him as the “dumb kid”. He was teased‚ which made him develop anger issues. He would start fighting with the other students who would bully him. When his mother looked at his report card and seen

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    Benjamin Franklin used satire to catch the attention of the American people and start a revolution. Using smart‚ skillful humor‚ he was able to argue in a unique way. He presented his ideas in a somewhat controversial way that people could relate to and understand. His use of exaggeration made the issues undeniable. Franklin’s “Revolutionary” satire might have ruined his reputation with Britain‚ but it united the American people in wanting a revolution. After being embarrassed in front of his British

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    Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a great politician and inventor‚ as well as a few other professions. Ben Franklin accomplished very many things in his lifetime. Some of his greatest accomplishments are the following five: the invention of the lightning rod‚ bifocals‚ and the Franklin stove: being awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Oxford University in England; being named one of the Founding Fathers for signing the Declaration of Independence

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