Harry Walker 10/14/14 Mrs. Torres English III Honors Period 3 Ben Franklin Autobiography B) Franklin’s goal was to seek moral perfection‚ this helped him come in contact with success‚ although he did have many failures. In Franklin’s journey to reach perfection he ended up fixing many problems. “While my care was employed in guarding against one fault‚ I was often surprised by another.” Every time he fixed a problem a new one would occur. This made him relies human perfection is not possible
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The writing styles of Rowlandson and Bradford are very similar‚ while Byrd’s writing style is different from the other two. Rowlandson’s journal is a narraritive of her captivity‚ and Bradfords journal is a narrative of his journey to and arrival at his destination in the New World. Byrd’s journal was was written as a satire‚ to essentially make fun of Rowlandson and Bradford’s religious views. Mary Rowlandson kept the journal of her captivity to inform future generations of her experiences while
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Quiz: Benjamin Franklin selections Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Comprehension The questions below refer to the selections “from The Autobiography”; “from All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”; “from Poor Richard’s Almanack.” ____ 1. Franklin arrives in Philadelphia in his working dress because — a. | he intends to find a job immediately | b. | his best clothes are coming around by sea |
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Stability In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World the motto of the new state is "COMMUNITY‚ IDENTITY‚ STABILITY"(3). Creativity‚ expression and imagination are sacrificed to attain this. Each citizen is conditioned to do what they like and like what they do. In our society people often do jobs because they think that they will make a lot of money‚ or because they are pressured by others. We are encouraged to put ourselves into thousands of dollars of debt to be successful instead of doing what we
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Benjamin Lay was born in Colchester‚ England in 1681. His parents‚ William Lay and Mary Dennis were both Quakers‚ as well as himself. Growing up to be a short man‚ height of four feet and seven inches‚ and also a hunched back. Soon after finishing basic education‚ Lay became an apprentice to a glove maker Worked in his brother’s farm until he went to sea. Returning home to be wed and eventually moving to London. Refused to drink tea or coffee‚ a committed vegetarian refusing any product made of
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Benjamin frankin was born in January 17 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Josiah wanted to send Benjamin to school to become a clergy man. But he could only pay for one year. Benjamin loved to read so he took an apprenticeship with his older brother James. When Benjamin was 12 years old he would help his older brother work on the printer press. Then he would go out and sell pamphlets and prints on the street. When Benjamin was 15 his brother started his own printing company called “The new England
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How Mary Smith and John Smith survived captivity In The Account of Mary Rowlandson Captivity Narrative‚ Mary Rowlandson describes in detail the tragic events she had to face after being taken captive by the Wampanoag’s in 1676. She is certain that the only reason she has been taken captive is because god is punishing her for her wrong doings. Like Mary Rowlandson Col. John Smith also was taken captive against his will. In Col. James Smith Captivity Narrative he is not treated poorly or beaten
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Benjamin Franklin once said “If your head is wax‚ don’t walk in the sun”. Franklin had created an aphorism. Webster’s dictionary defines an aphorism as “a short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea” (Aphorism). Franklin modified most of his aphorisms to correspond with traditional or folk sayings‚ known as proverbs. This aphorism is parallel to a Russian proverb that instructs‚ “One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down”. What do these proverbs mean? How are they similar? Why do
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WW2 weapons from the ETO / Warfare History The best American Infantry weapon had to be the M1 Garand. Even General Patton credited the American semi-automatic rifle as one reason we won the war. While other nations were equipped primarily with WWI vintage bolt action rifles that held no more than 5-6 rounds‚ the Garand held 10 rounds and was semi automatic. This increased the fire power of a 12 man squad dramatically over that of a similar squad armed with only bolt action rifles. The Germans
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became the voice of the people as the rest of the population were too scared to speak out against tyranny. A famous political writer is known to be Benjamin Franklin. Franklin in many ways was successful‚ he was one of the main Founding Fathers that had written the Declaration of Independence. Franklin also wrote many
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