ESSAY ON BEN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography is an inspiring tale of his personal‚ as well as public achievement throughout his life. Franklin’s life embodies the exemplary model of a life composed of discipline‚ self-reliance and self improvement. From his humble beginnings as an apprentice candle and soap maker in his father’s business to a successful business man‚ author‚ philosopher‚ civil activist‚ politician scientist‚ inventor‚ and diplomat‚ above all Benjamin
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Parks‚ JFK‚ and countless others‚ the world has been blessed and challenged by various leaders. In the national bestseller‚ “The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ as told to Alex Haley” we have the experience of being introduced into the life of a leader of such category; Mr. Malcolm X‚ Malcolm Little‚ Detroit Red‚ or rather El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Throughout his autobiography‚ Malcolm went through several stages of his life that ultimately allowed him to clearly see the struggle of the African American
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Benjamin’s Life In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography named The Autobiography written in his own words‚ Benjamin wrote about important topics‚ but the most influenced subject in his work was religion. Throughout his autobiography‚ he spoke about how he was about educated about religion as a Presbyterian and he had personal opinions about what he learned. Of course‚ he never doubted or questioned religion‚ but some of his teachers seemed to be disqualified to be teaching about religion beliefs
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Growing Words In high school my essays were about summarizing a chapter from a book or writing a short story. There was no set length it had to be and there were not any specifics to focus on such as to focus on a strong introduction or to focus on being organized when writing. The essays that I wrote in high school were just for a quick grade or to help out our grade. I did not really have that much experience in writing essays. In the past semester I have grown more as a writer than I have in
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Reflective writing One shift during the night At 19.50 I walk thru the entrance to my work place to begin my night shift. The first thing I did was to sign in in the fire booklet. Because we have to according to the health and safety at work act in case there is a fire and if there is a fire‚ I am in charge according to the policy at the work place and need to know who is in the building in case of a fire. Around the corner the staff was waiting‚ RN and carer‚ to give a rapport so they could go
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Reflective Account Moving & handling One day I was ask to transfer Mrs X from bed into wheelchair. Mrs X is paralised so to transfer her a full body hoist is needed. I had to call for help‚ it wouldn’t be safe to do this by myself. So while I was waiting for the other carer to arrive I have explained to Mrs X what and how we are going to do it. I have also cheked the hoist and battery if its fully charged and operational. I put right size sling on Mrs X with her cooperation. I carefully
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Reflective Essay High school. Those two words can nostalgically bring out the best and the most tragic memories in anyone’s life. For me‚ I can say that those years were anything but ordinary‚ at times they were terrifying‚ at times they were incredible‚ at times they were chaotic‚ but they were always beautiful. All my seven years at Alameda Community Learning Center have been both life altering and amazingly valuable. I never expected to learn from or take so
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written during the middle 1960’s but covers a span of about 35 years. The story of Malcolm’s life is set against a historical backdrop which takes us from the roaring 20s‚ through the depression‚ to World War II and the Civil Rights era. Malcolm’s personal struggles throughout his life closely mirror the turmoil which plagued the nation during this snapshot in history. Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. He was the son of a
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Maya Angelou Marguerite Ann Johnson was born on April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. After her parents divorced‚ she and her older brother Bailey lived with their grandmother in the racially segregated town of Stamps‚ Arkansas. In this town and during this time‚ African Americans depended on one another for social‚ economic and religious sustenance. Marguerite and Bailey formed a strong bond; it was during their youth that he gave her the nickname Maya. At the age of seven‚ Maya was molested
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Ever since I was a young kid‚ I was extremely fond of music. Music was all around me: on the television‚ in school‚ at the store‚ and especially in the car. Not only did I love to listen to music‚ but I loved to play it as well. I am not saying I was any good at playing music‚ because I was not. But to a young child‚ hitting their hand on anything could be music‚ and to me it definitely was. As a child‚ I was exposed to rock music and oldies. However‚ I grew up in Prince George’s county‚ so I
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