Franklin’s autobiography represents the American dream of rising from rags to riches‚ or as Franklin himself says “Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred‚ to a state of affluence...” (Franklin1). Franklin writes to his son‚ as his own form of a self help book. He hopes that through his life story people will be inspired to do as he did‚ and find a path to becoming successful. Today‚ he stands as a shining example of what it means to be an American business man
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin A Book Review History 5 March 2010 2 Introduction "If you would not be forgotten‚ as soon as you are dead and rotten‚ either write things worth reading‚ or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin Written over a period of nearly 30 years and covering his life only until 1759 (he died in 1790)‚ “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” is actually tells approximately half of his life story as everyone knows of this great man
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It was as if I had won the World Series. Next I would be touring the country‚ signing autographs‚ and riding on floats in city parades. Everywhere I’d go‚ locals would triumphantly hoist me atop their shoulders as I would wave to the adoring fans. I believed this all to be true. I was on top of the world‚ and a member of the red Aces‚ the winning team of the Ridgway‚ IL‚ tee-ball tournament. At five years of age‚ this was no small feat. It was the most significant event of my dear little life
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Growing Pains Growing up I was an abused child who wanted nothing more than to break free of the horrible torture that was imposed on me every day of my childhood. My mother hated me‚ and she was not shy in saying so. She would belittle me as if it gave her some kind of sick pleasure in destroying my fragile‚ developing ego. Naturally‚ I would grow up to be a person who didn’t have any ambition or goals for the future. This was because I focused all of my energy on the thought of getting away
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Myself and My Course Lets talk about myself‚ my name is Mark Vincent Y. Teodocio. I’m 17 years old. I was born on a warm‚ sunny day in September. I live at Cecilio Blanco Cmpd. Villamayor st. Brgy Pag-asa Binangonan Rizal. I am studying at WCC Antipolo. I live with my mom Edith‚ and my little brother johnly. My father died when I was in 2nd year high school. So my mom survived us alone. I have one sister namely Gladys. My sister has her own family now that’s why me and my little brother are the
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How It Started A system harried by us slaves rebellions and conspiracies developed a network of controls in the southern states‚ backed by the laws‚ courts‚ armed forces‚ and race predjudice of the nation’s political leaders. The south Basically wanted cheap land to push slavery more to the west. The south resented paying for projects that provided little benefit to its people. The south referred to those areas that permitted the practice of slavery. Many slaves dreamt of escaping the cruel‚ horrble
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pADVENTURES of an Atom By: Nicole Zemaitis Atom-Smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of the element. Scientific discovery is how the present day Atomic Theory was made up. The current atomic theory was formed by different scientists over many years‚ each scientist building on or proving theories wrong. Democritus 460-370 B.C. Narrative: Hello! My name is Anna the Atom. I’m writing to you to describe
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Two very different events took place in 1984. The first event‚ essential to my development as a person but not significant to my development as an artist‚ was my birth on April 23rd of that year. The second event‚ and more significant to this autobiographical story I’m trying to tell‚ followed 3 months later in July when the band “Minutemen” released their album “Double Nickels on the Dime”. On the album in the song “History Lesson – Part II” the singer D. Boon ends the first stanza with the line
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I am a fish‚ very small and cute. At one time a long long ago‚ I used to live in the depths of a river but‚ as time passed by‚ my life has changed a lot. This new life that I am spending now‚ is just wonderful‚ and I like it immensely. However‚ life was never hard on me. Even when I lived in the river‚ I was very happy as‚ life there was calm and quiet‚ and I gained a lot of experience there. Going backwards down memory lane‚ I can very clearly recall my life in the river. There‚ in the depth of
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I have an extreme love for Music. I first started my journey with music in elementary school‚ at that time I never knew music would come to be such a part of my daily life as I got into middle school and high school. I was first in choir all through middle school and my freshman year in high school. I became accustomed to learning how to sight read and memorizing new music within a week. Learning new music and being able to sing it along with my choir members was more than rewarding and I loved
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