Thursday, January 24, 2013
Which paper I enjoyed most.
While each paper particularly struck me as enjoyable, one in particular stuck out. It gave me the most to learn and also attentioned my interest the most. Franklins narrative, from his autobiography, has led me more to seek out his lifes details and given me the most to think about. There are many examples of this throughout the paper. Especailly when it is learned he did not complete formal schooling above the age of 10! How can it be that someone of such great importance to our countries history could have so little education? To me this must be attributed to the times of his life. Franklin, as many of us have done in our lives, kept a job to which he had no desire to keep. Learning this also gave me what can only be described as hope. It is working a job that I despise that keeps me in mostly bad spirits through out the week. I Live only for the weekends spent with my dog and son. Otherwise every moment would be spent pulling my hair out! To learn that such a philisophical man dealt to with this problem, gave me more interest in his autobiography. His history is very well known but his lack of education is not. I also thought that his love of books was above all else, what was responsible for his success. It was flattering to learn that, as I too have a great love of reading. I do think his interest of poetry led him to be more philisophical and to think of things differently. It was enough to convince me to try to read more poetry. I liked the autobiography best for many different reasons, the chief of which was we have many things in common that lead me to the thought, 'Maybe I will be the next Franklin,' then again maybe I will just admire him more if I do not become as important.
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Maybe so--you certainly have the ability to become the next Franklin: Keep on writing!
ReplyDeleteThat is cool that you found such connection with him
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