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A 5 page paper which
examines the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, illustrating how he was the
embodiment of the American Dream and American identity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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American identity. He is clearly "considered to be one of the greatest American minds and a proud pillar of our national heritage...He seems to embody and personify the American dream"
(Anonymous An Enlightened American: Benjamin Franklin, 2002; home.htm). He born the simple child of a candlemaker and grew to be the master of many disciplines. "His story proves that with
determination and dedication, success is within anyones grasp. A leading American statesman, inventor, philanthropist, publisher, revolutionary, and thinker, Benjamin Franklin was truly the Enlightened American" (Anonymous An Enlightened American: Benjamin
Franklin, 2002; home.htm). Bearing these simple, and powerful, realities in mind, the following paper examines how Franklin was the embodiment of the American Dream and American identity. Ideal
American Identity It should be noted, first and foremost, that while Franklins work does allude to many different ways in which people, himself included, could be true individuals, true American
identities, his work is also filled with many experiences and meetings that seem to intermix with his focus on any kind of identity. In essence, what this means is that
much of his definition of self as it relates to Americans is scattered and often vague. Bearing this in mind we turn to the philosophical endeavors presented by Franklin as
it pertains to ones identity. Franklin essentially constructs his approach to self, or identity, never really calling it self or identity, by presenting us with his musings and his theories.
He scatters such introspection throughout his work, mixing it with encounters and various experiences and perceptions. In one of these musings we see Franklin focusing on integrity and sincerity, stating,
"I grew convincd that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life; and I formd written resolutions, which
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