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This is a 7 page paper discussing the lives and the self-improvement writings of Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass. In Franklin’s “Autobiography” he helped formulate a plan that others could follow as a guide for self-improvement and improvement in society. Douglass’ “Narrative” documented his life as a slave and the freedom it attained in order to inspire further compassion and movement toward the end of slavery.
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by using their own self-reliance and improvement to change their situations and promote themselves. To do this they learned the power of writing and lecturing and where it could lead.
In an effort to inspire others in self-improvement both men became newspaper publishers and wrote autobiographies of their journey and struggles toward self-fulfillment and improvement. Once attained, neither man
retired from his quest to help others improve their own situations. In Franklins "Autobiography" he helped formulate a plan that others could follow as a guide for self-improvement and improvement
in society. Douglass "Narrative" documented his life as a slave and the freedom it attained in order to inspire further compassion and movement toward the end of slavery. Benjamin
Franklin Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was considered one of the greatest men within the history of the United States. His most famous work "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" was considered a new
form of literature which was meant not only to chronicle his life but was also meant to inspire and create a scenario for self-made men during a time when there
were increasing opportunities for the rising middle class in America (Boorstin, 1992). During his lifetime, although he considered that the written word was one of the most powerful tools
to promote his ideas being a printer and prospering in his business, his actions also promoted his ideal for constant improvement within society and man himself. Among many of the
social organizations and improvements he organized was the improvement of the cleaner, paved and better lit street campaign making the streets easier for the police to navigate and safer for
citizens, the development of a volunteer fire department, and promoted a new city hospital, lending library, youth academy and a university (Boorstin, 1992). His active American lifestyle in promoting social
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