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This 4 page paper discusses some aspects of Ben Franklin’s life, and how he faced challenges and used them to create opportunities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Problems and Opportunities of Benjamin Franklin Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Benjamin Franklin is probably one of the few historical figures
who is truly, and almost universally, admired. He was intelligent, witty, fond of women, well-traveled, curious, an inventor and scientist. He was also our first Postmaster, and an international traveler
as at home in the court of France as he was in the colonial statehouses. This paper looks at the problems he faced as well as the opportunities he seized,
and how these actions shaped his life. Discussion Ben Franklin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston, the tenth son of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger, who was Josiah Franklins
second wife ("A Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin," hereafter "Quick Biography"). Although his father intended him for the clergy, he couldnt afford to send Benjamin to the years of schooling
it would take to become a clergyman, so instead he apprenticed Benjamin to his brother James, a printer ("Quick Biography"). And here is the first of Franklins challenges: Benjamin wanted
to write for the paper (the Courant) that James had started, but he knew his brother would oppose him ("Quick Biography"). This forced him to ingenious acts of his life:
he created a "persona" to hide his real identity and submitted letters to the paper under the name of "Silence Dogood" ("Quick Biography"). Franklin used his soapbox to discuss
the issues of the day, and in particular the treatment of women in his society ("Quick Biography"). His letters were a smash success, with everyone clamoring to know who "Silence
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