Benjamin franklin autobiography summary part 2
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Part 2 Summary
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- This section begins with copies of letters two of Franklin's friends write to him when he's living in Paris after the American Revolution (the Revolution is what made Franklin take a break after writing Part 1).
- The first, short letter is from Abel James. James is really pleased that he had the good luck to read Part 1 of Franklin's autobiography. He wants Franklin to keep writing.
- James tells Franklin that his writing could profoundly affect the minds of teenagers and twenty-somethings, and thinks millions of people would miss out if Franklin stopped writing.
- Franklin is really impressed by this letter, so he shows it to his other friend Benjamin Vaughan.
- This inspires Vaughan to write Franklin a letter of his own, which Franklin also includes in the autobiography.
- In his letter, Vaughan says that Franklin should definitely finish writing it, and that the story of his
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Part 2Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Part 2, Pages 69-74 Summary
Part 2 begins with two letters from Franklin’s friends that encourage him to continue writing his autobiography. Written in 1782, Franklin titles the first letter “Letter from Mr. Abel James, with Notes on My Life (Received in Paris),” and Abel James includes a copy of Franklin’s autobiography for him to continue writing because of its potential to impact the world (69). The next letter, which was written by Mr. Benjamin efternamn and sent to Franklin in 1783, also encourages Franklin to continue writing despite efternamn not having read the entire book so far. He has only read pieces of the skrivelse and saw the outline, but he claims that Franklin’s life is not only remarkable but also influential. He defines Franklin as “a wise man” whose autobiography will provide an example of how a wise man behaves.
Part 2, Pages 75-88 Summary
The next section of Part 2 begins after Benjamin Vaughan’s letter and fryst vatten title
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
1791 book by Benjamin Franklin
Cover of the first English edition of 1793.
Author Benjamin Franklin Original title Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin Language American English Genre Autobiography Publisher Buisson, Paris (French edition)
J. Parson's, London (First English reprint)Publication date
1791 Publication place United States Published in English
1793 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin appear to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.
Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods during which he wrote them. Ther