Lakota Woman makes her life reading seem, more like a story then it is an autobiography. She uses different peoples perspectives in her story to put together one big story. Such as she talks about first how the police stated that her best friend died of exposure then next states that their was a bullet found in her head (Lakota Woman, Pg 4). She also discusses other people such as Spotted tail. “ Spotted Tail had earned his eagle feathers as a warrior, but had been taken East as a prisoner and put in jail (Lakota Woman, Pg 8).” She seems to be painting a picture and uses descriptive details to give the reader a mental picture of what was going on at certain points of her life. “They had on their painted ghost shirts which were supposed to make them bulletproof. When they got near Pine Ridge they were stopped by white soldiers, some of them from the Seventh Cavalry.(Lakota Woman, Pg 7).” She depicts her life in scenes instead of one long stream of words. Benjamin Franklin on the other hand makes his life seem more like a time line. He uses many dates and discusses his life without going into details. Instead of picking out specific times of his life to write about he summarizes his whole life. “From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books. (Benjamin Franklin , Pg 35)” Instead of describing certain times of his life when he went out to buy a book he wanted he summarizes it into how he always bought books. On pg 161 of Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a time line of his life which are given in the book from 1706 until 1790 of his life. He also tells dates of when letters were sent to him on page 30. This difference of creating their autobiographies continues to show how different autobiographers write about their lives in various ways.

Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography differs from Lakota Woman because of the audiences they are trying to attract. Benjamin is trying to attract readers who are looking to achieve personal success. People who are not rich and would like to become wealthy. He believes that in reading about his life, others will be able to follow in his footsteps and gain whatever they want. “Having emerg’d from the Poverty & Obscurity in which I was born & bred, to a State of Affluence & some Degree of Reputation in the World, and having gone so far thro’ L

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