Franklin Autobiography and Crevecoeur Letters from an American Farmer, self-conscious reshapings, respectively, of inherited conventions of autobiography and the philosophical letter, are characteristic American "fictions" which anticipate the works of nineteenthcentury novelists. ... Each writer consistently associates the claims of his discrete individuality with those of a representative cultural identity, and in order to emphasize the sense of common possibility implied by such an association, each chooses to address his audience through a rhetoric of elaborately contrived simplicity.1 A...

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Quicksand by Nella Larsen and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Johnson have dark background information, but they both end on a positive note. ... Both Quicksand and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man share the theme of a homecoming to rid them of the evils they have eating at them. ... In James Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the main character was introduced during a time of anxiousness and dread. ... In The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the setting of beautiful France offered an escape for the narrator while he was there. ... Both Quicksand a...

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His autobiography established in literary form, the first example of the fulfillment of the American Dream. ... Franklin composed his Autobiography over a period of eighteen years. ... The Autobiography focused on the ways of acquiring wealth, the pursuit of communication skills, and the ways of moral perfection. The autobiography traces Franklin's rise in society from obscurity to significance. ... Benjamin Franklin began his autobiography by addressing his son, with the intention of telling the story of his life. ...

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Through the theme of suffering, the true relevance of the autobiography, as a genre of literature, emerges. ... Above all else, the autobiography is a means of self-discovery for both author and audience. Within the genre of autobiography, suffering provides the strongest medium for the theme of self-discovery. ... At the outset of an autobiography, both parties stand on opposite sides of each other; the audience is reading the author (the subjective), and the author is reading his audience (observing human nature). ... William Wordsworth's autobiography, The Prelude, is a poetic prayer ...

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James Johnson ends his book, "The Autobiography of and Ex-Coloured Man" with a paragraph containing the statement, "[these men] are men who are making history and a race. ... The autobiography guides the reader through humble beginnings, prodigy-like talents, life threatening adventures, and enough travel to fill two lifetimes. ... Again, this is not appropriate subject matter of the archetypical autobiography, but of an opinionated essay or text. Johnson's deviation from stereotypical genres displays his authentic objective in "The Autobiography of and Ex-Coloured Man". ... "The Auto...

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The selection from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin inspired me to want to become a better version of myself. ... Benjamin Franklin's autobiography was written between the year 1771 and his death in 1790. ... I believe that in writing his autobiography, Franklin was looking for peace during a time of great turmoil. The theme of this selection from Franklin's autobiography is self-improvement. ... " In summary, I believe that after reading this selection from The Autobiography of Benjamin...

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In "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" tells the first-person narration of James Weldon Johnson. This autobiography shows a contemptuous point of view about skin color. Johnson clearly expresses his way of thinking as being purely acceptable in that time period. Johnson claimed that it was "mo...

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Harriet Jacobs, who is credited as the first woman black woman to write an autobiography, told her story of hardship and freedom in hopes it could change the world. ... As I read her autobiography, I was in disbelief of how female slaves were treated and targeted. ... There is a quote I read from her autobiography and it really stuck with me. ...

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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Black Man In Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Black Man the author James Weldon Johnson tells the story of a black man passing as a white man. That is the major theme in this novel; "passing" in the early 1900's in order to escape the horrors of racism towards the bl...

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In the story of Benjamin Franklin from the autobiography, the character Franklin changes dramatically by exercising what he believed a person should do to accomplish his dreams. Through his every day actions. Through the story he changes from an unpaid semi-slave of his uncle, to a self-made success...

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Autobiography of a Face is a memoir written by a woman whose face is disfigured by childhood cancer. ... In the memoir Autobiography of a Face, Grealy places a great emphasis on the significance of physical appearance in society. ...

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Autobiographies were extremely popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, because people were looking for models. ... Autobiographies enlarged the horizon of knowledge. ... Through autobiographies, blacks strived to inform people on what life was as a slave. ... He published essays, as well as his autobiography. ... The literary characteristics of his autobiography are varied. ...

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Midterm Assignment "Benjamin Franklin" The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was not an easy book to read. ... Through reading this autobiography I have found three major themes that Franklin may have written this biography to express. ... This autobiography helped me realize just how important a man Benjamin Franklin really was. ... (The reason for the end of the autobiography is that Franklin died before he was able to finish it.) This book was more then just another boring autobiography. ...

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Indeed, when it was issues, the autobiography was an instant success, selling 11,000 copies within three years. ... An autobiography usually offers a carefully selected and highly constructed version of a person's life story. ... In reality, his autobiography was again so well written that some continued to accuse him of being an impostor. ... Apart from being a personal revelation the autobiography was also published as antislavery propaganda. Indeed, just like his first inspiration that is to say Benjamin Franklin's autobiography the narrative conveyed a strong political message. ...

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This essay will analyse Murdoch's quote, which is essentially about identity, and explain how it relates to autobiography. ... The protagonist, Charles Arrowby, moves from London to a small village where in search of his true identity he writes his autobiography. ... Murdoch abhors the tradition of autobiography, which she views as misguided and self absorbed. ... In Bruner's opinion, autobiography is therefore a cultural tool which is used to create a self, or an identity, "a life as lived is inseparable from a life as told". ... Hence, this argument can be understood in the trad...

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Sledge is written as an autobiography/memoir. ... Since it is an autobiography the reader is transported into the writers mind and experiences. ... An autobiography is the most accurate account that a reader or historians can receive. ... A weakness of an autobiography/memoir is that the reader only receives one perspective. ... A well-written autobiography/memoir will not only convey the events in which you are reading but will almost transport the reader there. ...

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The World of Yesterday, an autobiography by Stefan Zweig, was written after he left his hometown Austria in 1933 owing to Hitler's rising power in Germany. ... Though the book is an autobiography, it mainly focuses on the course of an age, a generation of his age, not a portrait of his own life. ... I will demonstrate the author's perspective of the war history and how the autobiography is related to the world war. ... "(392) Zweig revealed his worries and feelings in his autobiography. ... " (229) The words in his autobiography implied his tragic finale. ...

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Throughout Maya Angelou's poetry and autobiographies, it is evident that social obstacles and crude stereotypes did not suppress her motivation or desire to succeed in a world where she was initially destined to fail. ... Maya's first autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, chronicles her tumultuous life from adolescence to the tender age of seventeen, by which time she is pregnant with her illegitimate son. In this autobiography, Maya uses many childlike metaphors to create and innocent environment for the reader, so it doesn't seem as if the events are told in flas...

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His autobiography involves an amazing dialect that is supremely important throughout the book. ... Therefore, making Night a moving and extraordinary autobiography. ... In general, the autobiography Night is simple to read. ...

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Autobiography of Margery Kempe: Struggles, Trials, Perseverance and Courage The Book of Margery Kempe is the earliest autobiography written in English, being a fifteenth century manuscript, and is a work of Christian mysticism, telling the tale of a medieval mystic, Margery Kempe (ca. 1373-1438), being transformed from sinner to saint. ... Furthermore, this autobiography provides an intimate look at a remarkable medieval life and tends to deal with the external world only as it directly impinges on the author's inner spiritual growth. ... Its genre is spiritual autobiography, and the l...

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During the summer of 1771, on vacations in a small town near England, Benjamin Franklin decided to recall and write about his life to his son: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. ... As Franklin mentions at the beginning of his autobiography, he made a lot of mistakes that if he had the chance, he will correct. ...

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James Weldon Johnson's first-person narrator in his fictional interpretation, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," a skeptical, point-of-view about skin color. The narrator, decides to pass for white after numerous variations between assuming his status as a black man who wants to stand for...

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Below is an example of what you may include in your socio-autobiography. Notice how the key terms are in bold blue font. This is the format that I want you to use, since it directs me to the concepts that you are using to frame what you are writing. Leaving home at eighteen to go out on my own and...

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Became in charge of the mail for all of the northern colonies. 1754 - Represented Pennsylvania at the Albany Congress, during French and the Indian War 1757-62 - In England represented the Pennsylvania Assembly in a taxation dispute with the proprietors of the colony 1766-75 - Worked for reconciliation of England with the colonies 1771 - Began writing the Autobiography at Twyford, Hampshire, England 1774 - Death of Deborah Franklin 1775 - Chosen a member of the second Continental Congress; on committee to draft Declaration of Independence 1778 - Appointed by Congress as diplomati...

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During her sixty year career, she has published seven autobiographies, multiple poetry books, and three books of essays; and she has also written and directed movies, television shows, and plays. Although she is an influential American poet, she is most known for her seven autobiographies. ... She wrote her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, in 1969. The autobiography tells the story of her life up to the age of seventeen, and it brought her international fame and recognition. ...

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