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I have raised myself to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world."
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"Having emerg'd from the Poverty and Obscurity in which I was born and bred, I have raised myself to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world." -Benjamin Franklin It has always been a common belief in this country that there is nothing that cannot be obtained through hard work and diligence. This is a belief that America was founded on and leaned against during its hardest times-this is the American Dream. On the surface level, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography reflects upon the life of an extraordinary man who was able to come from the meager beginning of youngest son to a position of financial well being and social status. Nevertheless, Franklin's autobiography contains a plethora of contradictions and flaws and one comes to doubt just how much appraisal he actually deserves. Franklin has noble aspirations; but, because they are directed by his relentless effort to achieve prosperity and...
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