Benjamine Franklin really lived "The American Dream." As a child his dad planned to offer him as a tithe to the church and enrolled him in grammar school so that he could then go on to become a minister. I feel for this Benjamin had a little bit of resentment toward his father and toward religion in the way that he described how different religions tend to clash and create tension between one another. However, he still seemed to have some belief because he made an effort to better himself by recording his sins in a chart. I feel as though he did believe in God but just wasn't one to practice a certain religion or denomination.
Franklin as a younger child learned about the printing press. His own works were published and with out those he probably would not have had the motivation to run away and do something with his life. Through his life he continually worked toward the next goal he had set after acheiving another. He like the idea of standing for something and doing whatever he could to change things so that he could become a better man that had something to do with the things going on in society.
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