Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, And Anne Bradstreet: Relationships With Others
The relationships that people have with others has a severe impact on that person’s life, albeit many are good, some, though, are bad. How we choose to form, maintain and use these relationships is up to us, just as what they mean is up to us too. I will show the relationships of some writers and how they treat others, as an important value to me. Three writers of our era, Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and Anne Bradstreet are most notable with their relationships with people.
My thoughts on Benjamin Franklin’s work were unfortunatly on the negative side. To sum his writings up, they were long, boring and not concise. His writing varied heavily. He was known for writing on ...
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dirty from my
journey; my pockets were stuff’d out with shirts
and stockings; I knew no Soul, nor where to look for
lodging. I was fatigu’dwith Traveling, Rowing and
Want of Rest. I was very hungry, and my whole stock
of cashconsisted of a Dutch Dollar and and about a
Shilling in Copper. The latter I gave the People of
the Boat for my Passage, who at first refused it on
Account of my Rowing; but I insisted on their taking
it, a Man being sometimes more generous when he has
but a little Money than when he has plenty, perhaps
thro’ the Fear of Being thought to have but a little.
Then I walked up the Street’ gazing about, till near
the Market House I met a boy with bread…” (p. 241)
Because of the skipping around, to often unrelated topics, it is very difficult to pay attention, read and keep straight as to what is Franklin’s point. One could almost call the style of writing a form of rambling.
From Franklin’s work one is able to deduce that he is a good ...
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when he knew that that wouldn’t be done he basically left them and Miss Read.
Jonathan Edwards looks on life as a chance to serve God. He serves God by working hard and not doing things that would be considered bad by a Puritan (ie. fun, drinking, dancing, and parties.) He believes just like other Puritans that life should be dedicated strictly to God. The main idea to understand from Puritans is that when they believe that they are beginning to understand the Bible, they are beginning to understand the Word of God. Understanding the word of God means to Puritans that God is dwelling within them, which then, in turn, means that they are one of the chosen few who are saved. In ...
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