Self-Made Men

When he was young, his family had little money. By the time Franklin was thirty, he has a great abundance of wealth. In The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin describes his life and how he lived in. In part three of his self-narrative, he talks about all of the many great accomplishments he had throughout his life. Benjamin Franklin had many accomplishments, he “invented an open stove for the better warming of rooms” (Franklin 92) to a whole Fire Company. He did this from his hard-earned education and his hard work in general. When putting his whole together, it is easy to say that Benjamin Franklin lived the American Dream. He came from a poor family with almost nothing and then became a wealthy, well known man. Franklin had accomplished the goals he set and went to the point of helping others. Essentially, Benjamin Franklin’s American Dream was that he earned a lot of money, created inventions, and did some civic engagement. It was that he did all this coming…

person can become more wealthy, healthy, and wise through hard work and self discipline. I believe in his belief because it doesn’t matter how difficult or easy it is to accomplish a goal; at the end of the day, what counts is the satisfaction of the work and experience a person puts into it. Franklin didn’t favor luck or opportunities, but instead became successful through hard work. Franklin was many things such as an author, inventor, scientist, and a printer. But what some people may not…

The American Disconnect My Great Grandfather, at the age of 15, hopped on a boat from Poland and sailed to New York to escape the Nazi reign. In New York, he swept floors at a barber shop until he made enough money to invest in stocks. He became very wealthy after much hard work, achieving the American Dream, and becoming the epitome of the rags to riches stories that are so inspiring among Americans. Achieving the American Dream is a quintessential desire to native born Americans and…

Security and safety are two very extensive factors in modern day society, and without them, the world known today would be greatly altered. America, as a whole, is built to stand tall and provide this sense of protection as it is called the land of the free. This simple phrase means a variety of different ideas to everyone. An American social critic and citizen himself, H. L Mencken, once said, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” Articles, situations, movies,…

We are entitled, technology obsessed, lazy, and not prepared to start at the bottom or work hard. Now, just like many feminist articles in which the author feels they must justify their statements by saying “Not all men,” as though that sentiment isn’t bleeding obvious, let me state my own “not all.” Not all older generations have these beliefs. I however, don’t fit that description. And just like the others like me, we’re feeling a lot of things about trying to find work, and the type of jobs…

The most memorable thing that Gatsby says is “Well, there I was, way off my ambitions, getting deeper in love every minute…” That was one of the most memorable quotes from the book because it not only shows how Gatsby felt about Daisy but it also summarizes his entire life. In addition, this quotes shows how he was able to forget all his ambitions just for that one girl, Daisy. Him being in love did not just turn out to be better for him, but also for his future. Daisy was the one who preferred…

vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years and produces four times more fiber per acre than trees. To the environmentalist, it is the plant that could greatly slow deforestation, restore robbed nutrients by other crops, and help prevent erosion. Preliminary findings show the drug may prove effective against glaucoma and asthma, and control such side nausea in cancer treatment. I concretely believe that…

Everyone is wondering if they can really achieve self-actualization. Personally, for me, self-actualization is when a person reaches a state of being and self-awareness mentally and physically. It's when a person achieved their highest achievements without caring other people’s approval and doesn't last very long. Humans only striving for something bigger and better and there no stop. Once a goal is accomplished, they move into the next goal. Once a person accomplished a goal, something…

The psyche or self as depicted in Jane Harrison’s Themis is a ritual self which focuses on the collective identity of a tribe. Opposite of this self, the psyche or self as depicted Homer’s The Odyssey is a self which focuses on the individual. In Themis these collective selves centered around a ritualistic society are demonstrated by the way society connected with their gods through rituals which focused on initiation of young men into the tribe, a collective emotion, and the tribe’s connection…

To begin, the topic presented in week five reflected the taken for granted notion of sexual subjectivities. Entering this course, I was not aware of the significant influence culture and gendered roles had on sexual subjectivities. Through the lecture (Dundon, 2015), tutorial and readings of this week, (Lorway, 2010; Blackwood, 2010; Schwartz, 2007) I came to understand how sexual subjectivities are considered to be an individuals’ sense of self as a sexual being, which links to their sexual…