"The Autobiography"

     This week we read an autobiography written by Benjamin Franklin. It's main subject was how he worked in order to achieve moral perfection. Most of us know that that is one impossible feat, but he tried to achieve it, which shows great determination. He never did get the time to finish up his work because of how active he was back in the day. In the portion of it that we rad in class though, he was trying to inform the reader of how he diligently tried to become a morally perfect being by following certain quotas he set oout for himself to follow.
     These quotas were a set of thirteen virtues. Franklin aspired to follow these thirteen virtues for the rest of his life, and therefor, become the being he was striving to be. To keep track of his records, he made a chart which he marked on every day. He had initially planned to keep that up for the rest of his life, however since he got caught up in other political and social issues, he was not able to follow it. However, he was "head-faked" into learning and becoming partr of the great person he wanted to be by simply being aware of his achievements over time. Though he did not completely finish what he had started, it definately did make him into a better person. His tone throughout is very practical, and informative, which reflects his calm, determined attitude.