Benjamin Franklin

#1 Review of what I am reading in another class

For my American Literature to 1865 class, we have been reading from Columbus, DeCasas, Mary Rowlandson, John Smith, ect...For class yesterday, we had to read the first part to Ben Franklin's autobiography. It's interesting, (not really), but it is in a way. It was a semi-boring read, but at times Ben had a certain strange humor that made it able to get through. Most of it was bibliographical, obviously, but he incorporated stories that gave us a glimpse of what his life was like for him. The most interesting thing about Ben Franklin was that he was constantly reading. Whenever he had a second to spare, he would be picking up a book and reading something. These books weren't just fairy tales, either. Books on algebra and Pilgrim's Progress were not stories that children at the age of 12 would read normally. He was constantly improving himself whenever he could. In reality, he is the model American; he started at the bottom and worked his way up. I think that our culture as a whole doesn't read enough or try to improve ourselves any chance we get. We should all be like Ben Franklin and read, read, read...