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Benjamin Franklin and the Self-Made Persona — Homework
Reread this week's Franklin excerpts before answering.
- 1.Define "persona" as it applies to Franklin's Autobiography.
- 2.Why does Franklin's admission that his thirteen-virtues project never fully succeeded strengthen rather than weaken his persona?
- 3.Explain the difference between shaping a persona and being dishonest, using Franklin as your example.
- 4.Write two original aphorisms in the style of Poor Richard, each compressing a value you actually hold into a short, memorable line.
- 5.In five or more sentences, explain what the "self-made man" myth Franklin helped popularize gets right and what it might leave out or oversimplify.
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