What type of challenges did Franklin, a white male youth and then young man, face? What resources- intellectual, element of character, psychological, spiritual, etc did he bring to the task of building a life? How did he evaluate other people whom he met during his development and how did he use them, help them, and/or take advantage of them?
Among the types of questions you may pose in your essay are why has ben franklin almost always been held up as an exemplary 18th-century American? How did the newspaper publisher, inventor, philosopher, and businessperson make his way to the highest rank of colonial and revolutionary political leadership in Pennsylvania and then in the USA between the 1750s and 1790? How did he earn his reputation for wisdom? How did he become recognized as a gifted scientist?
The choices of themes in this essay are yours. What i list above constitutes a suggestion. Use Rampolla, A pocket guide to writing history as your reference for clarity, correctness and citation style
