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1、TheFirstAmerican--InfluencefromBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyand“ThirteenVirtues”ontheFormingofAmericanDreamIntroductionBornin1706,BenjaminFranklinwasbroughtupinapoorandobscurefamily,ashesaysinhisAutobiography.Hisfatherisacandle—maker,hismotherisapiousCalvinist.Whenhewas16yearsold,hebegantoserve
2、asanapprenticetohisolderhalf-brother,aprinter.ItwasalsointhatyearwhenBentriedtopublishhisessaysunderhispseudonym,SilenceDogood.At17,BenrantoPhiladelphiatomakehisownfortune.HisentranceintothiscitymarkedthebeginningofalongstoryofsuccessorAmericanDream.In1730,attheageof24,Franklinacknowledgedthatheh
3、asanillegitimatesonnamedWilliam,despitethathismother’sidentityisstillunknown.ThefamousAutobiographyiswrittentoWilliamasitbegan:Mydearson.Franklinwasalsoknownasaprodigiousinventor,oneofhisabundantinventions,themostfamousoneiselectricity.Besides,hehelpedtofoundthePennsylvaniahospital,anacademywhich
4、ledtotheUniversityofPennsylvania,andtheAmericanPhilosophicalSociety.Amongthosethingswhichhestartedandforwhichhewasstillrememberedtodaywerevolunteerfiredepartments,effectivestreetlighting,theFranklinstove,bifocalglasses,andefficientheatingdevices.TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinwasprobablythefir
5、stautobiographyinAmericanliterature.Afteritspublication,millionskindsofsimilarworkswereimitateddayandnight.Autobiographygenerallyrecordedamanwhogrewfromanunknownboytoamanofwealthandprosperity.Itwaswrittenintheformofletteranddividedintofourparts,completedatdifferenttimes.Franklinwas65yearsoldwhenh
6、ebegantowriteit,buthediedbeforehecouldfinishedthewholebook,whichwasagreatpityforreaderswhowerefascinatedwithhisworks.InAutobiography,Franklinaskedthequestionofhowamanshouldlivehislife,andheofferedthebes10tanswerhecoulddobyhimself,whichprovidedthemouldofAmericanlifeandinfluencedAmericanspiritinalo
7、ngperiod.InAutobiography,themostfamouspartistheThirteenVirtuesofTemperance,Silence,Order,Resolution,Frugality,Industry,Sincerity,Justice,Moderation,Cleanness,Tranquility,Chastity,andHumility.Franklinisnotamanwhogaveups
