富兰克林自传分析解析PPT课件

• And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I own the mentioned happiness of my past life to his diving providence, which led me to the means I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume that the same goodness will still be exercised towards me in continuing that happiness or in enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as other have done—the complexion of my future fortune being known to him only, and in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions.
• That good fortune when I reflected on it which is frequently the case has induced me sometimes to say that were it left to my choice ,I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end, only asking the advantage authors have of correcting in a second edition some faults of the first. So would I also wish to change some incidents of it for others more favourable. Notwithstanding, if this condition were denied, I should still accept the offer.
Part Three: discussing "the Rise and Progress o Franklin Philosophical Rep
Part Four: this section is very brief (about political
advocation)
Characters in the Autobiography
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• ②William Franklin---Benjamin's son Ben begins the Autobiography as a letter to William with the intent of telling him about his life.
• ③James Franklin---Franklin older brother who owns a printing house in Boston. He is passionate, and had often beaten Franklin.
• 当我回顾我一生中幸运的时候，我有时候 不禁这样说：如果有人提议我重新做人的 话，我倒乐意把我的一生再从头重演一遍， 我仅仅要求像作家那样，在再版时有改正 初版某些缺陷的机会。如若可能，除了改 正错误以外，我也同样地要把某些不幸的 遭遇变得更顺利些。但是即使无法避免这 些不幸的厄运，我还是愿意接受原议，重 演生平。
Part One: letters to his son
• The Autobiography opens with a salutation（问候、致意） to Ben Franklin’s son, Franklin says that because his son may wish to know about his life which he enjoyed and would like to repeat . He thanks God for allowing him to live a good life.
Worked as an apprentice
Brother faced prison
Issue newspaper use Franklin’s name
Franklin wanted to leave
Franklin arrived in New York
Plan to go to Amboy Arrived at Philadelphia
• ①Benjamin Franklin---The author and protagonist of the Autobiography; The Autobiography tells of the major events of his life and many of his important scientific and political ideas, but the work does not discuss the American Revolution, in which Franklin was a major participant.
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Why did Franklin write his Autobiography
• Franklin says that because his son may wish to know about his life, he is taking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past. He also says that he has enjoyed his life and would like to repeat it
*.The American war of independent. *.Enlightenment.
The Autobiography
Part One: letters to his son
Part Two: giving a more detailed account of his public library plan