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- - - - Inventor of the autobiography. He’s a HUGE reader, implies that this culture is a very literate culture.
        People mixing narration and dialogue, which leads to his autobiography.
        Plutarch’s lives, great lives of Romans. Inspired him.
        Creating the character of Ben Franklin.
        Starts writing in 1771 and ends 1789/1790.
        A self help book for new Americans.
        “Aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to me through my whole life.”
        Super individualist character
        Rags to Ritches kind of story of success. Bread under his arms and giving the rest of what he doesn’t eat away.
        Reasons that his reason will achieve success.
        He even had a schedule.
        Sharing his methods (self help) to share his success.
        Early adopter of the watch.
    - - Henry David Thoreau
        Example of trancendentalism and author of civil disobedience.
      - Jacob Riis, How the other half lives. used photographs to convey the theme of the book. Looked over how the lower class at the time was living and how horrible it was. Showed a world of little hope.
      - Horacio Alger. Author of children’s works that offered a self help narrative of rags to riches. Inspiring the future generations. Similar story to what Franklin was pushing. And goes into the existence of work and success in the American zeitgeist.