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1、TheFirstAmerican--InfluencefromBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyand“ThirteenVirtues”ontheFormingofAmericanDreamIntroductionBornin1706,BenjaminFranklinwasbroughtupinapoorandobscurefamily,ashesaysinhisAutobiography.Hisfatherisacandle—maker,hismotherisapiousCalvini
2、st.Whenhewas16yearsold,hebegantoserveasanapprenticetohisolderhalf-brother,aprinter.ItwasalsointhatyearwhenBentriedtopublishhisessaysunderhispseudonym,SilenceDogood.At17,BenrantoPhiladelphiatomakehisownfortune.Hisentranceintothiscitymarkedthebeginningofalongsto
3、ryofsuccessorAmericanDream.In1730,attheageof24,FranklinacknowledgedthathehasanillegitimatesonnamedWilliam,despitethathismother’sidentityisstillunknown.ThefamousAutobiographyiswrittentoWilliamasitbegan:Mydearson.Franklinwasalsoknownasaprodigiousinventor,oneofhi
4、sabundantinventions,themostfamousoneiselectricity.Besides,hehelpedtofoundthePennsylvaniahospital,anacademywhichledtotheUniversityofPennsylvania,andtheAmericanPhilosophicalSociety.Amongthosethingswhichhestartedandforwhichhewasstillrememberedtodaywerevolunteerfi
5、redepartments,effectivestreetlighting,theFranklinstove,bifocalglasses,andefficientheatingdevices.TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinwasprobablythefirstautobiographyinAmericanliterature.Afteritspublication,millionskindsofsimilarworkswereimitateddayandnight.Autob
6、iographygenerallyrecordedamanwhogrewfromanunknownboytoamanofwealthandprosperity.Itwaswrittenintheformofletteranddividedintofourparts,completedatdifferenttimes.Franklinwas65yearsoldwhenhebegantowriteit,buthediedbeforehecouldfinishedthewholebook,whichwasagreatpi
7、tyforreaderswhowerefascinatedwithhisworks.InAutobiography,Franklinaskedthequestionofhowamanshouldlivehislife,andheofferedthebes10tanswerhecoulddobyhimself,whichprovidedthemouldofAmericanlifeandinfluencedAmericanspiritinalongperiod.InAutobiography,themostfamous
8、partistheThirteenVirtuesofTemperance,Silence,Order,Resolution,Frugality,Industry,Sincerity,Justice,Moderation,Cleanness,Tranquility,Chastity,andHumility.Franklinisnotamanwhogaveups
