Why Is It More Important To Be Inspiring?

Personally, I've read many biographies and autobiographies for my own enjoyment where individuals have similar qualities to Benjamin franklin including Eleanor Roosevelt and her strive for equality and education, Nelson Mandela, for his kindness, wit and humor, Gandhi for his positive ambition, and Abraham Lincoln for his equal rights. But one individual whose biography I've read is titled His Excellency: George Washington was written by Joseph J Ellis, which became a national bestseller and beautifully written, lively, serious and an engaging outlook on George Washington important and challenging life.

Who inspires me is rosa park because she stood up for what was right. She knew it was wrong that people with darker skin were mistreated. So she made a great decision and changed how people thought and did to people with darker colored skin. That's why I like her she knew it was wrong and did what was wright. If she never did that how would people with darker colored skin be treated today. I'm very thankful that she did that it changed the world and made it better.

Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography to help citizens of America, and inform them on his life accomplishments. Franklin wanted to help citizens prosper in their lives just like he did. Franklin gives tips and lays out ways to be a better person throughout his autobiography. The main example of his exigence is the virtues he explains. A few of the virtues Franklin explains are, “ Order- Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. Industry- Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. Tranquility- Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.” Franklin includes these virtues in his autobiography to provide the reader with ways to become a more successful person in life. Franklin wanted to give readers of his autobiography an outline of how to become successful in life through a few quick and easy steps. Olaudah Equiano’s main exigence or purpose for writing his autobiography is to provide the reader with knowledge of slavery. Equiano wanted everyone to know how cruel slavery was, and how unfair and poorly slaves were treated. He did this through telling his story as a slave during late 1700s. Equiano supports his purpose with

Benjamin Franklin’s work The Autobiography uses his life experiences to show the model life and beliefs every man should live by. Franklin wrote his autobiography to give a model to live by for his son and future generations.

Elie Wiesel experienced an unfortunate experience that changed his life, and he used it to change the lives of others. He brutally went through the holocaust, and his life was never the same. He went through so much at a young age, and lived to tell the tale.

Rosa parks was a lady born from Louise McCauley. She is famous for her bravery on not refusing her seat after a long day at work. As the driver asked her to get up and she denied because she said she didn?t had to give a white passenger her seat for them to be Comfortable. After that she was arrested but recognize by every black person for her bravery. After that Martin Luther king made a move making the

Learning the background behind a written work can change the way you look at it. William H. Shurr makes that the basis of his argument in the article “‘Now, Gods, Stand up for Bastards’ reinterpreting Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography”. In this article he states a thesis of “But a close study of the text itself, its discontinuous composition process and, and its publication history reveal a significantly different “book” and a very different Franklin from the revered figure and legend (435)”. He argues the point that Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography was written with many years between the different parts of the Autobiography. This makes it an un-unified piece of literature. Shurr states, “Part 1 was written in 1771, before the revolutionary war, when Americas future and Franklins own where anything but certain, when Franklin, was in fact, in the process of deciding to support and illegal rebellion which most observers felt had little chance of success; part 2 was written thirteen momentous and revolutionary years later when the war was finished and Franklins party was the clear winner (437)”. This shows all the things that have happened in Franklin’s life since the first part of the Autobiography was written. Shurr also argues that through these many years the publication made changes to the documents. He says the first part seems to be a

In his biography, author Fredrick Douglass describes his struggle in society that was caused by being born a slave, and the cruel effects it had on him. Douglass develops his biography by using dramatic syntax to sharpen the effects of his story. Douglass’ purpose is to educate his readers on the struggles that he endured. He uses dramatic and sharp syntax to add depth to his biography.

     The purpose of a biography is to enhance the reader’s knowledge about a particular person’s life, in this case, Florence Beatrice Price, and offer a sort of historical background focusing on significant events, accomplishments, and personal aspects of that particular individual’s life. Ideally, the writer molds complex biographical facts—birth and death, education, ambition, conflict, milieu, work, relationship, accident—into a book [or article] that has the independent vitality of any creative work but is, at the same time, "true to life." Barbara Garvey Jackson, author of the biography on Florence Price chosen for this class, has noted that the purpose of her article is

The author I chose to write about is Bishop T.D. Jakes who is also an author,pastor and filmmaker. The books that he has written have been very influential to thousands of people and the way he writes his books is mainly because of the way he grew up,his surroundings, and what he was taught. Ever since he was a little boy all he knew was church and as he had gotten older he became a best-selling author, but he wasn't always so successful all the time he had to start from the ground up. The very first church he used to preach at only had ten members that grew to about fifty,but in a few years those fifty members expanded to millions of people and he transformed that small amount of people of fifty to a multi-million dollar ministry. Someone who had a huge impact on him was his father who died when he was sixteen and the cause of that was that he had renal failure by dialysis but the sickness had started when Jakes was only ten years old

I found the biography of Isadore Sharp to be a great read not only because of his inspirational

A biography is defined as a written account of another person 's life. The key word in the definition being another person’s life. Biographies are full of great information that can often times make history fun and exciting. Historical phenomenon is often portrayed through biographies allowing us to see how society has developed over time and how the past and present may be similar. Although biographies are full of information often times it is impossible to prove them to be true because they aren’t written by the person themselves. Linda Colley’s The ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh is a great example of an exciting biography that allows us to learn about British Imperial Rule through someone else’s eyes.

Every detail of a biography explains the life that the artist had, which includes one’s birth, achievements throughout life, and how one’s end affected the people around them. Millhauser mentioned the design of a biography and how Jeffrey explains to Edwin that his life could not be designed as a beginning, middle, and end until it has ended foreshadows the death of Edwin. If biographies are about people that had a beginning, middle, and end, then how do the readers know that everything in the biography is true and accurate? This is one of the reasons why Edwin did not like biographies. Once the artist’s life ends, the biographers can write anything they want about the artist. Edwin brought up the idea that biographies are “illusion of completeness” (101). Millhauser mentions this because he is hinting at the idea that the biographers have an option of omitting or adding details to make it seem that the artist had a completed successful life. Chapter 22 leaves the readers in a confused state where they do not know what to expect in “The Middle

For example if it wasn’t no Carnegie, it would be no Carnegie Steel Company, or todays US Steel. Without John D Rockefeller, or Henry Ford, the oil business wouldn’t be as productive or there would be no Ford car manufacturer today. A degree isn’t required to be a historian, just effort and drive, but to be accredited for your work it’s good to be certified with the proper certifications. Even-though the history of the wealthiest are interesting to me, I’m mostly inspired by Black History. During the early 1950s’ the United States were very segregated, a group of people, called the NAACP fought to establish justice. Martin Luther King Jr, social activist and minister, influence me to motivate others to join together instead of dividing. A voice of people is most likely to get heard than one person. The history of my own kind is essential to me, because it gives me an outlook on earlier civilization and black communities during the time of cruelty. Based on my observations I have acquired knowledge about the past so therefore I’ll make changes in the

Biographers struggle with remaining impartial because everything that people create is influenced by who they are, including their opinions. Even a biographer’s diction is because of their stance on the topic. A person’s writing is practically saturated in their beliefs until the reader can't help to be