Entry 5 connections.

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and the auto biography of Thomas Jefferson.

These two books are both very similar because they are both written in almost the same ways they are both collections of memoirs that tell the man’s life but Jefferson’s tells more of his childhood than Franklin’s does otherwise the books are set in the same era of us history and talk about most of the same important events such as the signing of the declaration of independence and the American revolution these books also discuss the new philosophical ideas of the era as both men based much of their works off of these ideals while they were in power.  The theme of both of these books is a collection of writings that set up a life story for these two men in an interesting way.  Both of these autobiographies talk about the relation that America had with France at this time which would eventually come back to help America during the revolution and eventually lead to the alliance America has with France which was formed in 1778.  The figurative connection between these books is very similar they use a mix of the same symbols and both men show great deals of ambition that they use to help them change the country for the better there is also a bit of elitism that both men share this is demonstrated when the men compare themselves to other people they seem to show that they think they’re better than them.  Both men also demonstrate national elitism in the sense that when they talk about the British they make the British seem like they are just spoiled children who can’t handle loosing something which in a sense is true the British really couldn’t accept the declaration of independence but from the other perspective you can see why the British would be mad about the declaration of independence because they would be losing a colony in the new world where all these new resources are, also having a colony in the new world meant that that country was very powerful and to lose something like that sowed weakness which could lead to potential invasion by other countries.