The Whistle
Vocabulary Analysis
After reviewing the etymologies of all the tricky words in Franklin’s The Whistle, a pattern became evident. The origins of all the words averaged around the 15th-16th century. After interpreting the data, the language could be considered mildly average for the time period. It could probably be easily understo...
Essay Analysis
Benjamin Franklin
Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to A Small One
Essay Comparison
From the essays compared, one can understand the issues of the 17th century in the new world as well as the language used at the time. Franklin, in all of the essays, teaches the audience either the “good morals” of his mind or satirically belittles the current form of government, a word used frequently in his writings. In “Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One,” he elabora...
A Plan for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks
Rhetorical Analysis
After reviewing the etymologies of all the tricky words in Franklin’s The Whistle, a pattern became evident. The origins of all the words averaged around the 15th-16th century. After interpreting the data, the language could be considered mildly average for the time period. It could probably be easily understo...
Fart Proudly
Close Reading
Benjamin Franklin’s piece on flatulence is not as it seems, in fact, the argument presented is on the impracticalities of scientific endeavors. Franklin believed that scientific and technological developments were taking the wrong course. As a scientist himself, Franklin explored new poten...