Ben+Franklin

I just recently researched Be Franklin and I found him to be a very interesting person. I learned that not only did Ben invent many things, but he was also politically active. I learned many new things about Ben while researching him, like how he helped to draw up a new constitution for Pennsylvania, as well as being a part in creating the Declaration of Independence. There are many differences between Ben and I, but there are also lots of similarities between us too. Two similarities between us are that we are both curious people, we are both interested by science, and the difference between us are the challenges that we had to face while growing up. The first similarity between Ben and I is curiosity. Ben was always asking questions about things in the world around him. For example, Ben wanted to know if lightning consisted of electricity, so, he went out in a lightning storm and flew a kite with a key tied to the end of the string. He waited for lightning to strike the kite, and when it did, Ben touched the key and it burned him. For that reason, he concluded that lightning did consist of electricity. Ben did his experiments on a very large scale, but for me, I wanted to test if cats always landed on their feet. Because I was curious, I decided to drop my friend’s cat onto a couch from different heights (the highest was 5 ft. because I was a young child). I concluded that cats do always land on their feet because no matter where I dropped it from, it landed on its feet. Our senses of curiosity are a little different, but that doesn’t matter because when Ben or I don’t know the answer, we are curious enough to find out the answer for ourselves. The second similarity between Ben and I is that we are both interested in the field of science. Ben Franklin was an inventor who was very successful because of not only his knowledge of science, but also his interest in it. The kite and key experiment that Ben preformed was also an example of his interest in science because it proves his knowledge of what items conduct electricity. An example of me being interested in science is the fact that I want to become a structural engineer when I grow up. Becoming an engineer with give me a better understanding on how to build buildings, and the best ways to build them. Ben Franklin was very successful with his career in science, and I think, and hope that I will be successful as well. One difference between Ben and I are the challenges that we have been faced with while growing up. For example, Ben was a child of ten and his family was pretty poor, and I am a child of three, and my family is doing well in the sense of money. Another difference between Ben and I is when Ben was growing up, he ad to learn to become a printmaker, and I have to go to school and face not only academic challenges, but also social challenges there. Another difference between our lives is that when he was young, the American colonies were revolting against Britain, and nowadays, we are dealing with economic problems, and wars. As you can see, Ben and I have both faced many challenges while growing up, but we have both had to face many challenges. To wrap it all up, Ben Franklin was a very successful man and his life was pretty similar to mine. Even though he lived in a different time period with different problems, the things we do and are faced with are not so different from what they did. Web link || "Benjamin Franklin." //American Eras//. 2nd ed. 1998. //http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC//. Web. 24 Nov. 2009. . ||  ||  [|Edit]  [|Copy]  [|Delete] Parenthetical Reference || Web link || "Benjamin Franklin." //Dictionary of American Biography//. 2009. //http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC//. Web. 24 Nov. 2009. . ||  ||  [|Edit]  [|Copy]  [|Delete] Parenthetical Reference || Web link || "Benjamin Franklin." //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. 2nd ed. 1998. //http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC//. Web. 19 Nov. 2009. . ||
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