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Tag Archives: Autobiography
Writing the Sikh Self: From Founder to Fateh
The purpose of this project is to give a glimpse into the Sikh religion while also relating different themes to the texts and concepts covered in class. It is not my goal to proselytize but to promote awareness and understanding … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Autobiography, Gurdwara, pagh, religion, Sikh, Sikh awareness, Sikh history, turban, Waheguru
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Nefarious Plan
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Can I just read it myself?
I remember my mom and dad reading to me every night before I went to bed when I was a young child. I had a bed so large (“She’ll grow into it,” they said, eyeing the bargain price) that it … Continue reading
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Tagged Autobiography, education, Knowledge, parental influences
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Empowering Frederick Douglass: Knowledge
The autobiographical tool of knowledge appears and plays a highly influential role in ‘The Life of Frederick Douglass.’ As Smith and Watson state, this tool questions aspects of knowledge such as source, cultural context, different forms (worldly, self, etc.), and … Continue reading
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Adventure Musings
(the autobiographical travelogue of Olivia Rae James) For my 20 percent project, I made an autobiographical travelogue that documents my travels through photos and text. Whenever I travel I take photos and write daily, even if it’s just a snapshot … Continue reading
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The Modest Modernist: Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, in his Autobiography, demonstrates a life and way of thinking that greatly contrasts that of his predecessors, the Puritans. Living against the typical conservative, religiously-devoted norm, he sought out knowledge in his youth and molded himself to be … Continue reading
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The 13 Virtues for Autobiography Writing, inspired by Benjamin Franklin
1. Temperance Don’t talk about a subject or event until you wear out its interest. Don’t overuse words to the point of dulling their meaning. 2. Silence Know when to withhold your opinions from the text; allow the reader at times … Continue reading
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Like Father Like Son
Ben Franklin’s Autobiography is highly unique in that it was written in four parts, each occurring at very different parts of his life. His original intention, shown in Part 1 of the autobiography, is to present his own life as … Continue reading
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Ethics: Franklin vs. The Puritans
In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin expresses his concern for ethics and encourages his own learned set of values. This is most easily seen in his list of thirteen virtues which include temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, … Continue reading
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Black-Out Conversion
In Smith and Watson’s Reading Autobiography, in their chapter about autobiographical acts, I see them frame autobiography by looking at the who, what, where, when, how and why of their creation. The who is the person to which the story … Continue reading
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Tagged Autobiographical Acts, Autobiography, coaxers, coercers, Puritan, Reading Autobiography, Smith and Watson, Spiritual Autobiography, Spiritual Redemption, storytelling, Thomas Shepard
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