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When it comes to Benjamin Franklin, the first thing I suppose is The Way to Wealthy, his writing, which attracts me a lot.
The two convincing arguments can be made in my mind. In the first place, it brings some limitations inevitably because of effects of bourgeois ideas. In this work, Abraham, the intellect, was always complaining many taxes were posed by the government with no care. So he said that we are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly, which makes us consider that this author try his best to maintain the current authorities. To be more precise, he pointed out that the eye of master will do more work than both his hands, not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open, trusting too much to other’s care is the ruin of many, which indicate that these ideas were fascinated by the bourgeois and belong to the ideas of the bourgeois. Although there are advanced thinking such as how to be energetic and what is a act principles in this writing, it is worthy mentioning some facts in Autobiography, which tells us that Missionaries and the landlords freely send The Way to Wealthy to poor people, which showed no absolute independence of country. It is sure that the advancement of every side in society proceed with little limitation of bourgeois ideas, then we can attain a real way to be affluent.
The second thing I want to emphasize is that a host of famous Maxims and Proverbs can be found out in this writhing which is different from other writings. To illustrate, God helps them that help themselves, this maxim, has a profound influence upon our life attitude. So these significant maxims and proverbs provide us much wisdom, it enables us to figure out the style of society, the appropriate act principles, and truth in life. As a matter of fact, I feel it is our life guide.