Questions:
Puritan ideas and Mark Twain
Some questions after reading the article "The Late Benjamin Franklin" by Mark Twain (see website link to the article, below) and an autobiography on Benjamin Franklin.I am trying to write an essay based on Puritan ideas and would like to be able to understand the conflict here a bit more.
https://www.crummy.com/writing/hosted/The%20Late%20Benjamin%20Franklin.html
1) What would Puritans like Jonathan Edwards have likely thought about Franklinâ??s project of attempting to reach moral perfection?
2) Where do we see the influence of Puritan ideology in Franklins project?
3) Where do we see deviations from Puritan ideas in Franklins autobiography?
4) What is the basis of Twainâ??s primary criticism of Franklin?
5) What sort of characteristics or personality traits might Twains attitude exalt that Franklin neglects in his thirteen rules?