Benjamin Franklin - an innovative man, writer, and adviser. Mr. Franklin is a man of many trades, but simultaneously within that time period he still left time to educate his readers. His audience, not only gets to hear about a life story, but they learn about how Benjamin Franklin uses analogies to convey a message. His writing serves as a guide to the writers of the modern age. In a short excerpt from a letter written by Benjamin Franklin the anecdote illustrated serves to set up the entrance of the analogy. To develop this observation Benjamin Franklin illustrates his use of anecdotes, modes of analogy, and modes of example.
In this excerpt Benjamin Franklin introduces himself with a short anecdote about a time of his mere youth. The use of this rhetorical strategy serves to educate the reader to believe that he's living in this circumstance or that he has experience in the story of the analogies. In paragraph one Franklin illustrates "being charmed with the sound of the whistle”. Benjamin Franklin illustrates all the characteristics and the charms that
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The purpose of the analogy is to make fun of himself and in turn advise others in the opposite direction. This whistle that he happens to speak upon could be anything. Imagine ordinarily a burger, a watch, or even a concert ticket. Benjamin Franklin compared the whistle to the actions of men. This specific example of analogy helps the reader to understand the concept of the following circumstances to follow. As he analyzes his past situation he presents a reasoning to why this may happen and how it may relate to the poor old toy whistle. He speaks on the same whistle that had taken advantage of his youth knowing that he didn't know the worth of it until informed. This humorous analogy shows his audience how a cause and effect can become positive because it opens the mind to