Gospel Of Wealth

Should wealth be distributed to the poor and the public? Are heroes actual heroes? In “The Gospel of Wealth” Andrew Carnegie gave his opinion that when the wealthy die, the money should be spread evenly between the less fortunate and the public.(Carnegie 21) In “A Trumpet Note for Heroes” Dee Brown states that Custer did some awful things, when he died, he became a hero.(Brown 3) It is crystal clear that “The Gospel of Wealth” is a firsthand account, because Carnegie wrote the excerpt in his point of view by saying, “I believe I offer the true solution.” which made it that he offered a solution in his time period.(Carnegie 24) Therefore, “A Trumpet Note for Heroes” is the secondary source, because Dee Brown gave more of a novel and it did not give any evidence that Brown was the first hand account. Brown mentioned in the beginning of his article, “General George Custer led the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment…” this about what Custer did, not what Brown did.(Brown 3) Andrew Carnegie gave evidence that he is the first hand account, by saying in his excerpt, “When visiting the Sioux, I was led to the wigwam of the chief.” He is saying that he was led and he experienced it firsthand. Since Carnegie had expressed his opinion, he was bias about the way wealth was

The “A Gospel of Wealth” it states the options of a way of disposing wealth. Andrew Carnegie believed that rich people had the chance to help out the poor not by just handing out money but by giving free education, building free libraries and items that are beneficial to improve society in knowledge.(Carnegie 26) Also, poets were able to make certain people into heroes after they have died, no matter what deeds they have done. At the end of Brown’s article, it says, “Gods and heroes are made by poets and balladeers, folk tellers in rhyme or prose.” Brown believed that some heroes were not actual heroes.(Brown