Similarities Between Benjamin Franklin And Nat Turner's Confession

In “Biography of Benjamin Franklin” and “Nat Turner’s Confession," both Benjamin Franklin and Nat Turner seek a goal that shape their identity. However, both men convey their actions through their tone and language. Benjamin Franklin relies on his tone and language as a source that highlight his passion that help him work his way up from humble beginnings and amplify his masculine identity to show his power and control. In comparison to Nat Turner, who starts from the bottom working as a slave and uses his tone and language to highlight his plans to take control of a vision he sees. Therefore, Benjamin Franklin and Nat Turner convey their masculine identity through their determination and leadership to create change in society. Benjamin Franklin

Therefore, Nat Turner uses references of religion, he draws from his vision to illustrate his masculinity. “And now the Holy Ghost had revealed itself to me, and made plain the miracles it had shown me,” (137) to examine the language of religion refers to the change that Turner views as a career change. “I told there things to a white man on whom it had a wonderful affect,” (137) explain the relation that Turner combines the language of religion to his career. For that reason, the language of religion illustrates Nat Turner’s masculinity because he stands by his religious beliefs that will help create the change in his

Nat Turner creates a plan that conveys his determination to create change. Thus, the language used illustrates a goal of non-stop planning. “Many were the plans formed and rejected by us,” (138), illustrates Turner’s masculine identity of continuing to act upon his goal; although, it takes him multiple time before he achieves them. Yet, Turner also uses language to illustrate his anger of the murder. Nat Turner describes his plan with words of anger such as “Will immediately killed Mrs. Turner with one blow of his axe,” (140). Turner’s use of word choices, illustrates his masculinity based on his description when retelling the events of the murder. However, Benjamin Franklin creates a plan that help develop a society’s well-being. Thus, to convey his plan of success, Franklin uses educated language that expand his broad idea. “I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at the time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable,” (Franklin 64) explains his plan to succeed and those in his society. Nevertheless, Benjamin Franklin uses language to help him succeed and push those to have the same