Benjamin Franklin's speech was effective and ineffective, and at the same time, his speech may confuse you. I have came out with 3 positives and 2 negatives . If you want to know what they are, continue reading. There are many ways this speech is effective. One way it was effective is that Benjamin Franklin was willing to change his opinions for the better of the people. “ I confess that I do not entirely approve of this constitution at present ; but , sir , I am not sure I shall never approve of it , for , having lived long , I have experienced many instances of being obliged , by better information or fuller consideration , to change opinions even on important subjects , which I once thought right , but found to be otherwise. …show more content…
Benjamin Franklin wanted a powerful government . He wanted the constitution to be like the Babels, high and successful . This was good because if they were strong and powerful , they couldn’t be taken down and they could come up with bigger and better ideas that could benefit them in many ways. This is also a bad thing because they could have too much power and take it to their head . They would not listen to anyone and they would make decisions that no one really approves of and they could end up failing . This speech is also not effective to me because his speech was hard to understand and it did not keep my attention. It was not direct to the point and it didn’t use a typical everyday vocabulary an 8th grader would use . But, if I were an older person I would maybe, reconsider saying it was too hard to understand . Another negative about his speech was that many people weren’t coming together to make the constitution better . They were just focusing on themselves . In conclusion , even Benjamin Franklin himself has inefficient and efficient things in his speech .What positive and negatives can you think of from his speech ? Over all his speech was well written but, hard to