Why does Franklin devote a week to each virtue?
He thinks he can strengthen one virtue through strict attention.
When arranging his list of values, Franklin compares himself to one "who having a garden to weed, does no attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once ... but works on one of the beds at a time." What does he mean by this?
He compares weeding a garden to trying to master one virtue at a time.
How does Equiano feel at the beginning of his narrative and why?
Confused, because the white sailors are so different
Angry, when he sees European sailors invading his country.
Terrified, because he's been taken aboard a slave ship
Relieved, because he has friends aboard the slave ship
How does Jefferson use paragraphs 30-31 to refine his argument?
The colonies are declaring their independence due to the total disregard of their previous calls for change.
