(1706-190)
His life:
• He was born in Milk Street, Boston in 1706.
• He dropped out of school, and then at the age of 12 he worked with his brother as an apprentice in a printer.
• His first piece was published by his brother, called "Silence Dogood."
• As he grows up he touts his self to speak a several languages.
• He is one of the founding fathers of the United States, and he served on the committee to draft the declaration of independence.
• At the age of 41 he was a politician, a scientist, writer, diplomat, and a philosopher he also founded a library, invented a stove and established the first fire department in Pennsylvania.
• He died in 1790.
Remarks concerning the savages in North America (1784)
• The article shows how much the savages are more polite and civil than them.
• There are many different ways of life than the colonist.
• He wanted to point out also that the Indian are a very good people and they have the wrong idea about them.
• The colonist people should not always expect anything in return of their hospitality and to behave more like the decent and politeness of the Indians.
• The article also talks about the religion and how if it is not yours that does not mean it is wrong.
• Figures of speech:-
1. Irony:
• "We will take good care of their education, instruct them in all we know and a make men of them
2. Allusion:
• "They beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds, and seat herself on that hill, which you see yonder among the blue mountain".