Individual Advancement Vs. Dem

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and Nathaniel Hawthorne thought. Benjamin Franklin's ideas begged to differ. He felt as though the democratic community and growing the ideology of individual advancement (Individualism and/vs. Community, 1306) could coexist together. Franklin, having risen from poverty, felt that he wouldn't have been able to be a man of such distinction if it had not been for Government that encouraged the advancement of self. He felt that without a Government no one man could be content with themselves or their works. He even goes as far as to promote America to foreigners in one essay. He says that "Strangers are welcome, because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently, so that they have no need of the Patronage of Great Men; and everyone will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry" (Information to Those Who Would Remove to America, 751). He then goes on to say "And the Divine Being seems to have ...

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unusual for the time being the fact that women who fornicated were seen as dirty and sinful. No one would have ever guessed that she would marry a judge probably changing her life forever. Even as you continue to read Franklin's writings, you see more instances where he is defending the Government. He felt that Government promoted individuality, and that without an orderly Government outlining the rights and liberties of persons contained in it, that no one could move forward. Hawthorne, on the other hand, felt completely different about the coexistence of government and individuality. One of his most persistent themes was that of the antagonism between the individual and society ...

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