Read the following excerpt from an 1893 history textbook titled A Beginner's American History by D.H. Montgomery. Then, respond to the prompt that follows.
[Benjamin] Franklin was then publishing a small newspaper, called the Pennsylvania Gazette. To-day we print newspapers by steam at the rate of two or three hundred a minute; but Franklin, standing in his shirtsleeves at a little press, printed his with his own hands. It was hard work, as you could see by the drops of sweat that stood on his forehead; and it was slow as well as hard. The young man not only wrote himself most of what he printed in his paper, but he often made his own ink; sometimes he even made his own type. When he got out of paper he would take a wheelbarrow, go out and buy a load, and wheel it home. To-day there are more than three hundred newspapers printed in Philadelphia; then there were only two, and Franklin's was the better of those two.
Besides this paper he published an almanac, which thousands of people bought. In it he printed such sayings as these: "He who would thrive must rise at five," and "If you want a thing well done, do it yourself." But Franklin was not contented with simply printing these sayings, for he practised them as well.
Sometimes his friends would ask him why he began work so early in the morning, and kept at it so many hours. He would laugh, and tell them that his father used to repeat to him this saying of Solomon's: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."
At that time the young printer never actually expected to stand in the presence of a king, but years later he met with five; and one of them, his friend the king of France, gave him his picture set round with diamonds.
Franklin's father was a poor man with a large family. He lived in Boston, and made soap and candles. Benjamin went to school two years; then, when he was ten years old, his father set him to work in his factory, and he never went to school again. He was now kept busy filling the candle-molds with melted grease, cutting off the ends of the wicks, and running errands. But the boy did not like this kind of work; and, as he was very fond of books, his father put him in a printing-office. This office was carried on by James Franklin, one of Benjamin's brothers. James Franklin paid a small sum of money each week for Benjamin's board; but the boy told him that if he would let him have half the money to use as he liked, he would board himself. James was glad to do this. Benjamin then gave up eating meat, and, while the others went out to dinner, he would stay in the printing-office and eat a boiled potato, or perhaps a handful of raisins. In this way, he saved up a number of coppers every week; and when he got enough laid by, he would buy a book.
But James Franklin was not only a mean man, but a hot-tempered one; and when he got angry with his young apprentice, he would beat and knock him about. At length the lad, who was now seventeen, made up his mind that he would run away, and go to New York.
Young Franklin sold some of his books, and with the money paid his passage to New
In a well-developed paragraph of at least 5 sentences, use the TIE strategy (topic, information, express) to explain two central ideas of the textbook entry above. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your response. PLEASE HURRRRYYY