The following is an essay for my English 1 course.
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How important is it for someone to summarize their philosophy of life early in their autobiography? I would say that it is very important! If you have an absurd philosophy of life, say, Thoreauian, then I don't want to read your autobiography. Plain and simple. However, if you don't warn me of this early in your biography, then I will waste my time reading your autobiography, of which is of no interest to me. Many people read the first few pages of a book before fully reading, or purchasing, to see if it is going to be worth his time or money. If you don't make those first few pages interesting, attention-grabbing, appealing to the reader, then they probably won't pick up your book! Thoreau certainly didn't make his first few pages interesting, and I wouldn't have read his autobiography if it wasn't an educational assignment. Perhaps if he had explained his philosophy of life, no matter it's absurdity, I might have been more inclined to read it.
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