Eleanor Roosevelt

I. Introduction

William Jay Jacobs, the author of “Eleanor Roosevelt”, was born in 1933. He has written many biographies of people like Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, ad Eleanor Roosevelt. Jacobs especially admired Eleanor Roosevelt. He described her as a “woman of courage” who was able to “turn her pain into strength”. Jacobs says that by this biography and others, he is able to “reach a very special audience: young people searching for role models, trying to understand themselves”. Jacobs has written many biographies of different people because he hopes that his young readers can draw inspiration from “the great reservoirs of recorded history”

The element of “Eleanor Roosevelt” is biography. The author, William Jay Jacobs, used primary sources to write about another person’s life, making it a biography. Jacobs also used third-person point of view. He used words like “she” and “her” indicating that it was someone else who was telling the story. If Eleanor were writing it, then the story would have contained words like “I” and “me”. This would have shown that the story is an autobiography since Eleanor was writing about herself” The story also displays the element of biography when the author’s purpose of the story was to inform the reader about the true account of the subject’s life.

The topic of this story is self-esteem and dignity. In the American Heritage Dictionary, self-esteem is described as “confidence, self-respect to oneself” and dignity is defined as “the quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect”. To me, having self-esteem and dignity means to be proud of yourself and your abilities. This relates to “Eleanor Roosevelt” because Eleanor learned that when she became more proud and confi...

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...n better told if it was Eleanor who was writing the story. She would have described her thoughts and feelings more accurately if she was the writer of the story.

I would highly recommend this story to all middle-school age students. Eleanor Roosevelt is a good role model for all students to follow. From Eleanor, students can learn many things such as compassion, determination, and perseverance. Students can learn to work hard for their goals even if obstacles are in their way. Eleanor Roosevelt also teaches compassion when she worked hard at the war effort and said special words to each of the wounded soldiers. In this way, Eleanor brought comfort to the battle-hardened men. Students can also learn the most important theme throughout the story: “Even with all the pain ad misery in the world, you can turn then into strength and achieve your goals.