I choose to do a peer response to Mohammed Uddin’s post because I really enjoyed how his post was formatted and the examples he gave were great. He referred to the list of 13 qualities In the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, in which Franklin believe are the main attributes of perfection. Personally, I believe “perfection” is subjective. What is perfect for one, may not be what the next person considers perfection. However for the sake of the text, I’ll just be referring to the 13 qualities that Franklin mentions. When comparing and contrasting the two texts, Mohammed mentioned “Cleanliness” and the fact that Tom was egotistic and selfish (which I believe falls under “humility”). Through much of the story Tom absolutely displays selfish actions. In chapter 2, Tom’s Aunt Polly asked him to white wash the fence. Not only did he get other neighborhood boys to do his chore, he also convinced them that it was a great privilege and in exchange they would give Tom various gifts to get have such an “honor”. I believe Tom was content with not having these attributes, just as Franklin said he was ok with being imperfect. As Mohammed stated “Even though Sawyer doesn’t meet the 13 attributes that Franklin describes (Tom never strives for perfection), he still maintains a happy and blissful life”. While I consider humility to be an extremely important quality and Tom’s action were not just, as the story progressed he did grow; though, by the end of the story, Tom was still an imperfect being. As M0hammed says “Perfection doesn’t embody happiness” and I could not agree more!