In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, he devises a plan to achieve moral perfection with 13 virtues through self examination. Although Franklin did not achieve moral perfection, he did become a happier and greater man. The idea of improving morally is evident in Tom Sawyer from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer becomes a better person and transitions from a child to a man because he had matured morally with Franklin’s virtues.