Andrew Carnegie Dbq

In my opinion, Andrew Carnegie should be deemed as a hero. Sure, he did some things that people frowned upon. But, he also accomplished things that made his communities education better and stronger, but he made his community all around better. To do this, he did things such as provide local libraries for people and students, He claimed that it was disgraceful to die a rich man and give money away to your children, also his total giving overall was 350,695,653 dollars. Carnegie should be seen as a hero because of his good deeds, and providing of libraries to better the community’s education. He gave a big majority of his money to help education. In document C, it states that still, to this day, his corporation in 2005 it was listed at 2,167,000,000 dollars. And, this corporation gives about 100,000,000 dollars a year. Mostly to education. Just this statement says that he donates nearly all of his money to education. He’s looking out for other people, just as a hero would.

If this is done from affection, this is not misguided affection? “ He wants his kids to work for a fortune, not get it handed to them like they don’t have to work for it ever. This is a great thing, because many rich people show affection towards their children with money. This one action is heroic to parents around the world, many sets of parents believe that their children should work for money and not get it handed to them. Including my own. Also, in document B. He states “ The man who dies rich, dies disgraced. “ In his case, he believed that his money should be spent on other people, Rather himself. So, the way he spent his money was in a heroic