家族だからといって家族間の仲がいいとは限りません。
家族との仲が良くなかった歴史上の人物を紹介します！
ベンジャミン・フランクリン
アメリカの建国の父の一人であるベンジャミン・フランクリン。
10代の頃はお兄さんの元で印刷の修行をしますが、お兄さんの機嫌が悪いとよく打たれていたようです。それがきっかけでベンは逃げ出します。
Ben enjoyed the work, but his brother was a harsh master. James wanted to show his other apprentices that he did not favor Ben. When Ben made mistakes, James beat him. Ben would then talk back. James would only beat him some more.
息子とは政治の考えの違いから晩年は離れ離れで暮らします。
One by one, England’s colonial governors were removed from office. They were replaced with Americans. William was thrown out of office. He was put in jail in a filthy cell where he nearly died. Still, William Franklin stayed loyal to England.
“Nothing ever hurt me so much,” Ben said about his son siding with Britain. A word from Ben to Congress might have freed William. But Ben never spoke up for his son. The United States was fighting for its life. He felt that special treatment for William would be unfair.
偉人も家族間でトラブルが起きるものなんですね。
ジョージ・ワシントン
建国の父。第一代アメリカ大統領です。
母親との仲はあまり良くなかったようです。
母親については詳しいことはわかっていないようですが、冷たくて威張っているタイプだったよう。
There isn’t any information about how George and his father got along. But we do know he wasn’t close to his mother. Mary Washington was a cold, bossy woman. All George’s friends were scared of her. Strangely, she never took pride in her eldest son, not even after he became president. His letters to her would begin “Honored Madam” instead of “Dear Mother.” And he never introduced his wife, Martha, to her!
息子が大統領になっても、褒めることもなかったようです。
ジョージは妻のマーサを母親に合わせることもありませんでした。
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