An "errata" is a list of printer's errors and their corrections. Why do you think Franklin refers to mistakes in his life as errata? List some of Franklin's various attempts at self-improvement in the Autobiography; how do they differ from Jonathan Edward

Franklin engages the use of a word from his printing industry days to creatively examine the mistakes he made in life. The term errata is printer jargon for errors made in one edition which could be corrected before printing the next edition. The thematic symbolism is clear: mistakes are only mistakes when no attempt is made to correct them or, if that’s not possible, to learn from them so they aren’t repeated. He practices things like temperance, silence, order....