pp 232 - 320 response

In this part of the book, Andrew Carnegie extensively focusses on
describing his achievements as a successful businessman. Also, he explains
his relatinoship with his close friends and important figures from his time
such as Booker. T. Washington or Gladstone. Therefore, in this part we can
understand what Carnegie truly valued while he was a millionaire and how
his personality had been shaped by interacting with people from his time.

The fact that Carnegie spent great deal of his fortune and time consistently
to support education was very impressive to me. Moreover,he concentrated
on supporting smaller institutions rather than cheif universities
such as Harvard or Columbia was very interesting. By supporting smaller institutions,
Carnegie wanted to people to have wider access to education. Also, Carnegie makes
an effort to depict social and political figures. It might seem irrelevant that Carnegie
spent a huge portion of his 'autobiography' to talk about others. However, I believe
understanding why Carnegie wanted to his is extremely important because
interactions of Carnegie affected him and his personality in so many ways. For example,
Carnegie describe Booker Washington as a true self sacrificing hero and a man who compounded
all the virtues. Interaction with such people and learning from them led Carnegie to contritbute
to the society and people around him.

It was extremely hard for me to understand some of the political
and economic backgorunds Carnegie mentioned. However I believe
it is because so many things have been changed since
when this book was written. Laslty, I thought it would have been better
if Carnegie had spent more portion in this part to talk more about himself rather
than introducing new figures.