In an effort to be published, Franklin the boy___

a.) disguised himself as a girl to find out what a girls life was like

b.) lied about his age so he could get a job

c.) changed his handwrighting on an anonymous paper

d.) paid his brother a fee

In an effort to be published, Franklin the boy C. changed his handwriting on an anonymous paper.

When he was a boy, Benjamin Franklin wrote a piece which he thought was hilarious. However, he knew that nobody would publish a piece written by a mere boy because everybody took him for granted. That's why he decided to change his handwriting and not sign his name (but rather write the name of Silence DoGood) so as to make someone publish his writing. And he did succeed in doing that - his piece was published, and everyone thought it was very funny and were contemplating who could it be who wrote that genius piece of humorous literature.