Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography is classified as an autobiography because he is the subject and author of the work.
An autobiography is a self-written account of the life of oneself. Autobiography is one type of biography, which tells a life story of its author. In other words, it is a written record of the author’s life. Some autobiographies are written in the form of a fictional tale; such as novels or stories that closely represents events from the author’s real life.