Civil Disobedience Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Henry David Thoreau, was an unconventional thinker who expressed his ideas about major issues such as war, slavery, wealth, taxes, friendship, vegetarianism, and the lessons that nature can teach. Thoreau was an important transcendentalist writer in the early nineteenth century. During the Mexican American war, Thoreau refused to pay a poll tax and while he was in a protest against slavery, he was arrested. He was thrown into jail for one night and later writes about how the government could be better. I agree that Thoreau’s ideas about how a government should be more better is a excellent postulation and I would further add the government today in the twenty first century still hasn’t even changed at all. In Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” he describes his night in jail while he is also writing about the government. I strongly agree with Thoreau’s claim “That government is best which governs least.” to tell the readers that he feels that the government would be enhanced if it “governed” less. I agree because usually when a government is strict about everything and is in people's business and it easier to adapt to a government that does not put so much pressure on people in America. Another example would be a personal experience I had, when I was arrested for simply looking “suspicious” and i had failed to provide
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It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the west. It does not educate.” American people today don't realize that because it's like an incantation someone has put upon the people. An example of a government role that has endow many people medicare for only medical expenses. It was nicknamed “Obama Care” which helped millions of people in the United States and still does continue to help them today for any medical problems or
It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the west. It does not educate.” American people today don't realize that because it's like an incantation someone has put upon the people. An example of a government role that has endow many people medicare for only medical expenses. It was nicknamed “Obama Care” which helped millions of people in the United States and still does continue to help them today for any medical problems or