LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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He compares American and foreign governments.
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He analyzes the structure of America’s government.
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He cites the examples of an unpopular war.
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He alludes to several corrupt Massachusetts politicians.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau argued that the government must end its unjust actions to earn the right to collect taxes from its citizens. As long as the government commits unjust actions, he continued, conscientious individuals must choose whether to pay their taxes or to refuse to pay them and defy the government.
Detailed explanation-2: -In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thoreau begins Civil Disobedience by saying that he agrees with the motto, “That government is best which governs least.” Indeed, he says, men will someday be able to have a government that does not govern at all. As it is, government rarely proves useful or efficient.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is an example of an act of civil disobedience? nonviolent refusals to obey the law as a way to advocate change-such as sit-ins and boycotts.