LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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In “Civil Disobedience", Thoreau suggests that the first step toward improving government is
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an understanding of what kind of government would be worthy of respect.
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a commitment to the basic principles of democracy.
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an acceptance of the injustice inherent in democratic government.
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the elimination of governmental control of the economy.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau stated that people “cannot spare the protection of the existing government, and they dread the consequences to their property and families of disobedience to it”. So it makes sense that most people would not be willing to risk losing their property, family, or their life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.” “Civil Disobedience” was inspired by Thoreau’s arrest in 1846 for refusing for six years to pay a poll tax in protest of both slavery and the Mexican-American War.
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