LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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show why every government is unjust.
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suggest that not all governments are capable of protecting the rights of their citizens.
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support and argument for the overthrow of the current government.
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describe an ideal toward which the current government should strive.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Background. Prompted by his opposition to slavery and the Mexican War (1846–1848), Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) wrote “Civil Disobedience” in 1849, but its central question-how should individuals respond to a government that pursues policies they believe to be immoral-still challenges us today.
Detailed explanation-2: -civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main themes in “Civil Disobedience” are individual conscience and action, just and unjust laws, and democracy in the United States. Individual conscience and action: Thoreau emphasizes the importance of each citizen’s discernment in assessing the correct course of action.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main idea of “Civil Disobedience” is that an individual should obey their conscience. If their conscience is telling that a law is unjust, they should not obey this law, in spite of the fact that it may cause upheaval or threaten the social order.