AMERICAN LITERATURE
TRUE AND FALSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Revolution with war
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Peaceable revolution
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence.” “A minority is powerless while if conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.” Thoreau compares not being true to yourself to committing a sin.
Detailed explanation-2: -*He also talks about how minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; what he means by this is if you are not willing to act against something you disagree with then your no better than the ones who agree with the matter.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau’s basic premise is that a higher law than civil law demands the obedience of the individual. Human law and government are subordinate. In cases where the two are at odds with one another, the individual must follow his conscience and, if necessary, disregard human law.
Detailed explanation-4: -MAIN POINT 1: Thoreau prefers a laissez-faire government, but he does not call for abolishing government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Thoreau argues that a better government is one in which “majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience” (part 1, par. 4). Thoreau distinguishes the contrast between right and wrong as determined by the majority, and right and wrong as determined by each individual’s conscience.