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The government itself , which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will

is equally liable to be abused and Perverted before the people can act through it . Witness the

present OF [ Omparttively Few

standing
Mexican war , the work a individuals Using the

government as their tool for in the outset the people WOULD not have consented ''
to this
; ,

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measure .

Is seen as some
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thoreau shows his view on the government .
He finds that the government

thing In which people feel Forced to Follow .

that people only follow the government because

and control and Not because they would have come to that conclusion
of the power it holds

when to create over /

on their own .
he also Uses logos talking a walk through explanation Using
the Mexican American -
war

let every man make known what kind OF government would command his respect , anu that

will be one step toward obtaining it

thoreau feels that should be Inclusive the Where the work Olluhside
government of public .

eachother and dont just work under the government -

the Plonk want, them feel lncluoeo

he uses pathos by bring UD what
making .

rule all the Justice

but a government in which the majority in cases cannot be based on

be
even as Far as men understand it . can + here not a
government In which maturities do not

oecloe right and conscience ? In which decide only those auestlons

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virtually wrong , but majorities

the is apn " cable ? must the outliers ever Eora moment in the
to which rule of expediency ,
or

? why has
least degree resign his conskience to the legislator every man a conscience , then ? I think

"
he should be men first , anosublects afterwards

he questions the readers on how

things could change anu what needs to change in the First Ma "

there lhstcao, People now together to reach a common goal .

he feels as though the

society allows the Government to govern , and command whats right vs . wrong

It should be prior -

tiling Become rather than plans to gain Doner

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the mass OF men serve the state , thus hot as men mainly , but as machines with their boules

militia jailers , constables Posse comitatus In most cases there

They are the standing army , and the ,
,
.

is no free exercise whatever or- the judgement or the moral sense ; But they put themselves on a

level with wood and earth and stones ; ahu wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will

serve the purpose as well . Such Comm ahu no remove respect than men of straw , or a lump

of dirt .
the government holds so much power over
many society that they are used a tools For war . Soldiers are

an exchangeable part of the system

thoreau points that soldiers taken advantage He uses pathos to evoke

out are ok
empathy for soldiers
.

be
retrieving to them in such Sad manners , to show that the government doesnt care about them

accustomed to say that the mass

ok men the
we are are unprepared ; but improvement is slow , because

few are not materially better or wiser than the many ,

. . there are thousands who are in

opinion opposed to slavery and to the war , who Yet in retreat do nothing
to put an end to them .

because their opinion feels insignificant people tend hot to do what they believe of fight for what

then believe to invoke change . because of this , there is a lot of trouble with society progressing

to
because people don't to what they have to do change .

trends they do what they feel they should do to please the trends
people follow in order
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people trusted the government and abided by it .

they say, it Just the IWW land they never do
anything
to change
bring

I cast my vote , perchance , as I think right ; but I am not vitally concerned Ano that right Shooto prevail

leave It to the majority

l am
willing to

he establishes ethos by putting himself as a part of the society . He knows he has an opinion but

that his focus Isnt to concern himself hits what other people decide

Shall at length vote for the of slavery it will be because they are
when the majority abolition ,

is to be abolished by their
in uifr event
. to slavery , or because there but little slavery left tote

they will then be the only slaves

what hes Is these people that dont vote against slavery, are their own slaves to the
saying

government because they say they disagree with Slavery Yet dont do what it tunes to

do what they believe 1h . Theyre then slaves to the nos , doing what they think other people want -

myself to other pursuits I must first see at least , that l ou not

IF I devote and contemplations ,

a hottie shoulders I must get him first that he may pursue his
pursue them sitting upon Mans off
.
.

contemplations too

he says that in order to follow someone else , their locals , their actions , attitudes or behaviors

he would have to abandon his own Ideas ahu character

 those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government , view to it their alley ,

ence and support , are unduubtly Its most conscientious supporters , and so frequently the most

serious obstacles to reform Some the Union

-
are
petitioning the state to dissolve , to disregard the

requisitions of the President -

why do they not dissolve it themselves -
the union between

themselves ahu the state and refuse Pay their quota into its treasury ? Do they stand
-
to not

in the same relation to the state , that the state does to the union ? And have not the same

reasons prevented the state from

resisting the union , which have prevented the State from

resisting the which have prevented from the state

union , them resting .

he makes the point that the people In society repeadetly talk about the Faults in the government

they see the government as something thats too big to take on by themselves and dont see them

selves as par t of the bigger bicture .

Instead OF finding a way into
evoking change , they

continue in their actions and do not make change Win themselves to create Chang ah

something bigger

if a man who has no property refuses but once to earn nine shillings for the state , he Is put in

Prison for a peuiod unlimited by any law that I know ,

and determined only be the discretion

of those who placed him there ; but IF he should Steal ninety times nine Shillings from the state

he is permitted to go at large again

the point is as long as they abide by government policies ,

they are able to live out . Its biased and
unfair , but if one does not abide ' they are expected to relieve extreme consequences

he uses logos because he has a line of

reasoning and uses examples to prove his point

For it how small the once IS Forever

matters not
begging g -
may seem to be : what is well done

but he love better to talk about it : that we say is our mission

thoreau expresses that one should not focus on material benefits such as how many people
'll
beliefs thing they simply do it
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are following In your same or any get from it .

they should

because its something that they believe in . that way government workers can create

change who have the power to do so .

 It IS for no particular item in the tax bill that I refuse to pay it I simply wish to refute

allegiance to the state . to withdraw and Stano aloof From it effectually .

I do not
care

to trace the course of my dollar af i cow ,

till it buys a mane or a musket to shoot

one with .
-
the dollar IS innocent - but I am concerned to trace effects of my allege na

(n Fact ,
I Uvietly declare war with the state , after my fashion , though I will still make

and get what advantage her I can , as is usual in cases

thoreau expresses his Idea of hot abiding by the government by not buying his taxes .
this way even

though he can still afford It , he does what he believes in .

ethos because he AOOS himself into the society

this evokes -
He live the reader has to pay taxes

therefore the reader can see thoreau as himself and

making him sound trustworthy .

There will never be a really Free and

enlightened stater until the state comes to recognize the

state comes to recognize the individual as a higher Arw independent power , from which

all Its own power and authority are derived , and treats him accordingly

will be Free once the the people

he believes that
the country
government acknowledges

as lnolrcoual lives that should all be taken into consideration whose ,

thoughts and ideas matter

logos b/c the logic

Ls
they have Freedom to express town wears =
free country

pathos b/c people want to be free

message : people shouldnt abide by the

Government if they dont agree w/

them . instead they should fight for

a more inclusive government

''
ton the outy of civil
Medium : essay

disobedience
rhetorical
sneaker : Henry David thoreau

triangle purpose : to get People to indulge in

civil disobedience , and to do this to

achieve what they believe in

auolence : students