Afterreadingexcerptsfromthepamphlet"CommonSense",writtenbyThomasPainein1776,I developedasenseofunderstandingformanydifferentaspectsofthearticle.Aboutaquarterofthe waythrough,IfoundmyselfverymuchinterestedinwhatIwasreading.However,Iwasinterested toanextentwhereIfeltasifIwaslivinginthe18thcenturyandIstronglyagreedwitheverything ThomasPainewassaying.Bytheendofthereading,IfeltoverwhelminglyopposedtotheBritish, andIwasenthusiasticallyinfavorfortheindependenceofAmericaAfterfurtheranalyzation,I realizedThomasPaineknewhowtousehisrhetoric.Throughouttheexcerptheemployedmany differenttacticstopersuadethereader,andputtheminfavorof...showmorecontent...
TheStampActBymentioningtheStampAct,heisalreadytriggeringthemindofthereaderto thinkoftheunjustactswhichhavebeencommittedbytheBritishtowardstheircolonies.Hethen mentionshowtheactswererepelled,yetadecadelaterParliamentwhippedoutanewsetoftaxes. BycausingthereadertofeelangerforwhatBritainhasunjustlydonetothem,itiseasierto convincethemofhispointthatreconcilecannotbemadewiththem.Althoughitmaylast temporarily,itwillultimatelyfailFromreadingTom'sandReverendCharle'sworks,Iderivetwo differenttones.OnTom'ssideIfindaverywellarticulatedargument.Heseemsextremelyconfident inwhatheissayingandtakesaveryaggressiveandopposingstance.IfIeverspoketohimIwould expecthimtohaveaveryeloquentpersona,andaconfidentmanner.Ontheotherside,Ididn'tget thesamefeelfromReverendCharlesInglis.Althoughhehashisstance,Ididnotperceivethesame amountofenergyandenthusiasmIdidfromPaine'sIwouldevensayCharle'swritingwashesitant AfterreadingPaine'ssideoftheargument,IwasnotanywhereaffectedintheviewItookonthe matterbyCharles.Thisveryimportantpieceofliterature,hasgivingmeadeeperperspectiveof veryimportantdebateofdeclaringAmerica'sindependencefrom
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TheCommonSensebyThomasPaine,writtenin1776.HewasanEnglishwriterwhowasbornin UnitedKingdomandlatermovedtoPhiladelphia.1776whenThomasPainewrittentheCommon Sense,wasthetimetheDeclarationofIndependencewarhadhappened.Thebeggingofthegreat revolution.Ontheotherwords,thatwastheopenlyaskedindependentfromBritish.Thetime when,Painewaswrittenthe"commonsense",mostcolonistconsideredthemselvestobe aggrievedBritons.Thatwasthemainreasonforwritingthepamphlet."CommonSense"became ahugeinfluenceofthecoloniestobreakBritishrules."CommonSense"supportedindependence fortheAmericancoloniesofBritain,anditsconsideredoneofthemostinfluentialshowmore content...
225yearsago,whatThomasPainewastryingtoshowtotheworld,itbecamepracticalnowadays. Inthemodernworldpeoplepreferlivetogetherwiththeirfamily.Moreover,Paineemphasisthe monarchyinhissecondsection.Hearguesthatallmenareequaltocreationandtherefore,the distinctionbetweenkingandsubjectsisafalseonePainillustrated"onehonestmanisworthto societyandinthesightofGod".Thomasshowedinhisarticlehowshouldbethenewcongress, andhowelectedthepresidentsandlows.AccordingtoPaine'sallargumentswerebasedon commonsenseandmankind.Somehowtheybecametrue.ThomasPaineusedpeople'swordsand hequotedtheBible.Thatwasthereasonwhythe"CommonSense"wassuccessbecausePaine knewifhewantstotalktothepublichehadtotalktothemintheirlanguageWhatThomasPain wantedtoshowthrough"CommonSense"hadbecomefulfillednowadays.Inamodernday Americadon'tdependonanycounties.Americahastheirowntrades.Notonlythat,Americahave astrongeconomicbackgroundandstrongmilitarypowersAlso,taxationhasdecreaseinpresent daysbyseveral ...Getmorecontent...