Civil disobedience
“Civil Disobedience,” written by Henry David Thoreau, portrays the transcendental idea that the individual is more powerful than a group of people. He portrays this though figurative language. “The mass of men serve the State thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, &c. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the same purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw, or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens.” This means that the men or citizens serve the state, but not as men. Men being people with thoughts, a conscience, and ideas. But machines and wooden men on the other hand do not have these characteristics. Horses and dogs do not have the privilege to hold the characteristics of men either. These animals are used by ones higher than themselves and commanded to do chores without a thought or a question. The machines, wooden men, and
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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