government is a nessesary evil
To draw attention to what the American people do that the government doesn't
Make known the type of government they expect.
I think that if your gonna look something up that specific, your should ask someone next to you instead. Your in Mr. Burchetts class for pete's sake.
Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience was published in 1849 under the title "Resistance to Civil Government." Thoreau was briefly jailed in 1847 for refusal to pay taxes in protest against the Mexican War. He became interested in transcendentalism as promulgated by Emerson (author of Self-Reliance).In his writings, Thoreau is explaining the depth and breadth of an individuals responsibility to themselves and how in that context purely stated there is no other path other than creation of a system for ones self that excludes government regulations, or we have lost ourselves through voluntary compliance with things we did not create nor want; and since we only have one life and one chance to bring this upon ourselves there is no moment when we are allowed (within our own bodies and minds) to be guided by any other script other than our own. One does not switch from government compliance to resistance. One never begins a compliant life. In this way one has integrity.
Thoreau explicitly disagrees with the statement, "That government is best which governs least." He believes this view is a hasty generalization and oversimplification of the role of government in society, advocating instead for thoughtful and deliberate consideration of the functions and responsibilities of government.
The representative of the government that Thoreau meets once a year is the tax collector. Thoreau encounters him as part of his protest against the Mexican-American War and slavery, refusing to pay taxes to a government that supports these injustices.
Thoreau is sometimes cited as an anarchist, and though Civil Disobedience seems to call for improving rather than abolishing government-"I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"-the direction of this improvement points toward anarchism: "'That government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have."Richard Drinnon partly blames Thoreau for the ambiguity, noting that Thoreau's "sly satire, his liking for wide margins for his writing, and his fondness for paradox provided ammunition for widely divergent interpretations of 'Civil Disobedience
Thoreau, like many in modern times, was convinced that government was unresponsive and broken. However, he posited that government is necessary and, rather than no government, what was needed was better government.
Thoreau put an emphasis on discussions and learning for oneself instead of rote memorization.
Thoreau put an emphasis on discussions and learning for oneself instead of rote memorization.
Thoreau compares the government to a machine or tool that can be used for good or ill by those in power. He emphasizes that individuals have a responsibility to resist unjust laws and actions of the government.
First show of new season 28 see related linkAMERICAN WRITERSIn the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"Henry David ThoreauAMERICAN WRITERSIn the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"Henry David Thoreau
That a government is best when it does not interfere with the lives of individuals
Thoreau was against the Mexican War (he didn't want further expansion of slave states) so he is bitter towards the government. Even if it's not the matter of the Mexican War, Thoreau doesn't like the government, like other Trensendentalists, he doesn't like powerful government controlling peope's lives.
Thoreau went to jail for refusing to pay taxes as a form of protest against the Mexican-American War and the institution of slavery. He believed that by going to jail, he was standing up for his principles and refusing to support a government that he believed was unjust.
To compare injustice to something concrete -apex