Analysis Of Thoreau's Civil Disobediance

In "Civil Disobediance", by Thoreau, Thoreau claims that there should be improvement from the government, and that people should fight for it. Thoreau uses paradox, and similes to convince his readers that they should take the initiative to speak up.

Thoreau clarifies the government is corrupt and unreliable for the people. He uses similes to represent the corruption, and how easy it is for people to take advantage of the government for their own benefit. Thoreau states, "...the work of comparatively a few individuals use the standing government as their tool." Therefore, he is trying to represent the government by a tool that is useful and easy to attain by people. When the government is so easily taken advantage of by few people, it has