Common Sense By Thomas Paine Summary
Mason Johnson
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U.S. History to 1876
The Spark: Common Sense
Common Sense written by Thomas Paine is a book that helped unify America while emancipating from Britain during the late 1700s. In his book Paine expresses his ideas of religion, government, freedom and society. Very quickly Paine engages the audience with a strict definition separating society from government; these were two concepts often confused at this time. Paine describes an idea of societal definition consisting of a unified people bonded in their pursuit of happiness. Paine also looks at and defines government as a necessary evil “Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable …show more content…
In writing this piece Paine was justifying the colonies separation from Britain rule, the emancipation to those who were skeptic made sense to all involved. In his writing Paine makes the argument towards America unifying and becoming a self-governed nation for the benefit of all immigrants. This was important to the author because he believed that all men were born equal. With the emancipation from British colonies, all immigrants would have an opportunity to achieve a level of freedom not experienced in …show more content…
Not only does he make the claim that government is inherently evil, he also backs this up with a biblical reference, and “Monarchy is ranked in scripture as one of the sins of the Jews, for which a curse in reserve is denounced against them The history of that transaction is worth attending to.” (Paine pg. 12) This basically tells the audience that the monarchy is a biblical dilemma; this is a call to action to the Christian Americans of the time.
In Thomas Paine’s writing his persuasive nature can be narrowed to topics he chooses to discuss. The nature and truth of these topics are what make them so persuasive.
One of the topics he suggests reconciliation would ultimately lead to a problematic government situation that cannot be left to an older America. Basically what this means that the government is already a tough situation and given time, the situation would only become more complicated as time
Brady
U.S. History to 1876
The Spark: Common Sense
Common Sense written by Thomas Paine is a book that helped unify America while emancipating from Britain during the late 1700s. In his book Paine expresses his ideas of religion, government, freedom and society. Very quickly Paine engages the audience with a strict definition separating society from government; these were two concepts often confused at this time. Paine describes an idea of societal definition consisting of a unified people bonded in their pursuit of happiness. Paine also looks at and defines government as a necessary evil “Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable …show more content…
In writing this piece Paine was justifying the colonies separation from Britain rule, the emancipation to those who were skeptic made sense to all involved. In his writing Paine makes the argument towards America unifying and becoming a self-governed nation for the benefit of all immigrants. This was important to the author because he believed that all men were born equal. With the emancipation from British colonies, all immigrants would have an opportunity to achieve a level of freedom not experienced in …show more content…
Not only does he make the claim that government is inherently evil, he also backs this up with a biblical reference, and “Monarchy is ranked in scripture as one of the sins of the Jews, for which a curse in reserve is denounced against them The history of that transaction is worth attending to.” (Paine pg. 12) This basically tells the audience that the monarchy is a biblical dilemma; this is a call to action to the Christian Americans of the time.
In Thomas Paine’s writing his persuasive nature can be narrowed to topics he chooses to discuss. The nature and truth of these topics are what make them so persuasive.
One of the topics he suggests reconciliation would ultimately lead to a problematic government situation that cannot be left to an older America. Basically what this means that the government is already a tough situation and given time, the situation would only become more complicated as time