The ideas and the moral views seen among Thoreau and King differed mainly because of the timeline in which the essay and the letter was wrote. Thoreau lived during a time when negotiation was non-existent that is he met the government ,”I meet this American government, or its representative, the State government, directly, and face to face, once a year- no more- in the person of its tax-gatherer..” (Thoreau). But on the other hand the King had the capability to gather groups and strength themselves which did not have any violence this led to increased their success in the Civil rights movement. King had four basic steps for his nonviolent campaign,” collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification;
