Summary Of Minor Laws Against Littering By Frank Trippett

Frank Trippett, in his excerpt, claims that the increasing count of americans in today's day and age are consistently breaking the law. The author supports his assertion by first explaining the fact that, even though many people only break minor laws, they should still consider themselves as law breakers. He continues by listing minor laws that people break everyday and are careless to the fact that they what they are doing is illegal. The author’s purpose is to make people aware of their actions and make them realize that what they have been doing, though it may be minor, is wrong and they should make better choices. Society as a whole should follow all laws, no matter how silly they might seem, because they are put into action for a reason; Whether it be because it is to protect one from one’s self or to protect one from others. …show more content…
However, though some of those people may have a solid and profound argument, all of society should respect the laws put into action by individuals with a higher power than what we can control. As Trippet states in his passage that “When it comes to tax codes, or laws against littering, or speeding or pollution, more and more ordinary citizens are becoming scofflaws” people get too wound up in their own world and are careless about their judgements. He is trying to get a point through that because people do not think that there is anything wrong with what they are doing and think that the law does not really matter in the first place, it does not let them have the right to do so and still get away with it. No matter how unreasonable the law may be, you should never think that you are better than the