The Struggle In Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience

As a modern democracy, America functions on the principles of equality and the ideology of giving every native citizen the right to voice his or her opinions about the world. However, in these times when the population of America has greatly increased, and a direct democracy is not a feasible option for running the country, we are represented by senators and district members who vote on laws on our behalf. Due to this system, numerous concerns of the general public may go unnoticed, which then propagates ardent rebellion for the right to articulate views in the form of a protest. These struggles may be in the form of simple skirmishes, but sometimes they can escalate to violent clashes between the people and the government. Despite the risks …show more content…
As Henry David Thoreau states in his 1849 book, “Civil Disobedience,” “It costs me less in every sense to incur the penalty of disobedience to the State than it would to obey.” This quote portrays the proudness and vigor that all American citizens have, an asset that enables them to defend their views in time where they feel underrepresented due to a dominant majority, which sometimes fails in the propagation of …show more content…
As an allusion to the unfair implementation of law, in current times, Muslims are a people who are being greatly discriminated against simply due to their beliefs and a certain followed doctrine, which is assumed as being radical and overly dominant. Numerous individuals who are not even a part of this faith are taking a stand and protesting this unfair action. As a Muslim myself, I feel that opposing the law and order of the country in a peaceful and nonviolent manner has the ability to make myself and the voice of my people heard, to ensure that no minority is ignored in the eyes of the government, and to propagate the equal treatment of all races despite their origin, as a condemnation to any force that attempts to put a mark on this notion of