Thoreau and His Motives Henry David Thoreau is a tremendously complex man to understand. Thoreau was a Harvard graduate and an abolitionist.This man wrote “Civil Disobedience” and had many reasons for doing so. Some of his thoughts given throughout the essay are, he did not like the way the government was run, the voting system, he did not respect some of the reasons he was taxed, he also wanted the readers to learn how to be more outspoken against the government, and lastly he wanted to acknowledge that he is different in thinking than most people. There is an abundance of people that voice their positive and negative opinions on the government. People with high opinions and low opinions of the American government will both most likely
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11) What he means by this cryptic statement is that when a voter casts their vote they can only hope that candidate wins. One cannot assure that candidate is even elected. The candidate may get a majority vote, but even then he may not have enough electoral college votes to be president. If that candidate does happen to make it into the white house he still may not be president the voter had hoped for at the time of the election. All this is not in control of the voter. In the end he or she must leave it up for the majority to decide, the questionable majority. The majority that may or may not make the correct, and educated decision based upon morals. The flaws that Thoreau believes he has found do not stop here …show more content…
Being the writer of “Civil Disobedience” he had many motives for writing this essay some of which were, he disliked the inefficiency and sheer ineffectiveness of the government, he thought the voting system was not adequate, he did not appreciate being taxed in some instances, he wanted society to learn how to voice their opinions to our country 's leadership, and note that his philosophy was different than others. “Civil Disobedience” though lengthy is a magnificent essay and should be read by everyone at some point. When one does eventually get the privilege of reading it it is imperative that they understand it
11) What he means by this cryptic statement is that when a voter casts their vote they can only hope that candidate wins. One cannot assure that candidate is even elected. The candidate may get a majority vote, but even then he may not have enough electoral college votes to be president. If that candidate does happen to make it into the white house he still may not be president the voter had hoped for at the time of the election. All this is not in control of the voter. In the end he or she must leave it up for the majority to decide, the questionable majority. The majority that may or may not make the correct, and educated decision based upon morals. The flaws that Thoreau believes he has found do not stop here …show more content…
Being the writer of “Civil Disobedience” he had many motives for writing this essay some of which were, he disliked the inefficiency and sheer ineffectiveness of the government, he thought the voting system was not adequate, he did not appreciate being taxed in some instances, he wanted society to learn how to voice their opinions to our country 's leadership, and note that his philosophy was different than others. “Civil Disobedience” though lengthy is a magnificent essay and should be read by everyone at some point. When one does eventually get the privilege of reading it it is imperative that they understand it