Analysis Of Common Sense By Thomas Paine

In the book by Thomas Paine called Common Sense, mostly covers the subject of American Independence. In the beginning of his argument, paine reflects on government and religion. According to Paine’s point of view, society is everything to help the people join together to accomplish a constructive good. He believes that government is only purpose is to protect the people from themselves.Government has its start with the bad of man and is therefore a necessary evil at best. He says that government's main purpose should be to protect our freedom and our rights, paine also believes that a government should be judged merely to extent to which it manage the target

He continues with this thinking by writing, "Thus necessity, like a gravitating power, would soon form out newly arrived emigrants into society [… ] and render the obligations of law and government unnecessary" ( Paine, Par.4). The quote explains how we unconsciously group together based on common interest and once that happens there is no real reason to have a type of government because at this time we are all working and coming together to achieve one goal. This supports Paine's purpose of having America completely break away from Britain by showing the people and congress that there is no reason to be governed by someone across the sea when they through trying to make America successful have already formed a society that has a common goal.

In his writing, Paine uses metaphors in order to convince the people of America, that separating from their mother country will prove to be beneficial for them. Within the first few paragraphs of his piece, Paine includes the quote, “We may as well assert,

In the previous paragraph, although Paine talked about the flaws that come into play in a government that is run by a single ruler, he then talked about how having a ruler may be inevitable and provides an example of how it may work. Though Paine doesn't argue against having a ruler to the fullest extent due to the amount of oppressive that is seen through having single rulers, he feels that there should be someone in charge but have equal power with other parties, therefore that single person isn't in complete control. According to Paine, " Let the assemblies be annual, with a President only. The representation more equal. Their business wholly domestic, and subject to the authority of a Continental Congress." This shows Paine's thinking on producing a government with equality. In this example, there will be representation from all aspects and people, so they can and will be part of the decision-making as well as the President. Thomas Paine's theory on creating a government with a higher power which is surrounded by equality can flourish due to the elimination of oppression, tyranny, and abuse of power.

Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband John Adams called Remember the Ladies. Abigail is writing this letter during the Revolutionary War. The timing of the letter is significant because the country is at war for freedom and equality. In her letter Abigail pleas with her husband for women’s equality. Abigail’s purpose for writing to John regarding women’s equality is so that he will think of women as they adopt new laws. Throughout the letter Abigail uses different points of view, word choice, and varying tones to persuade her husband to see the need for laws that are considerate of women.

As members of Congress drafted laws to guarantee the independence for which the colonies were fighting, Abigail wrote to John begging him to remember that women also needed to be given the right to independence. Her most famous letter about the need for women's rights was written to John on March 31, 1776:

Paine’s view of human nature and the need for government is that government is needed to keep people, who against their morals, in order. Paine believes that it is human nature tend to not do the right thing and go against their morals. If there was no government, Paine believes the society will fall apart. Therefore, the government is essential for survival of the society as long as it follows the ideas of the people.

As the wife of John Adams, Abigail Adams became politically involved in the government part of the American Revolution. However, only her husband hears her concerns as he begins to establish the roots of the new nation. Three months prior to the official approval of the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams expresses the need of inclusion of women’s rights in the new laws in a series of letters to her husband. These letters during the American Revolution show the beliefs of white male supremacy and the prejudices even among loved ones.

John Adams thought of Abigail as his “wisest friend,” in return Abigail Adams never hesitated to argue with her husband on political matters, especially when it came to equality. Abigail is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband, John Adams, while he was away at the continental congresses. She pressed for

The exchange between Abigail and John Adams, dated March 31st, 1776 and April 14th, 1776, demonstrates the activist personality of Abigail. In her letter, Mrs. Adams urges her husband to “remember the ladies,” deeming her a hero in the minds of many women to this day. Abigail had hopes that in writing this letter, she could persuade her “elitist” husband to use his established power to secure equality for the minorities. Mrs. Adams states that “all men would be tyrants if they

Paine believes that for America to prosper in the long term it must gain independence

The second way Paine structures his argument for independence from Britain is through an extended metaphor, comparing England and America to a mother and child. Through this metaphor, Paine illustrates the toxicity of the relationship to the reader in “plain” language. Abandoning technical terms and the phrases often used by higher class, educated individuals Paine keeps the metaphor plain and simple so that everyone can comprehend the message. Paine begins the metaphor by highlighting the destructive “maternal” relationship shared by the countries. “But Britain is the parent country, say some. The the more shame upon her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make

This pamphlet was so important at the time because many of the colonies were stuck between remaining Loyal to Great Britain or taking a risk in becoming Patriots that wanted to sever all ties with Great Britain and the king. Because of Paine’s writings and growing discontent with Britain, many rebels and colonists realized the truth that American independence was necessary and that being connected with Britain was not beneficial for the colonies anymore. This pamphlet and overall resentment toward Britain resulting from actions such as the Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, and Coercive Acts sparked the flames that would lead to an American revolution. These acts and laws were meant to punish the colonists and they caused many protests, riots, boycotts, and different forms of political response from the Patriots that all were factors that led to the American

According to Scripture, monarchy is considered as one of the sins of the Jews. The Jews asked Gideon to rule over them as well as his son and his son's son and so on. This employs a hereditary kingdom. As I mentioned earlier that a king alone could not govern his people properly, then how can one expect his son, who is much younger and more naive, to do the same job. The Jews had committed the sin of idolatry, putting another king before God, the King of Kings. Using the Scripture was a good way of getting people's attention because many people, at the time, were deeply religious. The people were blinded by the king's justification of divine right. Paine had to first had to state what was wrong with England and its monarchy, and lead people to believe that things are not what they seem before he could really start to encourage people to rebel. Paine says, "…the Constitution of England is sickly because monarchy hath poisoned the republic, the commons hath engrossed the commons." (Common Sense page 20).