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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

The way I see it, Thomas Paine created the Common Sense so he can persuade the settlers to revolt in order to be free from the sovereign rule; as well as attempted to establish that the people can prevail a battle in opposition to England.

I believe that every American should have a chance to read Common Sense because, for me, it is remarkable how the issues the people then had with England are comparable to the problems some people have with our country today. The wording may have an ancient-feel and the spelling is kind of strange or outdated but once you've read a few pages, one will get used to it and be enlightened with Paine's wisdom.

Reading the book left me feeling proud, particularly where he wrote and discussed the unfair power of the sovereign of the English legislative formation at that time. Paine (2007 ed.) wrote, "But the provision is unequal to the task; the means either cannot or will not accomplish the end, and the whole affair is a felo de se; for as the greater weight will always carry up the less, and as all the wheels of a machine are put in motion by one, it only remains to know which power in the constitution has the most weight, for that will govern; and though the others, or a part of them, may clog, or, as the phrase is, check the rapidity of its motion, yet so long as they cannot stop it, their endeavors will be ineffectual; the first moving power will at last have its way, and what it wants in speed, is supplied by time."

Common Sense, for me, seems to inquire on queries in a pre-revolutionary USA, questions like how can a regime so unlike as well as foreign to your country

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believe that it have superior judgments in governing a nation than the actual citizens of that country? It made me ask, how can an administration that is geographically far-flung from the difference, think as if it has the best knowledge in resolving the issues but in reality lengthening the problems of the country?

Common Sense imparted the American settlers by means of a contention in support of freedom from the British reign during the time that liberty was seen with clear uncertainty and Paine described as well as argued the common sense in words that laypeople can easily comprehend, he was direct to the point and removed the philosophy and Latin orientations employed by Enlightenment period authors, Paine wrote the Common Sense similar to a mass homily furthermore entrusted testimonials from the Bible in order to make his point be understood by the general public (Wood, 2002).

The West's Encyclopedia of American Law stated that the "Common Sense is saying that the current race of kings in the world to have had an honorable origin; whereas it is more than probable, that, could we take off the dark covering of antiquity and trace them to their first rise, we should find the first of them nothing better than the principal ruffian of some restless gang; whose savage manners or preeminence in subtlety obtained him the title of chief among plunderers: and who by increasing in power and extending his depredations, overawed the quiet and defenseless… READ MORE

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For this paper, you will choose a book (from a list I will give you) and complete a review and analysis of the book. This is a research paper. Your conclusions will be based on:

Your reading of the book,

Experts***** reviews of the author and the book,

How others have interpreted the historical time and event.

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1. Discuss the contents of the book:

-What thesis does the author argue (summarize this in a single sentence and then explain)?

-On what events or phenomena is the author focusing?

-What are the major points of the story?

-Discuss the author's arguments and evidence that support the thesis.

2. How do scholars and academics view the book? Use data bases to access authoritative information about your author and the book.

-Do you trust your author's qualifications? If you cannot find your author, indicate in your review the sources you consulted. Does the lack of biographical information cause you to question the author's qualifications for writing on this subject?

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-Do not use the publisher's information that appears anywhere on/in the book. Let James Frey's experience speak for the honesty of publishers (Hint: Oprah made him cry).

3. How accurate, based on others***** treatment of the subject, is your book? This is the heart of your paper.

-Consult at two (2) other sources from the library or data base related to your book*****s time period or thesis (one can be a general reference, such as an encyclopedia) and discuss your topic from this/these other perspectives.

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-If your book is very long or deals with multiple topics or time periods, choose the aspect that is most compelling to you to discuss.

-Use this information to determine if there are discrepancies or glaring omissions. How do you account for these differences and who do you trust most?

-Remember, this is not an English paper where you are analyzing the book. This is a history research paper. It is not designed to be your analysis of the thesis, but a historical analysis and extension of some aspect of the history addressed in the book

4. What is your opinion of the book? Is the author swayed by a definite

prejudice or bias? Is the thesis convincing? Has the author persuaded you to accept his/her point of view?

-Note: you are not doing original research, so failure to give citations within the paper is plagiarism. Be sure to use quotation marks and to cite any and all direct quotes, indirect quotes, and references. Be sure to clearly show where you have summarized your article.

-You may not use any Internet resources. Use either books or periodicals in print or in the college's data base.

-On a cover sheet state the title of the book, the author's name, the city in which the book was published, the name of the publisher, and the date of publication. This information is located on the title and copyright pages of every book.

List:

-Anything by ***** McCullough

-Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Pilgrims)

-In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (tragedy of whaleship-cannibalism)

-Rough Crossings by Simon Schama (slaves promised freedom to help britian w/ american revolution)

-American Creation, Founding Brothers or His Excellency: George Washington all by Joseph Ellis

-The Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust

-Power, Faith and Fantasy: America and the Middle East by Michael B. Oren

-Ladies of Liberty of founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

-Thirteen Moons (Fiction) by Charles Frazier (native americans and trail of tears)

-Mississippi in Africa by Alan Huffman (Slavery in deep south, creation of Liberia, ramifications)

-Dangerous Nation by Robert Kagan (Revisionist look at american foreign policy-through chapter 10)

-A people's history of the united states by Howard Zinn (through chapter 10)

-Team of Rivals: The political genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Godwin

-The Crucible (Fiction) by Arthur Miller ( a play about *****with trials)

-Common Sense by Thomas Paine

-Song Yet sung (Fiction) by James McBride (slavery on the eastern shore in 1850, the underground railroad)

-Mercy by Toni Morrison (indentured servitude/slavery in Maryland, New England 1680's or so)

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