Political advocate, Thomas Paine, in his pamphlet, Common Sense Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs in America, illuminates the disfigurement of the colonial America has with England at for the time being. Paine’s purpose was to persuade the colonist that reconciliation with the parent country was not an option, and that independence was unavoidable. Paine uses a very dull tone in order to make sure that the colonist recognize their relationship with Great Britain in a new light, especially those who were on the fence about independence from England.
Paine starts out his arguments by unquestionably stating his definite actions in the paper, justifying that the only thing he’s doing is presenting “simple facts”. It insists that Paine is just presenting statements, and that his persuasion has not yet started, but unpretentiously stating that the arguments he is about to give are facts already set the readers up to fully consider whatever he claims. Paine’s arguments in Common Sense Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs in America, rely rhetorically on metaphors to simplify arguments by likening them to familiar concepts among the American people. , "We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat." When Paine rebuts the argument that because America has achieved under British rule, he says this is equivalent to saying that a baby must never eat meat since it has prospered so far only on milk. Arguing that political arrangements that were successful for the American People in the previous years will not be as fortunate in the future, and he makes this point more persuasive by manifesting it as an explicit example, rather than a theoretical perception. Paine stacks up his arguments in this way to make sure that at least one thing he says resonates in the colonists’ minds. Along with building up arguments, Paine frames up a paradoxical sense of urgency. Paine Says, "a form of government which sooner or later must have an end." Creating this negligent feeling in the reader, almost articulating that no matter what they do, the colonial form of government will die off ultimately. But then Paine goes on saying, "... we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to insure anything which we may bequeath to posterity." Reckoning this creates a sense of urgency as it conceives the need to take action and not be superficial within the colonies. Paine refutes the argument that Britain is the parent country, and thus should remain in power. He counter-argues that her shame is even greater for this reason. He compares the country to “brutes” and “savages” in its actions. He makes the king out to be a manipulating, scheming ruler who utilizes the word “parent-country” to gain an unfair bias on the “credulous weakness of our minds” By using “our” and including himself, Paine makes himself appear more in line with the motives of the American people, and further alienates the King in making him appear as a distant abuser.
In this writing, we can derive that Paine distinguishes the need for the people to not just be told the conclusion, but be granted the facts that led them to their own conclusion. Paine did an exceptional job including adverse opinions in with his own and ordering them in a way they would come to one conclusion; the one he wished them to grasp.
Paine starts out his arguments by unquestionably stating his definite actions in the paper, justifying that the only thing he’s doing is presenting “simple facts”. It insists that Paine is just presenting statements, and that his persuasion has not yet started, but unpretentiously stating that the arguments he is about to give are facts already set the readers up to fully consider whatever he claims. Paine’s arguments in Common Sense Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs in America, rely rhetorically on metaphors to simplify arguments by likening them to familiar concepts among the American people. , "We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat." When Paine rebuts the argument that because America has achieved under British rule, he says this is equivalent to saying that a baby must never eat meat since it has prospered so far only on milk. Arguing that political arrangements that were successful for the American People in the previous years will not be as fortunate in the future, and he makes this point more persuasive by manifesting it as an explicit example, rather than a theoretical perception. Paine stacks up his arguments in this way to make sure that at least one thing he says resonates in the colonists’ minds. Along with building up arguments, Paine frames up a paradoxical sense of urgency. Paine Says, "a form of government which sooner or later must have an end." Creating this negligent feeling in the reader, almost articulating that no matter what they do, the colonial form of government will die off ultimately. But then Paine goes on saying, "... we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to insure anything which we may bequeath to posterity." Reckoning this creates a sense of urgency as it conceives the need to take action and not be superficial within the colonies. Paine refutes the argument that Britain is the parent country, and thus should remain in power. He counter-argues that her shame is even greater for this reason. He compares the country to “brutes” and “savages” in its actions. He makes the king out to be a manipulating, scheming ruler who utilizes the word “parent-country” to gain an unfair bias on the “credulous weakness of our minds” By using “our” and including himself, Paine makes himself appear more in line with the motives of the American people, and further alienates the King in making him appear as a distant abuser.
In this writing, we can derive that Paine distinguishes the need for the people to not just be told the conclusion, but be granted the facts that led them to their own conclusion. Paine did an exceptional job including adverse opinions in with his own and ordering them in a way they would come to one conclusion; the one he wished them to grasp.