(Thoreau, Walden.) ... From this experience comes the essay Civil Disobedience, in which he tells of the corruption/flaws of the politic system and government, "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? ... (Thoreau, Civil Disobedience.) ... All through his life Thoreau exercises his beliefs in his actions and his writings. ... (Thoreau, Civil Disobedience.) ...
As a follower of transcendentalism, Thoreau projected individualism in his literary works, Walden and "Civil Disobedience." ... To Thoreau, nature was a living being. ... Thoreau knew slavery was wrong. ... Thoreau argued in "Civil Disobedience" that "it is for no particular item in the tax-bill that I refuse to pay it. ... Another point that Thoreau argues in "Civil Disobedience" is that there are good laws and bad laws. ...
Adverse reaction as a result of action takes place in Plato's Five Dialogues, Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and The Marquis De Sade's Justine. ... Thoreau's affirmation of the validity of individuality is evident throughout his work entitled Walden and Civil Disobedience. Thoreau believed that the majority of societies were merely minions of a domineering governmental institution. ... Thoreau is harsh in his critique of soldiers and other individuals in the military. ... Thoreau identifies a fu...
