From "The Crisis":
"I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has
ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military
destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so
repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which
wisdom could invent."
I chose this selection because I think it really brings out the point of the crisis in that it relates to everyone of that time period. God was something everyone would listen to, so relating their troubles to God would. Paine uses, like many revolution writers, revolution and fast-paced rhythm, and also capitalized words to reiterate the oppression the country is feeling from GB.
2 comments:
Jasmine
Please re-organize this site to be in historical chronological order.
Missing: interviews, social dialogue, organization, spelling checks. personal extension questions, political cartoons.
Grade = not what you want
Ms. Mic
Hey Jasmine,
I like the reflection but if you are going to talk about paine using capitalization you should have an example of that in your selection. Overall the reflection is good I like the fact that you talked about the individual literary devices that the author uses though there should be a little more depth.
Nicole
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