Civil Disobedience
civil disobedience
At the end of the excerpt, Thoreau uses analogy of an acorn and a chestnut to convey his point about human nature. Is this an effective way to communicate his message? Why or why not?
At the end of the excerpt, Thoreau uses analogy of an acorn and a chestnut to convey his point about human nature. Is this an effective way to communicate his message? Why or why not?
Thoreau uses a metaphor of an acorn and a chestnut to compare to the individual conscience and the State. Thoreau asserts that like an acorn or a chestnut, an individual conscience must “obey their own laws" and must "live according to its nature" or perish.