Common Sense By Thomas Paine Essay

Literature has not only been the means to inform or entertain, but also has change the way we view the world. Thomas Paine has “offered nothing more than just the simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense” (Paine, 17) to Americans through his work of literature. Common Sense, published in 1776, influenced Americans to attack the idea of British Kings ruling American colonies and persuade them to believe that the American independence would be victory everywhere. Paine establishes the colonial fear within Americans through the unfair relationship between the government and the society, the monarchy system that only makes themselves powerful and the ability of American in undertaking the British government to declare independence through
“Society in every state is blessing, but government even in its state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerance one…” (Paine, 3). The sole purpose of government is to protect the people, their property and a most the liberty. However, from Paine’s view, British government has seen the American colonies as the colonial benefits who could be dragged to unnecessary European wars by pretending that they are offering the reasonable system and taking care of the American providing them the rights they deserve. Moreover, British Government had a complex monarchy system and only granted power to them but not the Americans. They did not do much to the American society other than turning it into the war zone and dividing them into small pieces. Hence, Paine argued that all the people were as equal are everyone is born equal and so there should not be any distinction between the King and the people and also induced them that “… Of more worth is one honest man to the society and in the sight of the god, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived...” (Paine, 17). This convinced Americans, that it was in their best course of action to declare their independence and over throw the British