There have been many notable Thomeece in the short life of the United States of America. The list includes greats such as Thomas Edison, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas the Tank Engine. Sharing a common name, they have differentiated themselves in their fields, changing the world as they see fit. Although many have had great impacts on the United States of America, two Thomeece stand out among the rest: Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, authors of The Declaration of Independence and The Crisis No.1, respectively. The Declaration of Independence, written in order to inform the British of the United States’ secession from their rule, gave the colonists a logical explanation for fighting against the enemy. On the other hand, The Crisis No.1…
Jefferson opts to take a logical standpoint on the issue in The Declaration of Independence tell the reasons that the colonists must fight for independence. Almost immediately a logical is shown, as Jefferson writes in the first paragraph, that men must explain “the causes which impel them to the separation.” Jefferson then lists 27 unreasonable acts that the British have done, such as “imposing Taxes on us without our Consent,” plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people,” and most notably, “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. These reasons give concrete evidence that America is being oppressed by the British rule, and it blatantly explains to the colonists that there are reasons to declare independence. This logic-based method enforces the mass realization of the issue, and declares King George has truly done to the colonists. Thomas Paine, however, chooses to take a more emotional approach in his pamphlet, The Crisis No. 1. He especially draws on ethos specifically when he states, “I turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those who have nobly stood, and are yet determined to stand the matter out.” By instituting this section and quote into his pamphlet, Paine shows that when a colonist gets up and fights for their colonies, they immediately become respected. He writes this section believing that what he wants is precisely what every logical-thinking American wants, which is a nation free from the British tyranny and respect from others, to which he shows through his writing and emotional appeal. Using both of these appeals towards the colonists, Jefferson and Paine are able to accurately portray the need for a revolution in their own specific…
