What is the purpose of henry david thoreau's resistance to civil government a. to explain when a person has a moral obligation to disobey the law b. to describe to his peers the inhumane conditions prisoners have to endure in jail c. to explain to the judge is why he broke the law and didn't pay his poll taxes d. to describe why laws are necessary to make a society accountable for its citizens action

Henry David Thoreau, born in 1817 in America, was a writer and a thinker who strongly believed in the injustice of governments, the rights the individual had to follow his/her conscience over the belief of the majority (states) and even in the uselesness of democracy and any other form of government, to the point of believing in anarchy, even though many times he proposed that he did not want to abolish government, only improve it. But he did believe that government was a source of corruption, and that when governments existed, they tended to allienate the individual conscience of people, who he believed, were capable of self-government. He strongly believed this because of what he saw in his own government; the Fugitive Slave Law, the Mexican-American War, which he completely opposed, and many other events that were taking place at the time in the U.S led him to oppose the impositions of a government over the will of the individual. Thoreau´s strong beliefs and principles were put into writing and published later on and although many disliked his views, after his death, he was recognized as one of the best writers of his time in America.  This is why, the correct answer to the question would be A.

A. to explain when a person has a moral obligation to disobey the law

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

huck's relationship with food is a prominent theme throughout the novel, and during his time on jackson's island and working his way down river, huck revels in and enjoys his ad hoc dining. in the first chapter, we observe huck is ironically trapped in a "civilized" world, when he would prefer to live freely in nature.