What is the form of the work (poem, song, story, artwork)? What is the gist of the work? What is it mainly about?

Based on thoreau's transcendental beliefs, why might he have written an essay opposing the war? to explain the individual's responsibilities within a corrupt society to begin his own political career to call attention to the ways in which the government was essentially good to express his lack of interest in societal issues

What is tomas paine's central claim in this excerpt

Identify a synonym to the word “swine” as used by chekhov. dog pig coward bad person