Question 9 • 26/27 ENGLISH 11 A
In “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau presents himself as committed to resisting a government he believes acts unjustly. His brief time in jail did not make him yield; instead, he treats imprisonment as a consequence he is willing to accept rather than obeying an unjust demand. A longer stay would most likely have strengthened his determination to assert his rights, not made him pay the poll tax.
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