Comparison+and+Contrast+Essay

My essay on the topic of Civil Disobedience was after what was probably my favorite movements, the Transcendentalist movement. In my English class we had just finished talking about

Transcendentalism and had read a few pieces up to this point. The Transcendentalist movement was all about getting in tune with yourself, which nature had quite a bit to do with. One of

the most prominent Transcendentalist writers was Henry David Thoreau who was put in jail for refusing to pay his taxes. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his connections to an

non-violent protest for equal rights. In both instances, non-violent protest was related and both wrote a persuasive argument from jail concerning how one should go about "civil

disobedience." I walked through the elements that form a persuasive argument. I discussed how both individuals used, or did not use, emotional appeal, logical appeal, and created

credibility.