An_Un-PAINE-ful_Appeal

An Un-PAINE-ful Appeal AN UNPAINEFUL APPEAL Thomas Paine was more than just a journalist. Thrown in prison on more than one occasion because of his passionate and controversial writing, Paine was one of the preeminent writers on infant America’s fight for freedom at the end of the 18th century. Best known for Common Sense, published in 1776, Paine also wrote The Rights of Man that, when censored by the government, simply increased its popularity. In The Rights of Man, Paine takes a humanistic approach, believing strongly in the power and goodwill of man to overcome its problems and chastises governments that interfere with the natural order of society. Paine’s primary ethical appeal is to appear sensible and benevolent by using clear, unsophisticated diction and a cool, relaxed style of writing. Instead of using intense, fervent phrases, Paine relies on concise, defined wording and a style of writing that entices the writer to take his side of the argument. It is after all quite difficult to rebuff the notion that our own society is more Paine’s sensibility is plainly evident in the first paragraph where he opens with a thoughtful, clearly stated sentence and continues to his thesis, a paine, argument, style, writing, reader, paine’s, burke, piece, because, written, using, society, side, seem, feel, even, ethical, essay, tone, successful, sentence, sensibility, sense, quite, man, makes, humanism, government, common, burke’s, both, appeal, writers, word, way, until, uninformed, thus, throughout, third-person, takes, strongly, situation, short, rights, removed, relaxed, primary, popularity, point