Thomas Paine Common Sense

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Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, acted as a revelation to the thirteen American colonies under the British rule. The pamphlet deeply explains the relationship between the government and the Commons. In fact, it draws examples on how the government oppresses the commons. Common sense points out some values that people should practice and maintain to live peacefully. Paine sees people united by the same values, attitude, and interests in spheres of social, political, cultural, and religious. The author is very specific on the social values that bid the Americans as a people of the same continent. He proposes the awakening of the Americans to adopt new ways of living and rectify mistakes done during the colonial period. The common sense pamphlet by Thomas Paine proposes that Americans live in peace, forget about the bitter past, and forge ahead.
Explicitly, the author (Thomas Paine) explains how the modern Americans should be peaceful and be ready to reconcile with each other. In other words, the people should ensure coherence, understanding, and harmony in the society. Notably, such a country is that with well-defined social values followed by all individuals there (Allison 24). In a sense, social values as pointed out by Paine should determine the society culture. The values should guide people to uphold good social conduct. Social values pointed out by the author determine how the people feel, believe, consume, experience, or share.

The author emphasizes on values that support patriotism, respect for others, sacrifice, equality, and democracy. Furthermore, the values should guide the people in decision making to ensure the best for the society (Allison 24).
For the American people to have positive prosperity, they should ensure harmony among the different class of the people. Thomas calls for peaceful co-existence between those in the power and that ruled. The government, as a representative of the commons, should respect their views, and the latter should obey the law of the country. However, the British government did not observe that. The author claims that thousands of Americans are already ruined by the British barbarity, and thousands more will probably suffer the same fate. (Wilensky 42). By so doing, every individual will feel free to develop the country in both political and economical spheres of life. Paine draws painful examples from the experience of the commons during the colonial period. The colonizer was brutal and never allowed liberty and freedom among the colonized. This brought a lot of suffering to the common person. By then, people did not possess the spirit of togetherness, and they could not stand together and fight for their rights. He says that there must also be coherence among the rich and the poor. The rich occupy the class of power while in the grassroots are the ruled poor (Wilensky 42).
According to Thomas Paine, respect and understanding are the only roads that will lead the Americans to great success. The two groups, the rulers, and the commoners, must work together to win in the event an enemy comes. They should not copy from the brutal British colonizer who defiled the liberty of the people on many levels, but they must work together for a bright progress. Patriotically, every American citizen should support the government by preaching peace and reconciliation their neighbors. Enmity should not dominate the mass instead the commons should be joined by love, respect, and understanding.

Works cited
Allison, Robert. The American Revolution: A Concise History. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Wilensky, Mark. Elementary Common Sense of Thomas Paine. New York, N.Y.: Casemate Publishers.

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