Thomas Paine: Propaganda And Persuasion

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

he concluded, “Not a man lives on the continent, but fully believes
that a separation must sometime or other finally take place...” A second
type of propaganda used was either/or fallacy. Paine had the sentiment
that a man either fought for freedom or would always be known as a coward
when he stated, “The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his
children will curse his cowardice who shrinks back at a time when a little
might have saved the whole, and made them happy.” The third and final use
of propaganda in Paine's The Crisis was the bandwagon appeal. To truly be
an admired American, Tom thought that one had to support and fight for
freedom for all. This was exemplified when he said, “The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of
their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of
man and woman.”
Tom Paine also used many forms of persuasion in his essays
contained in The Crisis. The ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE: