Read the statement from paragraph 2. It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single
man can bend it to his will.
How is this statement an example of faulty reasoning in the text?
A.
Thoreau makes a broad statement that a single man can bend the government to his
will without providing any supporting evidence of this happening.
B.
Thoreau uses this statement to support his opposition of the Mexican war, but he then
makes arguments that such conflicts are justified by the will of the people.
Thoreau mistakenly gives the government human qualities without concluding that it
too will eventually die
D. Thoreau expresses a belief that one man can bend the government to his will without
considering the idea that the individual could do great good.