By using question that doesn't need an answer<span>s, </span>Thoreau appeals to all American people (who lawfully live in a country, state, etc.)<span>, </span>lifting up/raising up the tone and mood of the text<span>. </span>These questions relate to problems that are universal for all Americans<span> (</span>and all people in general<span>). </span>Question that doesn't need an answer<span>s </span>either don<span>'t </span>have an answer<span>, </span>or<span>, </span>as in this case<span>, </span>they have an obvious one<span>, </span>so that it doesn<span>'t </span>need confirming<span>. </span>However<span>, </span>obvious though it may be<span>,</span>this answer is still related only in your mind (but maybe not in real life) - and that<span>'s </span>what Thoreau was trying to change<span>. </span> <span>Thoreau </span>argues that (system or country where leaders are chosen by votes) should be better than it is now<span>. </span>It shouldn<span>'t </span>be about numbers of people who vote for or against something<span>, </span>but about the (basic, built-in, important qualities/scent) of things<span>, </span>such as human sense of right and wrong<span>. </span>Such as it is<span>, </span>(system or country where leaders are chosen by votes) has gone long way from serving the people (who lawfully live in a country, state, etc.) to becoming an end in itself<span>. </span>It has become (surviving with no outside help) and abandoned/irritated<span>. </span>It has become the state<span>'s </span>tool<span>, </span>rather than the people (who lawfully live in a country, state, etc.)'. "Must the person (who lawfully lives in a country, state, etc.) ever for a moment<span>, </span>or in the least degree<span>, </span>quit his sense of right and wrong to the law-maker<span>?" </span>- The law-maker shouldn<span>'t </span>be more important than the person (who lawfully lives in a country, state, etc.)<span>. </span>The law shouldn<span>'t </span>be more important than justice. "We should be men first<span>, </span>and subjects afterward<span>" </span>- people (who lawfully live in a country, state, etc.) should be perceived in their own right<span>, </span>and not according to their loyalty to the state<span>. </span>In other words<span>, </span>all of us are people<span>, </span>rather than just members of a nation<span>, </span>or people (who vote)<span>. </span> Hoped I Helped
