. .but if a thief break into my house, burn and destroy my property, and kill or threaten to kill me, or those that are in it, a
nd to “bind me in all cases whatsoever,” to his absolute will, am I to suffer it? What signifies it to me, whether he who does it, is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman? whether it is done by an individual villain, or an army of them? If we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case, and pardon in the other . . . In this passage from The Crisis, Thomas Paine was primarily employing which persuasive technique? A) appeal to authority B) appeal to ethics C) appeal to emotion D) appeal to logic
Okonkwo was motivated to become a respected leader of the village to be better than his father, Unoka, Unoka was known for being lazy and having a lack of responsibility.
