"The Crisis"

Selection from “The Crisis, No. 1”
by Thomas Paine

Reflection: In the last paragraph of this selection, Paine compares the King of England to a thief, breaking into their land and stealing and ravaging their property. This is a metaphor meant to put into the minds of the people that the English King has no right to do this and is not fit to rule them and they must revolt and break free from the rule of such a tyrant. They must stand up and fight for their liberty because if they don’t free themselves from England then they will forever be at the mercy of England and its monarchy.