What claim does thoreau make abouthis obligation as a citizen?

According to Thoreau citizens are obligated to act on their conscience, sometimes this means giving opposition to an opinion of those in the majority. These include the likes of present leaders, and societal laws. According to him service to one’s country and resistance are a paradox. He claims patriotism in its highest form is that of resistance.as it strongly shows a passion for not subverting the government, yet, built it better in the long run. Thoreau does not really support a blanket refutation of government, but challenges to specific characters and qualities believed to be one-sided or morally wrong.

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it