ASSIGNMENT | Compare Paine’s writings with the Declaration of Independence.

After reading Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis and Common Sense, do you believe that these documents were written as a form of propaganda? Why? (Hint: First define “propaganda”)

Compare Paine’s writings with the Declaration of Independence. Is the Declaration a form of propaganda?

Be sure to support your argument with examples from the documents. Pull in other information you already know from things already discussed.

Please only use the links I uploaded as cites, do not use any other outside sources.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Propaganda refers to communication whose authenticity is in question as it is skewed to achieve a specific purpose. Information which can be classified as propaganda is often not objective and often presents facts only to capture the interests of a target population. Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis and Common Sense can be classified as a form of propaganda. The author uses persuasion as well as propaganda to have Americans join in the fight for freedom from Britain. Paine uses questioning approach to tickle the minds of the reader and by extension that of…