Thomas Paine: The American Crisis

Thomas Paine was being very patriotic in his pamphlets "Common Sense."  He was telling the colonists that they needed to stand strong and fight against the British.  Paine says, "that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" (The American Reader, 51).  Thomas Paine is saying that people need to try hard in order to achieve their freedom from Britain.  He is persuading the colonists to join together to fight in this conflict even if it might seem difficult or impossible.  The people will feel really good once they accomplish their goal of gaining their freedom from the British because the struggle was very challenging.  "I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state" (The American Reader, 52).  Thomas Paine wants the colonists to ban together so they can defeat the British.  Defeat will not be possible if the colonists don't come together to achieve a common goal.  The colonists must have teamwork and dedication if they want to overthrow the British and ultimately achieve ample triumph.