"Write a critique of Paine's pamphlets from the point of view of a loyalist in 1778."
Paine's Common Sense and American Crisis are both extremely unfair in their biased viewpoint. He repeatedly makes mention of those loyal to the king as evil and corrupt individuals. According to him, anyone who associates with the British is asking for trouble. Paine says that are not to be trusted and leaves no room to doubt his claims. His hatred for Englishmen is rather contradictory, as he himself was born in Britain! He was unsuccessful in all his pursuits whilst he lived there, as a tax-collector,businessman, and husband. He only recently immigrated from Britain to America, so it is strange that he has so quickly adopted Patriotic views.
He is an avid supporter of a civil war, to win independence from his own mother country! Abandoning the system he was brought up in, he clings to a revolutionary and rebellious standpoint. Paine says the only way to achieve freedom and liberty is through bloodshed and conflict. He paints our own dear King George III as a tyrant and a monster, who is out to torture Americans and make their lives miserable.Taxing them harshly and unfairly, he is only out to accomplish the deeds of destruction,states Paine. The time is imminent for a separation from the King and Parliament, as well as an official Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Paine's significantly bad influence through these Pamphlets has led many Americans to forget their allegiance to the British crown. He has astoundingly rallied together a horde of rebels, who before his impact were steady in their support of the country from whence they came. His writings are a disgraceful pack of lies spewed about his fellow-countrymen and a rally for insurrection.
You do a decent job writing from the point of view of a loyalist in the first and third paragraphs. But, the middle paragraph seems to be just quotes from Paine's pamphlets without any refutation or defense against his claims.
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