What impact did thoreau have on lewis? how does lewis respond to some of thoreau’s ideas?

Thoreau’s form of civil disobedience influenced Lewis. Lewis’ belief, like Thoreau, is that a law is corrupt, then man shouldn’t be guilty of breaking the law and then getting jailed and arrested based on the account on it. Again, like Thoreau, Lewis also believes in holding firm against injustice thru the means of a public demonstration.

particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept th

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comfort   in their suffering