In his work entitled "Civil Disobedience" in 1849, Henry David Thoreau said that "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey
them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?"
In two paragraphs, explain what Thoreau means. Do you think he is really asking a question, or do you think that he is making a
statement in the form of a question (a rhetorical question)? What, specifically, makes you think this? Finally, is there a book, film, or
play that demonstrates Thoreau's sentiment? What is it? Who are the characters, and what is the situation in the work?