The effectiveness of Thoreau's essay with his use of introduction and engaging points helps pass across his point but it would be stronger with supporting details.
He was an American author that despised the Mexican-American war and began to write about an unjust government and how people should disobey such a government through civil disobedience.
Hence, we can see that from the introduction, he talks about a government that "governs least" and one that "governs not at all" because they are supposed to do the will of the people and as such, they need to be expedient, but they are inexpedient.
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