Topic > Anonymous Declaration of Independence Analysis - 717

This must be done in such a way as to make the audience feel as if they are in that moment with the writer; feel what the writer feels. Thomas Jefferson does just that when he writes the Declaration of Independence. As you read the document, you can perceive its behavior as if it were that person's feelings. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (US 1776). The behavior with which Thomas Jefferson wrote those famous words still resonates in the United States today, in the world today. For some people the behavior may not be enough for a winning argument, so it has to be there