Question

Read the following passage from resistance to civil government by Henry david Thoreau How does Thoreau use a parallelism in this passage

Answer 1

The answer is "To draw attention to what the American people do that the government doesn't".

Answer 2

It seems that you have missed to attach the given passage above from Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau, but anyway, here is the answer. Thoreau uses a parallelism in this passage by adding the surprising revelation that the government gets in the way of progress. Hope this helps.