Question

Why is Paine's use of aphorisms important in The Crisis No. 1?

A. They express general truths that everyone can understand.
B. They communicate ideals that all colonists are embracing.
C. They state principles held by the colonists and the British.
D. They state facts that prove the British are tyrants.

Answer 1

The answer is A. They express general truths that everyone can understand.
This is important which is to write in a way that even the un-educated can understand in order for his messages, what he wanted everyone especially the farmers and the craftsmen to understand because it is in understanding what he wanted to tell could then create great hope that they will think with him and fight with him from the British Tyranny.