(1) Oscar Wilde's idea that disobedience is what drives progress is clearly an accurate one. Disobedience has led to people questioning authority, causing historical change, and thinking of progressive ideas. (2) After all, "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."
The student wants to change the conclusion by adding a final sentence that ties the given quote to the main argument of the passage. Which of the following best
accomplishes this goal?
It was the "dreamers of dreams" that used disobedience to pave the way for progress in America, and they are still paving the way today.
Only dreamers have the vision to truly spark the type of disobedience and change that Oscar Wilde spoke of; they are our only hope.
That quote begins the famous poem "Ode," by O'Shaughnessy, and it is as true today as it was when he wrote it in 1874.
The Stamp Act protesters, the Civil Rights protestors, and our modern-day politicians are all dreamers of dreams.