1.) Is the action of civil disobedience (a public, non-violent protest to an injustice) an effective way to make changes in society? Does it create the benefits the protester desires or are the “costs” too high? 2.) What act of civil disobedience supports your position? When and where did it take place? What specific societal issue (s) inspired the participants to commit civil disobedience? How much recognition or notoriety did people receive as a result? How successful was it? Was there a change in policy? Did it bring the issues into focus for the public? Do you think the issue is valid and worth fighting for?
3.) What act of civil disobedience supports your position? When and where did it take place? What specific societal issue (s) inspired the participants to commit civil disobedience? How much recognition or notoriety did people receive as a result? How successful was it? Was there a change in policy? Did it bring the issues into focus for the public? Do you think the issue is valid and worth fighting for?
4.) How effective is civil disobedience in causing positive change in the world? (You may want to use this paragraph as your counter-argument). What are the consequences? You may want to discuss both positive and negative consequences of civil disobedience. What examples work here?

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.