General Text Response Conventions

[kenhung123]

When writing a text response, does the each paragraph have to link to the whole topic? What I mean is like e.g. When we look at all the principles involved, and all the pressures brought to bear, we still conclude that More made the wrong decision. Can 1 paragraph discuss why he made the wrong decision in general and another discuss why he made the wrong decision relating to the principles involved? So I am not focusing on the entire topic for some paragraphs but its still related..

For this essay I have planned:
Familial suffering: His decision would lead to death with in turn would abandon his family (not sure what else)

Corruption at the time: Common Man shows that the majority were corrupt at the time
                                Rich succeeds by being corrupt
                                Cromwell succeeds by being corrupt. Thus, More's moralistic decisions are not valued although are deemed correct.
More's is somewhat powerless: It is evident Henry VIII "Will have no opposition"
                                          Takes the law as a gospel
                                          Unaware of corruption
                                          Thus, the whole idea of More thinking he would be safe because he was protected by the law and hope that humans   would not be so corrupt meant that he was prone to death.

[teacher28]

What is the topic statement?

Although his decision is ostensibly reckless and obstinate, for Thomas it was indubitably the right choice.

I don't think death was a punishment in his eyes: remember he says this:

“... since i came into prison… several times... I thought to die within the hour, and I thank our Lord I was never sorry for it, but rather sorry when it passed.”

His faith would assure him that death was simply a passage, a way to "enter the Kingdom" where his reward would be eternal life with God.