Guide Mentor

Character Role Analysis

Human Reason

The guide or mentor of this book isn't a person, but rather the common sense (sound the "title alert" siren!) that exists inside every one of our heads. When it comes time to judge the arguments in this book, Paine asks us to let go of our fears and desire for calm and to follow our common sense. For him, there is no better guide we'll ever have than our own sense of sober judgment.