Judith Esquivel
English
Ms. Adrian
January 24th 2017 On the Want of Money analysis
In William Hazlitt’s passage “On the Want of Money”, the style of writing that is used better helps develop his overall position on money in everyone’s lives. Hazlitt’s position on money is well described in the passage through the use of syntax and diction. According to the author, being completely without money is pure madness.
Hazlitt was able to make the reader feel the distress of being poor with the use of brassy diction throughout the passage. The very first sentence of his passage is, “Literally and truly, one cannot get on well in the world without money”. By using the words “literally” and “truly”, the author begins strong and gains the reader’s attention by using those words. Hazlitt has a very complex and forward use of diction. Throughout the passage, he gets the reader to feel worthless as if they themselves are the miserable people from the passage. An example of his harsh diction is, “it is not to have your opinion consulted or else rejected with contempt, to have your acquirements carped at and doubted.” By using the words “rejected” and “contempt”, the author tries to make the reader feel as if their opinions were irrelevant and unimportant. He continues to use strong diction in the entire passage to better help the reader understand that …show more content…
He explained that the life of a person that is without money is harsh and saddening. Towards the end of the passage, the author stated, “...and plagued out of your life, to look about for a place to die in,” to give his last reasoning on how the poor life is awful. Continuing in the next line he wrote, “and quit the world without any ones asking after your will.” The argument he is making here is that, if you do not have money, people will not care about you after you die and will not be longing to gain something that was once
English
Ms. Adrian
January 24th 2017 On the Want of Money analysis
In William Hazlitt’s passage “On the Want of Money”, the style of writing that is used better helps develop his overall position on money in everyone’s lives. Hazlitt’s position on money is well described in the passage through the use of syntax and diction. According to the author, being completely without money is pure madness.
Hazlitt was able to make the reader feel the distress of being poor with the use of brassy diction throughout the passage. The very first sentence of his passage is, “Literally and truly, one cannot get on well in the world without money”. By using the words “literally” and “truly”, the author begins strong and gains the reader’s attention by using those words. Hazlitt has a very complex and forward use of diction. Throughout the passage, he gets the reader to feel worthless as if they themselves are the miserable people from the passage. An example of his harsh diction is, “it is not to have your opinion consulted or else rejected with contempt, to have your acquirements carped at and doubted.” By using the words “rejected” and “contempt”, the author tries to make the reader feel as if their opinions were irrelevant and unimportant. He continues to use strong diction in the entire passage to better help the reader understand that …show more content…
He explained that the life of a person that is without money is harsh and saddening. Towards the end of the passage, the author stated, “...and plagued out of your life, to look about for a place to die in,” to give his last reasoning on how the poor life is awful. Continuing in the next line he wrote, “and quit the world without any ones asking after your will.” The argument he is making here is that, if you do not have money, people will not care about you after you die and will not be longing to gain something that was once