Rhetorical Analysis Of Happiness

That is the question. We can all try to deny it, but honestly, the pursuit we all live for nowadays is the ‘happily ever after’ one. Since childhood, everything we hear, learn, and dream of is that state of absolute satisfaction. And while in fairy tales, this feeling is often found in happy marriages, castles, and glass slippers, in real life most people seek happiness in other places. In their countless struggles for more money, more love and more security, they forget happiness is not caused by their possessions or social positions. It can in fact be found in any daily activities, such as taking a walk and smelling roses. The people we see as happy in our culture today, are also rich, have a loving family, and a great job. In The Spectator Magazine article “Pleasure vs Happiness,” by Roger Scruton, Scruton uses many different rhetorical strategies in order to bring to the reader’s attention the issue of our society constantly mistaking and choosing pleasure over happiness. …show more content…
This approach makes him seem more honest and relatable which makes it easier for the reader to believe him. Although Scruton’s expertise isn’t the most credible, to address his main claim of the common pleasure over happiness mistake, he uses very logical reasoning to make his point valid. He does this when he points out the difference between different types of pleasures and happiness. He states,“There are wicked pleasures, destructive pleasures, addictive pleasures, despicable pleasures: but there is no such thing as wicked, destructive, addictive, or despicable happiness.” Scruton logically compares pleasure and happiness to subtlety say that it is far better to pursue happiness over