Rhetorical Analysis On Laziness

It is the early bird that catches the worm as to the people that receives that short end of the stick. In today’s society, laziness is an unfavorable trait to most people, but some say different. American Essayist Christopher Morley crafted an essay titled “On Laziness,” with in the essay Morley uses diction, contradiction, and ethos to displays his purpose and enlighten the audience with a new perspective on laziness. His easily noticeable purpose could be to show the audience that they should be more willing to become more indolent. But, the deeper purpose that Morley displayed is that once a person has worked and involved themselves enough they finally deserve to impose an epiphany of why they are creating these problems in their life. “On Laziness” has an amicable yet sarcastic tone, and uses diction to make it come to light throughout Morley’s essay. Morley’s uses various synonyms for laziness such as “slothful”, …show more content…
Contradiction is also seen throughout the essay. With the sentence “ The man who is really, thoroughly, and philosophically slothful is the only thoroughly happy man” is considered a contradiction not because not everyone believes this idea that Morey is communicating. This can also be found in the short sentence “ The meek man is the lazy man” due to the meek meaning gentle and when you are lazy you are usually in a very gentle state of existence. Lastly, Morley created an ethos within an epistolary in the essay. The epistolary was a note from that Boswell created while listening to the Doctor Johnson, one of the world’s greatest philosophers, in the words of Morley. In the letter Doctor Johnson is exclaiming why he is postponing the publishing the the release of the dictionary. The addition of ethos adds to the purpose because it shows that someone at the doctoral level has the same beliefs as