Commonly known to be detrimental not only to a specific person but also to the society as a whole, laziness is viewed to be a beneficial and critical aspect in people’s lives by Christopher Morley. In the article On Laziness, the author Christopher Morley states that laziness is actually beneficial. Morley alludes to examples with concession and contrasts, cites biological and social evidences and elaborately uses rhetoric languages to establish the idea that laziness is actually valuable personality. He persuades his audience with logical and enlightening tone. Morley opens his essay by point out some biological and social fact. Morley first establish with the oxymoron that people “intended to discourage a little in favor of a greater appreciation …show more content…
Morley present the quotation of O. Henry that concede that laziness is viewed as passive attitude and motion. However, he rebut humorously with archaic exclamation “Alas” — he considers O. Henry’s perspective as a trivial complain in contrast. He uses antimetabole by reverse the diction of “laziness” and “dignified” which emphasis that laziness is actually what should be appreciated. Morley then concede with the indication of people whom are born to be lazy is not what is dignified. He contradicted that only the “philosophical laziness”, with which people get rid of the “stubborn material” world is what truly acclaimed. He then reasons by illustrating an example of a lazy great thinker. That a preciously hustling the thinker himself finally got rid of all these costume and time-consuming but useless or even disturbing events is considered as a great breakthrough. More importantly, the thinker could finally enjoin his life and develop his intellect. Such example demonstrates that laziness would even improve the life quality. Then he appeals logos with the example of Germans. He reasons that the only reason that Germans cause that a lot of problems is that they violate laziness. Morley uses juxtaposition to point out that the hustling quality causes their danger and avarice, but laziness is the solution of all problems. He then quotes the notes written by Boswell