What Is Christopher Morley's Purpose In On Laziness

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Christopher Morley achieves his purpose in the essay On Laziness by acting as though he himself is being lazy, and he also explains how laziness could enhance everyday life. Throughout this essay, he references two different people who somehow benefitted from laziness. He occasionally fails to explain his points though, which may be due to his facade of being lazy. The author seems to act lazy in this essay, frequently stopping before he fully expresses his reasoning behind his examples and leaving out some much needed detail. On some of the examples, such as the paragraph about Dr. Johnson and his letter, he leaves some things out that may mislead anyone who doesn’t know what happened. He also addresses in the beginning “Today we rather