Analysis Of Christopher Morley On Laziness

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Christopher Morley’s “On Laziness” presents his ideas of laziness and persuades us that it is a matter of good. Morley reasonably argues that people can be successful and can potentially belong to a higher class if they were so inclined to be “lazy”. He achieves this goal through an appeal to human nature and rhetorical effect; Although Morley also presents the audience through an educational and good-natured tone, using to diction to develop style.

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