“I will always chose a lazy person to do a difficult job because he will find an easy way to do it” -Bill Gates. When most people think about laziness they think of it as a negative thing. But can it also be a positive thing? Christopher Morley wrote “On Laziness” to argue that laziness can lead to success in multiple people. Morley begins building this essay with multiple examples of people becoming successful, his personal experience of being called lazy, and his personal feelings of being lazy; however he didn’t use any facts for his feeling, and didn’t use very popular people for his examples. Throughout his essay he uses a lot of examples of people who have become successful from being lazy and appeals slightly to ethos. One thing he says is “The laziest man we know-we do not like to mention his name, as the brutal world does not yet recognize sloth at its community value -is one of the greatest poets in this country; one of the keenest satirists; one of the most rectilinear thinkers.” Although he is using examples of people becoming successful he’s not using well known people that the readers might possibly look up to. He also uses another example and says “Doctor Johnson, who …show more content…
One example of his useful pathos appeal is when he says “The man who is really, thoroughly, and philosophically slothful is the only thoroughly happy man. It is the happy man who benefits the world. The conclusion is en escapable.” This example talks about how happy a lazy person is and how it benefits the world. Another example is “ We have no respect for those who were born lazy; it is like being born a millionaire; they cannot appreciate their bliss.” This is a good example of emotions because it talk about how they don’t have respect for people who were born lazy and shows there emotion towards the matter. In these two example it makes the reader think of how they feel about laziness as