Umar Malick
1SW, IWA, Q2
In his letter to a unamed woman, Samuel Johnson regretfully has to inform the woman that her son had not been accepted into a university, but does so in a way that he builds an arguement that avers his claim whilst also offering his sympathy to the unamed woman. Mr. Johnson then goes on to write about the flawed and often sugar coated version of what the definition of happiness has become. Throughout the essay Mr. Johnson uses diction to support his beliefs as for why the womans son was not accepted into the university. Mr. Johnson aptly begins his letter by describing what hope really is and his views on hope and then goes on to apologize to the woman due to the unusual circumstance of the request and goes …show more content…
Johnson tries to show the lady things from his sympathetic point of view. At the beginning of the paragraph Mr. Johnson frankly asks the unamed woman about what she had expected Mr. Johnson to do and makes it seem as if the question itself was itself silly when he writes, "You ask me to solicit a great man, to whom I never spoke, for a young person whom I had never seen, upon a supposition which I had no means of knowing to be true." The aforementioned quote made the womans request seem completly unreasonable and goes on to write that he had no reason to contact a person on as high of a position as the Archbishop himself about such a matter, and even if Mr. Johnson did go to the Archbishop, he would have no reason to choose the unamed womans son to attend the said university. After trying to make clear his extraordinary circumstances in regards to the situation Mr. Johnson then goes on to defend his actions by asking the woman why Mr. Johnson should have chosen the womans son over the more qualified pool of applicants. Mr. johnson goes on to remark that even though he can not do anything in such a state, he would be more than willing to help the lady in other regards, but that the favor asked for was to unusual for Mr. Johnnson to follow through
1SW, IWA, Q2
In his letter to a unamed woman, Samuel Johnson regretfully has to inform the woman that her son had not been accepted into a university, but does so in a way that he builds an arguement that avers his claim whilst also offering his sympathy to the unamed woman. Mr. Johnson then goes on to write about the flawed and often sugar coated version of what the definition of happiness has become. Throughout the essay Mr. Johnson uses diction to support his beliefs as for why the womans son was not accepted into the university. Mr. Johnson aptly begins his letter by describing what hope really is and his views on hope and then goes on to apologize to the woman due to the unusual circumstance of the request and goes …show more content…
Johnson tries to show the lady things from his sympathetic point of view. At the beginning of the paragraph Mr. Johnson frankly asks the unamed woman about what she had expected Mr. Johnson to do and makes it seem as if the question itself was itself silly when he writes, "You ask me to solicit a great man, to whom I never spoke, for a young person whom I had never seen, upon a supposition which I had no means of knowing to be true." The aforementioned quote made the womans request seem completly unreasonable and goes on to write that he had no reason to contact a person on as high of a position as the Archbishop himself about such a matter, and even if Mr. Johnson did go to the Archbishop, he would have no reason to choose the unamed womans son to attend the said university. After trying to make clear his extraordinary circumstances in regards to the situation Mr. Johnson then goes on to defend his actions by asking the woman why Mr. Johnson should have chosen the womans son over the more qualified pool of applicants. Mr. johnson goes on to remark that even though he can not do anything in such a state, he would be more than willing to help the lady in other regards, but that the favor asked for was to unusual for Mr. Johnnson to follow through