Neil McLean Mrs.

Fitzgerald AP English 11, 1st Hour October 10, 2012

Carlyle Says/Does/Because
Thesis: In the essay from Labour, Thomas Carlyle uses metaphors, emotional appeals and personification to convey his message about the nobility of work.

Paragraph 1 & 2 Says: Carlyle states that work is sacred, and the desire to work will lead people to the truth. In addition, Carlyle implies that knowing the purpose for which you are working will lead to a better life. Does: In paragraph 1 & 2, Carlyle uses emotional appeals, metaphors and outright boldness to attract the readers attention to the changing attitude of work. Because: Carlyle opens his essay with an appeal to pathos by proclaiming there is a sacredness in Work, giving the essay an emotional tone at the start. Carlyle later implies that having a strong desire to work and achieve goals will lead one to Natures appointments and regulations, a metaphor for truth. By the repeated capitalization of the word Work, Carlyle brings attention to the word, as well as promoting its importance. In this section, Carlyle portrays knowing and doing work as the latest Gospel in the world. By referencing the bible, Carlyle brings a biblical and holy sense to workers duties.

Paragraph 3 Says: Carlyle restates the benefits of work, downplaying the negative aspects that may coincide with the job and emphasizing the positive outcomes. Does: In paragraph 3, Carlyle uses similes and appeals to pathos to emphasize the benefits of labor. Because: Carlyle parallels the negative aspects of work, with helldogs (that) lie beleaguering the soul of the poor dayworker. He later claims that these negative elements make a man. The comparison between hardships and the creation of a true worker lead the reader to believe that the negative aspects of work are simply a hazing to enter the realm of truth and nobility mentioned previously. Carlyle appeals to pathos in the latter end of the paragraph, believing labor to be a purifying fire in which a bright blessed flame remains, invoking an emotional tone.

Paragraph 4 Says: Carlyle equates inequalities of work with the revolution of the Earth and describes the plight of a potter without a wheel as representation of the importance of dedicated work. Does: In paragraph 4, Carlyle uses metaphors and appeals to pathos to describe the importance of work. Because: Carlyle uses a metaphor which contrasts the revolving Earth, with the constant inequalities in the world. Once again, Carlyle brings a religious tone to work by referencing prophet Ezechiel, an ancient prophet. The major portion of the

paragraph is dedicated to the rambling metaphor comparing the idle unrevolving man to a skilled potter, who is a botch without a wheel. He evokes an emotional appeal in the paragraph by mentioning destiny, a topic close to many people at the time. Paragraph 5 Says: Carlyle repeats the benefits of work and proclaims that labor is both natural and knowledge giving. Does: In paragraph 5, Carlyle uses pathos, analogy, personification and sentence variety to accentuate the positive results of work. Because: Carlyle appeals to the emotion of the reader by equating finding ones work with the highest blessing so he shall ask no other blessedness. The religious diction once again elevates the importance of work, almost to biblical importance. Carlyle proceeds to make the analogy between finding work and a cleansing river which drains out the sour festering water to create a fruitful meadow. This analogy evokes yet another emotional appeal in which Carlyle sets a fruitful meadow in the same light as finding work. He proceeds to personify the meadow, claiming it is blessed, bringing a holy light to the otherwise normal meadow. In the latter part of the paragraph, Carlyle uses rambling, long sentences, to personify labor as a blessed, nature condoning, knowledge giving being that all people should embrace.