AP Language: Labour By Thomas Carlyle

Hard work has gone unappreciated and avoided by society, as the toil associated with it are rather unpleasant. However, in avoiding hard work, society manages to avoid the many satisfactions that accompany it. In Home of the Free, Wendell Berry discusses how although he is a novelist, poet, and essayist, Berry’s greatest satisfaction comes from the labor he does on his farm. Berry states how society has moved past the struggles of physical labor to avoid labor’s uncomfortable difficulties; thus, society has rejected the unique satisfactions of labor that he finds fulfilling. I agree wholeheartedly with his interpretation that labor and its unique qualities can derive much satisfaction. I find the satisfactions of labor as the most fulfilling

“He worked himself to death, finally, and precisely at 3:00 am Sunday morning.” Although humans need a purpose in life, those who live on the clock often find himself being controlled by the clock, perishing in the process. In “The Company Man,” Ellen Goodman criticizes Phil’s workaholic attitude to showcase her disapproval toward our society based on work.

Throughout the course of the semester, we have studied various texts, and applied various themes in order to further interpret said texts. As a class, we have studied, and discussed, what makes working class prevalent in a theme, how it is, and was, used in regards to studying the Victorian Era. While the concept of working class issues may not be as prevalent in the Goblin Market as they are in other works, they are still nonetheless, prevalent. One main theme that plays into the issue of working class in the piece is the theme of temptation in the Victorian Era, in which the Goblin Market is based. The Goblin Market piece illustrates many routes women in the Victorian Era had to take just in order to survive in the time period, illustrating class divisions, as well as how class identities clashed together in the piece alone, and more.

In this weeks reading assignment, I especially love how Keller goes all the way back to Adam and Eve in the garden. He makes the point that God always intended for humans to work, but because of sin, work becomes "panful toil” for us, and no longer is what God fully intended work to be. Work is now a need instead of a pleasure. We do not work for the self satisfaction of giving to others, and producing for Gods creation. Instead, we work because we have to or we die, and no other reason. When we have this mind set of work it becomes unbearable to work six days and rest one. Even working a full time job of five days can be unbearable if we aren't doing it for any other reason than to get money to live. Once we find the reason why we do our job,

SIR THOMAS MORE: Then let the people do the work that is natural to them. There will be no societal pressure to choose one profession over another, as all professions that benefit society are equal. By doing what makes them happy as well as knowing they are contributing to society, they will be content with

This book has broadly speaking topics, and my opinion about this book I believed that was important to me. Therefore, here is my brief review of the book. What, if we are not working in today's society? What should be the result of not working? It could have many negative things in our lives. For such result, Volf gives us a foundation based on the significance and historical transformation of work. I believed as a Christian and theologian I will agree with authors’ suggests that says, “from the vocational understanding of work developed within the framework of the doctrine of creation to a pneumatological one developed within the framework of the doctrine of the last things” (Volf ix). A pneumatological theology of work is “based on

distribution of talents and assets and even efforts by which some get more and others get less is arbitrary from a moral point of view, a matter of good luck. To distribute the good things in life on the basis of these differences is not to do justice… We should therefore regard these talents as common assets, and regard one another as common beneficiaries of the rewards they bring (Sandel, 88).

The Bible promotes a positive view of hard work. It says that work and its fruitage are a blessing. King Solomon wrote: “Everyone should eat and drink and find enjoyment for all his hard work.

Although work does not directly connect to the human condition of life, it does provide some rewards. Work provides pride and a sense of accomplishment. According to Arendt, work can “provide self assurance and satisfaction, and can even become a source of self-confidence throughout life” (140). People are able to master nature and therefore master oneself. The highest reward of work however is the work of art. While it is

On the surface, William Hogarth’s overall message seems simple; those who work hard and continue to stay diligent, as well as focused, will relish in riches whilst those who slack off like Tom Idle are destined towards poverty. However, if read more closely, Hogarth actually challenges that superficial reading by the immense amount of detail put into each plate specifically in regards to each person. At first glance, we are able to see exactly what he intended, Francis Goodchild’s good fortune contrasted against Tom Idle’s misfortune. In addition to this, Hogarth intended for another message to be received. As Hogarth praises Goodchild throughout the plates, he also effectively criticizes not only his work ethic, but him solely. More or less, Hogarth’s purpose with Industry and Idleness was to raise the moral of the lower class people and encourage the reader to look past the superficial reading for something more fulfilling.

What is work? Why do we have to work? Is work a curse because of The Fall? What does the Bible say about work? Why am I working? Is the paid employment I am in what God has called me to do? What exactly has he called me to do? This essay will critique the extent to which my disposition towards professional practice as “work” harmonises with the examination of a biblical understanding of God, people and work.

Let’s briefly explore how both work and leisure are justified as good things in light of God’s work in creation. We’ll then go on to reflect upon how such good things can be unfortunately misused in life.

of “work” has evolved and the composition of the workforce has changed. Today, work still is a

Charles Dickens was not just an author of the book “Hard Times” which is a sequel of three books during the Victorian period. Dickens illustrated a utilitarian lifestyle of hardship in an industrial world. The literature and contextual realism of the book gives fact of real world issues though a fictional work. He wrote to not only show the effects of the utilitarianism and industrialism demonstrated in the novel, but he also shows that there can be change in this ordainment through individuals. Although all of the characters are psychologically distorted and damaged in some way without respect to the fumes of the industrial factories, Louisa provides the means of change through her own struggle and hardship. Louisa shows the means of change through her family household, but this does not aide the society of change of the utilitarian control and education.

Some will argue that the mind simply becomes exhausted as one works throughout the day, and that the job description effects this minimally. Yet, a common story a century old