Essay Archive - Chesterton's "On Lying in Bed": Understanding Human Nature
Chesterton's "On Lying in Bed": Understanding Human Nature
In this short essay, G.K. Chesterton is able to display his
absolute understanding of human nature. He explains this nature through
humor and wit in this particular essay, On Lying in Bed. According to this
essay, Chesterton has developed three parts to human nature. The first
part is that items that are desired by humans can often be found in
unusually normal places. The second part is that humans have begun to
aggrandize trivial morals and to debase major morals. The final part to
his outlook on human....
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