SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS

  1. What advantage does the essayist gain by using characters to express his own thoughts?
  2. What made the philosopher's holiday so notable?
  3. What had been his daily life?
  4. Comment on the various thoughts and fancies that came to the philosopher on his holiday.
  5. What is meant by the expression, “An Agonized Manhood”?
  6. What joys does the philosopher find?
  7. Show how his thoughts come back to the idea of work.
  8. In what did his lack of “sanity” consist?
  9. Does the expression, “I suppose I shall be sane to-morrow,” mean that he will wish to work, or wish to have a holiday, or wish for something else?
  10. What was the toy that he had almost forgotten how to play with?
  11. What is the author's purpose?
  12. What evils in modern life does the essay criticize?