Question

Justify the title of lesson the silent spectator

Answer 1

Answer:

Joseph Addison’s character clearly lives during the eighteenth century when people did not know or care much about the events in the outside world.

As noted in the diary, Addison’s character lived a life that was centered on his daily routine of waking up, going to the coffee shop.

As a satirist, Addison uses a typical ignorant man who is an imbecile caught up in his normal affairs and a society that is just as ignorant as he is.

Joseph Addison’s satiric purposes is served when all will read the diary of a foolish man and the bland society he lives in, and know the petty issues they concern themselves with.

Both the diarist and everyone those who surround him are not better than him because they are an integral part of his boring life.

Answer 2

Answer:

Joseph Addison's character clearly lives during the eighteenth century when people did not know or care much about the events in the outside world. ... As a satirist, Addison uses a typical ignorant man who is an imbecile caught up in his normal affairs and a society that is just as ignorant as he is