The Joy By Zadie Smith Rhetorical Analysis - 1052 Words

Joy by Zadie Smith Rhetorical Analysis Many people can confuse joy and pleasure because they are similar or the same thing but author Zadie Smith mentions the differences between joy and pleasure. She explains that sometimes joy can’t be pleasurable at all. She talks about joy as a different type of emotion. Zadie Smith explains to you that pleasure can be more of a temporary feeling that can only satisfy readers at that moment or for a little bit of time. Reading this short story by Smith makes the readers realize that there is a difference between two words that can also be so similar but so different at the same time. And that joy can sometimes be similar to pleasure but it’s more than a feeling. You enjoy â€Å"joy† and you live during†¦show more content†¦Zadie talks about how children can come as something joyful in your life but with a child comes responsibility and that’s where the frightening feeling tends to kick in. â€Å"Let’s call it six. Three of those times I was in love, but only once was the love viable, or likely to bring me any pleasure in the long run. Twice I was on drugs of quite different kinds. Once I was in water, once I was on a train, once sitting on a high wall, once on a high hill, once in a night club, and once in a hospital bed† (147). She mentions the only few times where she’s actually experienced â€Å"joy† in her life rather than pleasure. Smith essentially explains the different times and where she’s experienced joy. Zadie Smith uses more anecdotes that appeal to feelings. â€Å"The top of my head flew away. We danced and danced. We gave ourselves up to joy† (148). She describes that while she was at the night club she had a moment of joy. And that she freely gave herself to be free and enjoy herself. â€Å"I ‘have’ pleasure, it is a feeling I want to experience and own. A beach holiday is a pleasure. A new dress is a pleasure. But o n that dance floor I was joy, or some small piece of