Samuel Johnson lived from 1709 to 1784 in England. He suffered illnesses as a child but still showed intelligence. However, he lacked opportunities due to financial problems. He attended Oxford for a year and worked as a teacher and servant. He wrote many periodical essays and works, including his famous Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. His works influenced literature during his lifetime and today through his biographies, criticism, and other writings.

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2. Who is this Johnson Guy? Samuel Johnson lived between 1709 - 1784 Suffered from a variety of diseases as a child, causing him to deal with much physical and emotional pain Still showed signs of intelligence, but did not have the same opportunities as others due to financial wreck Spent a year at Pembroke College in Oxford Worked as a teacher and servant, though he hated both jobs Made many periodical essays; the equivalent of today's magazine or newspaper "A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. "

3. Johnson's Time Period Started writing in 1737, after being a teacher His earliest works include The Life of Richard Savage , The Vanity of Human Wishes , London , Irene Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was mad in 1755 and effected modern English and often referred to as the first English dictionary Some of his best known work was Messiah , The Adventurer, The Rambler, and On Spring Influenced society's writing during his time period and after, even to this day because of his early forms of biographies, literary criticism, and other works

4. Analysis Literary Allusion: "A French author has advanced this seeming paradox, that very few men know how to take a walk; and, indeed, it is true, that few know how to take a walk with a prospect of any other pleasure." Refers to French author Classical Allusion: "Nor has the most...and happiness of the golden age, otherwise than by giving a perpetual spring. Golden age was a time when the world was free and had no suffering in mythology. Personification: "The cold and darkness of winter, with the naked deformity of every object on which we turn our eyes/. Gives attribution of personal nature to an inanimate object, such as winter.

5. Analysis Diction: "The variegated verdure of the fields and woods, the succession of grateful odors, the voice of pleasure pouring out its notes on every side, with the gladness apparently conceived by every animal, from the growth of his food, and the clemency of the weather, throw over the whole earth an air of gaiety, significantly expressed by the smile of nature. Style of writing changes in a more descriptive choice of wording

6. references http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/johnson/litrel.html http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Johnson/Guide/who.html http://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/history.htm http://www.online-literature.com/samuel-johnson/