The World's Desire by E.V. Lucas : Summary and Exercises

Summary

The world's Desire is an essay written by E.V Lucas on Charlie Chaplin, the most popular and prominent comic actor in the age of the silent movie. He is also known as the funniest man in the world. The technology of silent movie was developed at the end of the 19th century and it became popular in the first quarter of the 20th century before the invention of the Talkies or Motion Pictures.

 Charlie Chaplin was born in England and went to the USA in 1913 to act as an actor in US silent movies. He gained Popularity after his 1915 film the tramp. His other notable works include The Dictator, The Gold Rush, The Kid, Modern Times, City Lights etc.  Charlie Chaplin began his character at the time when Europe was fighting the bloodiest war in history, the first World War. When the world was in deep sorrow and tension full life, Charlie was the one who put smiles and laughter on the face of people through his movies.   

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In the essay Lucas analyses aspects of Charlie's life and character. He mentioned one of Charlie Chaplin's life event when he was offered 10 thousand dollars per week for a year to work in a film. He was offered one hundred thousand dollars as a bonus for signing the agreement.  The author was astonished thinking why Charlie had rejected that handsome amount of offer. 

 Charlie became popular worldwide; even the small towns with about 2,000 people watched Charlie Chaplin films. He is considered as the first global star. He is the star whom the whole world came to know.  he was established as the most popular icon in the film industry. 

But though Chaplin may have put smiles to the millions of people around the world, the funniest man in the world always hid his feelings of sadness and suffering from his audience.