'The superannuated Man' is first of all an autobiographical essay.In this essay the author,Charles lamb is an employer of a shop at Mincing lane.After he has finished his job life of long 36 years he starts to face bewilderment and confusion at first as a prisoner in Bastille when freed from long confinement or as someone blind who is unable to enjoy the dazzling light.so, clearly, from this description we can imagine how the drudgery of his working life damaged his soul and mind to react with any type of pleasure.Not only this but he starts to miss his colleagues and he starts to have a strange feeling as if they were dead.But soon he recovered from his confusion and started to enjoy the life fully by recreating with his friends,reading,wrting etc.And he realized the truth that a contemplated life is better than the life of action.At the end of the essay he also mentioned'opus operatum est' means the work alloted to the author has been completed and now he is waiting for superannuation from his life.Full of pathos with some hints of humour..........
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