In “Harris and Me,” the humor contains more Low Comedy as a result of jocose situations and circumstances. He includes quotes that are full of wit. He has farcical physical comedy involving body parts, and electrocution. He has clever, hidden ideas that may be hard to analyze, but subconsciously, put a smile on your face, making you laugh, even though sometimes you don’t know why. Let’s go ahead and bring out the big point right away. Slapstick is embedded throughout the chapter. In the story, the author described Harris getting his “business” electrocuted by saying, “In a massive galvanic reaction every muscle in Harris’s body convulsively contracted, jerking like a giant spring had tightened inside him.” This physical comedy is absurd, …show more content…
You may have to think a little for the first one. When Gooner, the narrator, is trying to persuade Harris to pee on the fence, he knows exactly what is going to happen to Harris, because he says he wanted revenge. Meanwhile, Harris had no idea what was definitely going to happen to him, or he would have rejected the offer immediately. But we knew what was going to happen to Harris, because Gooner told us. Another instance of Dramatic Irony is when Gooner met a girl and got nervous. He couldn’t talk, and Harris irreverently took advantage of this quickly. He said, “You remember the Severson kid? How he kept leaning left and ate his snot all the time?” Harris pointed at me with his chin. “It’s the same with him.” This is a great example of Dramatic Irony because the girl thinks there is something wrong with Gooner, but we, the audience, know that he is a regular person, he’s just …show more content…
Plus, when Harris has to pee on the fence, he acts like his %^&*$ is a real person! He refers to his business numerous times, and how can you explain the ‘Jesus in the Peach tree’ remark?! Hmmm?!” Firstly, I would like to address those points you made just there. Good work, they are the highlights of High Comedy in this excerpt. Yes, it does connect with Dark Comedy many times, and your grandma might even call it ‘vulgar’. The ‘Jesus in the Peach tree’ comment was, in fact, an allusion to the previous chapters, and wouldn’t have made any sense without that knowledge. But, they all refer to that dark, inappropriate comedy category. Even in the allusion, Harris calls Gooner a dope, and that changes it to fit under name calling, and vulgarity. On the Low Comedy side of things, there are so many jokes and categories it could fall under. Bodily functions, physical mishaps, victims of circumstances beyond their control, focuses on events, etc. Plus, if it is High Comedy, why doesn’t the humor focus more on the characters? A child could get most of these jokes because it is PHYSICAL COMEDY, and you don’t have to think about the joke much to get it. In conclusion, the author uses clever techniques to make the story humorous, and that includes a big chunk of Low Comedy to tickle your funny
As the Boov say, “many fingers make up a hand.” Just like this expression, Many components make up effective humor. Adam Rex, the author of the book Smek for President, shows us a perfect example of how not to use them. The tools of humor, such as tone, diction, imagery and more are present, but they don’t make you laugh. Adam Rex, as a “funny author,” leaves much to be desired in his writing.
Another kind of humor Gantos uses is slapstick, or superiority
This makes the readers visualize such a scene and laugh due to the huge contrast between the two. Juxtaposition is a very effective way to create humor in this novel but it is definitely not the only way.
Those are the two ways Dillard uses humor in the essay.
2. Mr Birling is extremely arrogant. He makes very long speeches at dinner, discussing worldly matters which the audience would already know were incorrect. Priestley uses dramatic irony, where we know things that the characters obviously don’t. For example, when he insists that there will never be a war and that the Titanic is unsinkable.
The names and sentences are also filled with alliteration such as the Cutter Kobras adding a sense of zaniness to the story. The names of the characters don't add any comedic effect to the story however, the etymology
Unit 5: Lesson 3: Flowers for Algernon, Part 1 Apply: In the story, "Flowers for Algernon, Part 1", One example of irony in this story was when Charlie had reacted to his inkblots tests. The reason I choose this was ironic is because of his responses. He saw that there was nothing in the inkblots, but when everyone else could see stuff in them he saw nothing wrong with that. This was situational irony.
These comical details allow Faulkner to lighten the mood of an otherwise disheartening
Humor relates to the Super-Ego through the acknowledgment of oneself being ridiculous. “Superego has gone under ‘maturation’ maturity that comes from learning to laugh at
Miller uses irony to demonstrate the flaws, the corruption, within the court’s justice system. In this case, it’s emphasized when Giles is found guilty; even though, he did have evidence to prove his accusation. He states, “if Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeits up his property that's law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece”( Miller 89). In addition, he has a witness that heard Putnam thanking his daughter after she cried out on Jacobs.
In so far laughter provides an empathic connection, and empathy provides insight to morality and understanding of other’s points of view, comedy is able to provide insight to new knowledge through empathic understandings. Nonetheless, the blueprint whereby an author makes someone laugh in order to influence their understandings is not such an easy feat. Creating a relatable character through humor is something even the best of writers have struggled. As George Lucas found out with Jar Jar Binks, whom he predicted to be a fan favorite, there is a fine line between the audience laughing with at a character and laughing at them. Shakespeare, on the other hand, was nearly flawless in his portrayal of Falstaff--who is widely loved among his readers.
Throughout the story the author uses high comedy to make the reader laugh but also have questions and make them think. The irony of the story is that the aliens talk about humans confused about the complexity of us but humans usually view aliens as intelligent beings. The whole story is the alien's
In the story "Saying Goodbye to Yang," written by Alexander Weinstein, and the story "St. Lucy 's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves," written by Karen Russell, there are several ways these stories could be seen as humorous or funny/not funny. Each story that we have read is unique in that they each had some sense of humor about them, whether it be witty humor, dry humor, or maybe even the funny/not funny kind of humor. Different types of humor can be interpreted from each of the stories we have read this semester. Yes, these stories can be seen as a joke but there are serious ideas about them. Each story undoubtedly has important concepts intertwined into them.
According to Mark Twain, humorous stories are very different from comic and witty stories. Humor adds amusement and interest in the message that is being delivered. “Cannibalism in the Cars” delivers the humorous message by using irony, satire, and syntax. The irony in the short story is in the way that the senators speak so sophisticated.
This is a “Ha Ha” funny element of comedy because during the