Laughter is the first thing that a newborn child does when they are born into the world. From the beginning, they know how to laugh from ear to ear. The expression of joy through laughter is a force to be reckoned with. The natural response to humor is to come close to it and the opposite can be said for pain. It is one of the best remedies for things such as physical and emotional pain as well as help maintain a healthy relationship with friends and family.
It is such an influential force that in the essay “The Importance of Humor Research” is says that “chuckles occur much more frequently than other commonly researched emotions like regret, pride, and shame.” It is not shocking that humor would be more neglected than those other emotions. People tend to focus on the bad parts of humanity rather than the good things that come out of it. Humor is such an essential characteristic that Mark Twain wrote about it saying “the humorous story is strictly a work of art-high and delicate-and only an artist can tell it.” In the mid and late 1800’s there was proper and that was that. Humor was not a regular topic anywhere in the world at the time. The American people were still living much like the British at the …show more content…
“Humor appear’s to help people’s psychological and physical well being.” It says in Peter McGraw’s essay “The Importance of Humor Research.” It has been proven that it is good for your body to react in such a way to a funny situation but the psychological portion of it is hard to understand. When someone laughs, endorphins are released from the brain and are sent throughout the body creating the feeling of pleasure. It is a healthy alternative to any negative situation, whether it be negative or awkward it can be made easier with a joke here or