| "Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny?" | | By: David Zakheim 12/21/2011 | David Zakheim Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny? “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it” (White). One shouldn’t question comedy and what is funny to people. As soon as that happens all of the funniness disappears. There is no easy answer to why people laugh at things‚ and why things
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allowed to to look in the eyes of the eyes of the protagonist. Good authors use first person to feel a way or develop thinking similar to the main character. Ned Vizzini‚ author of It’s Kind of a Funny Story‚ uses the first person view to help develop the character and find out what Greg is thinking. The story is about a young male‚ named Greg‚who suffers from disorders such as depression. Greg is slowly getting worse due to his imagination going wild with the bizarre thoughts. Ned Vizzini uses the first
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What if your determination was the only thing stopping you from reaching your goals? Ned Vizzini’s novel‚ It’s Kind Of a Funny Story follows a teen who is so committed to doing good that he is pushed too hard and he begins to consider suicide. When Craig is at his worst point and ready to end it‚ he instead decides to call the suicide hotline and checks himself into the hospital. This novel touches hard on the little things in life that make Craig’s life good or bad. Since this novel is based on
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“Its kind of a funny story” -Ned Vizzini Mikayla Petersen Wednesday‚ May 3rd 2013 “Its kind of a funny story” is kind of a funny story. It’s about 15-year-old Craig Gilner‚ who attends a prestigious college prep school that will set him on his way to the right college‚ the right law school‚ and the right job on Wall Street --- assuming he can bring up his 93 average. Studying for his school’s entrance exam occupied Craig for months‚ and he was proud of his perfect score. Now‚ though‚ the school
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I believe that we talk more about the weather in March than in any other month. We take for granted April with showers‚ Summer with its heat and drought‚ Winter with its frost and snow‚ but with March it is different. March is the beginning of Spring. We know‚ of course‚ that the meteorologist says Spring begins the 21st‚ but we prefer to disregard that fact and believe that we already sense Spring riding upon the wings of the March wind. We have a premonition of little creatures stirring in the
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Despite its joyous title‚ It’s Kind Of A Funny Story ‚ is not particularly orientated towards the most pleasant themes. Author and New York Times Best Seller‚ Ned Vizzini utilizes humor the help the reader swallow the pill of complicated themes such as‚ depression‚ societal views of success‚ and not fitting in. The story begins with fifteen year old Craig Gilner struggling with overwhelming concerns for his future. He’s determined to have a successful life‚ but getting there poses an issue. The fear
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Good health is not just "the absence of disease". It is the absence of disease or discomfort. "Good Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." WHO (World Health Organization). I think I am healthy as long as we progress or decay at the same rate as others around me. Normally unhealthy condition does not develop overnight. Pathological development is always accompanied by warnings. Our body is a wonderful machine
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Funny Boy‚ a novel by Shyam Selvadurai‚ tells us a story through the eyes of a growing Tamil homosexual boy‚ Arjie. By using a first person narrator‚ Selvadurai vividly describes Arjie¡¯s struggle to negotiate life in Sinhala-dominated Colombo. Besides‚ the horrible ethnic violence between Tamil and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka was also highlighted throughout the novel. Selvadurai developed the theme of ethnic violence by telling various incidents and facts through the narrator of Arjie‚ beginning with
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One cold morning‚ just as the sun had risen above High Street‚ two men‚ both in black‚ dashed hurriedly out of the Merlin Bank. One of the men wore a beard‚ and both were trim and fit looking‚ in their late thirties or early forties. They both carried briefcases‚ from which large denominations of banknotes were poking out; the first man was also carrying a sack with rectangular shaped packets silhouetted against the side; he called out to the one following‚ “Get a move on‚ Gilbert; we will miss our
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