Compare the ways the poets show how relationships can affect people in ‘Les Grand Seigneurs’ and one other poem from character and voice (Medusa) In both poems the narrators have been changed for the worst by men, specifically their partner. This is clear from the poet’s use of metaphors in Les Grand Seigneurs making the speakers life seem admirable and happy before she got married, first she describes men as ‘rocking horses’ and ‘hurdy gurdy monkey men’ making her relationships with them seem light hearted and playful. Whereas after getting marred things change ‘overnight’ and she becomes ‘a bit of fluff’ and isn’t as desired or honoured as she once was. Similarly in Medusa as the narrator’s relationship becomes more serious she can feel herself changing and becomes paranoid and doubting of her partner and his loyalty to her. The poet uses sibilance between her ‘filthy snakes’ as hair and the hissing and spitting of her thoughts to exaggerate the link between the Greek goddess (associated with snakes) and the speaker.
The success of the act is shown in the victim named Jim. Out of his three audience members, Jim is the only one who laughs at Tad’s jokes. Jim’s affection for Tad are apparent when he states, “See you an me, we could be freens” (49). Jim’s naïve belief is shattered when Tad reminds Jim of the reality and seriousness of the situation. When Tad confesses the real intentions of his act, “[I]t hurtsch ye far moare if ye get tortured by schomewan ye’ve made friendsch wi causche ye get bewildered….torturing an a’sch no really aboot the pain, it’sch all tae dae wo yer emotionsch” (50), one really becomes aware that there is not going to be a happy ending to the
I think it makes them feel better about themselves. Another reason is that you can see yourself in the joke a little bit. I think of comedians that joke about racial issues, sexual preference, or appearance. Most of the time that comedian is represented in that joke. My thought goes immediately to Chris Rock who jokes about black people, or Gabriel Iglesias who jokes about Mexicans and overweight people, who he likes to call fluffy.
How does Dai Sijie make the tooth drilling incident so excruciating? The stage of the incident is set after the Village Headman returns from the city with many complications to his teeth after an unsuccessful meeting with a doctor. His foul mood is revealed after he curses the dentist as being a ‘son of a bitch’ and an idiot. Dai Sijie also includes comedic references to the headman’s face and also gives him a whining tone. However almost instantaneously he attempts to bribe an official Dentist’s son – Luo; this gives the scene a serious element as we are alerted about the seriousness of the Headman himself.
Twain makes good use of his satirical writing style in this novel, but it’s not always what it’s cracked up to be. There's just one 'humorous' episode concerning a bull that interjects during this part of the book and it seems disconcertingly false -- kind of corny and cartoonish in a not terribly clever way. Perhaps the sort of thing he could bring life to in his famous lectures with his drawl and deadpan, but I remembering thinking...'uh oh', and boy was I right. The book continues to have some marvelous episodes as Twain continues his western adventure, but they are stretched out with a prodigious quantity of flimsy material. Comic set pieces with caricature-like characters get stale before they've begun, and he spins them out as if he was being paid by the word.
When a fight is unavoidable, Curley becomes nervous and backs out, and acts "yella as a frog belly". George, however, finally tells Lenny to stand up for himself, "I said get him." When Lenny is targeted by a threat, George takes charge and tells him to fight. Curley and George have similar physical characteristics but their personalities are significantly different. Both small and intelligent, George and Curley possess strong leadership and confidence.
When they finally pull up Kenny almost run over Tub and start to taunt him. After the taunting Tub finally gets fed up. He tells Frank how take up for him. Never did they ever think that Tub would be the one they depend on. Kenny, who’s too honest and tries to be the tougher one of the group, he gets a laugh out of belittling others.
Seinfeld Comedy is a form of art that makes people laugh. But why do people laugh at a situation or jokes? The episodes of Seinfeld were extremely successful in capturing moments of ordinary life and allowing the audience to connect in some way to their situations. The episodes allowed the audience to laugh at the character’s embarrassing gestures and actions. We compare our actions to those of Jerry’s, George’s or Kramer’s to what we would do in our lives.
In The Simple Gift Billy tries to forms a self defence towards Caitlin when he first sees her by rejecting her. “My first thought was to hate her because of her shiny watch and her perfect skin”P38.Billy is aware of Caitlin because she seems to be so different from him and he felt he would be judged by her. “and I knew she’d call the manager” P38 In Strange Chameleon the protagonist has a very low self esteem because he does not fit in. He feels that he doesn’t deserve his lover because of this. “Swimming in a dirty river with dirty me you were very beautiful.” Nakayama uses repetition to make the audience focus on thought that he sees him self as “dirty” and how he doesn’t deserve her.
When he is younger, he helps out whites around their houses for pay and he seems to be treated the same way he would have been treated if he were their slave. Later, Wright is working for an optics company in Jackson and addresses one of his white coworkers without calling him Mister. Wright’s coworkers are on the verge of beating him with a metal pipe as punishment just for not calling Pease by his sir name. Wright gets another job for an optical company in Memphis, where it seems he is being treated better. Until one day when Wright’s boss, Mr. Olin, tries to trick him and another black boy into killing each other for pure entertainment.