What makes this more comedic is the fact that this is the first time she and Frank have met; these are the first words Rita says face to face with Frank. However, this may not be seen as comedic, in the sense that she really was angry that she couldn't get in because she was so eager to learn. The second aspect that makes the first three scenes comedic is through physical comedy. Physical comedy can also be known as slapstick, and generally involves one or more characters that is dependant upon visual, usually exaggerated, jokes and gestures through use of the body. An example of this in Educating Rita is where, at the start of Scene 2, Frank opens the door and sees Rita with a can of oil, oiling his door.
Her characters have exaggerated features which make them cartoonist, and in doing so she adds some humor to the dense subject matter of racism, or power. Kara Walker’s main inspiration is the pre-civil war south. Her art work depicts this time in a skewed fashion. This thought is what makes her art so interesting. She is able to portray history in her own unique way that makes it interesting again to the viewers.
She uses different numbers and awards to show how devoted the shows fans are and how well the show is actually doing. Peacocke talks about her own struggle with the shows offensive humor but then now she realizes the use of humor in the jokes. The author uses different segments of the show to show how although the jokes are, at first glance, offensive the hidden meaning is simply "pointing out the weaknesses and defects of U.S. society in a mocking and sometimes intolerable way." (263). Antonia Peacocke uses short parts of from different authors to shape her argument, agreeing with some and pointing fun at others.
Sarah Draper Mrs. Jennings AP English 12 5th period B Shiloh In Bobbie Mason’s short story, “Shiloh” he uses many techniques in order to convey his overall message. Mason uses of similes and metaphors, symbolism and parallelism to help reveal the once happily marrage flaws and now being unhappy. Throughout the shot shory, not only does the author expose the reader to the feelings and actions of the characters but also in the authors eye he high lights the thing needed in order to make a happy marriage. Mason’s creative use of similes and metophors allows the reader to fully understand how the long distances and time can have a negative afect on a persons marriage. In lines 13-15 the rig that Leroy used to drive was compared
While he feels that speaking out in defense of the girls with the underlying hope that they will hear him and be waiting outside for him after he quits, it is both immature, naïve, and will have a negative impact on his future. Sammy’s immaturity and desire to gain the attention of the girls clouds his judgment, in a sense blinding him of seeing the blatant trouble that awaits him if he quits his job and confronts his boss. His innocence is another factor that effects his judgment in the store. His growing desire for the girls grows more as he fawns over their every move, This desire, coupled with his lack of experience with women clouds his judgment and makes them into something he really has no proof that they are. A less innocent/ naive individual would have seen the situation in a different light and come to a more intelligent decision rather than making a rash choice that only someone as inexperienced as Sammy would do.
One of the expectations of a successful novel is ‘Entertainment’ this is needed to keep a reader amused and not bored with the book. This can be done by providing many funny events, relationship highs and lows and of coarse drama. This is clearly shown throughout the whole book, but a main point of interest was at the beginning of the book when the author creates a humorous an witty situation when Josie is reading ‘Hot Pants’ magazine in
Humor- this is a use of a language when the author is trying to add some comic to the story. “ Just then I have a great idea. I try to get her talk funny, the way people talk when their nose
Swift’s repetitive creation of his extreme mental images, which appeal to one’s senses, gives the reader a false opinion about him, but subsequently becomes beneficial to his overall essay. The use of imagery in “A Modest Proposal” definitely is exceptionally vivid, and as a result, stirs up an emotional response in the reader (pathos). Swift’s intention to using imagery in his essay is to not only get dramatic reactions from his readers, but to also persuade them so much that they are agreeing with his point of view. In his essay, he offers many different descriptive images in which portray the dehumanization of children and women using words such as “breeders,” “flesh,” “carcass,” and “meat”(1026-1027). One of the disturbing images that Swift creates for his audience dehumanizes children by referring to them as pigs which would be roasted then worn as fancy gloves for females, and as boots for men.
17). This describes how he fails with girls: he either scares them or he is too immature in the way he talks to them. It makes him depressed that Sally would not want to go with him because he thinks there is nothing more to do in life so why not just get away from it. Holden is depressed due to disappointment because he feels that he cant do anything right. One of the many examples of this is when he
The author also show us that the soldier are too worried to sleep as they are “Worried by silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous.” The use of sibilance of the sound ’s’ creates the effect of whispering to show the soldiers attempt to not draw the attention of the enemy, who are futilely using flares to see what’s going on. Therefore from this we can see that most of the soldier’s pains in World War 1 is from the anticipation of waiting for the enemy’s next plan and the “merciless” weather which helps to show how pointless the fighting was in World War