Similarly, the title “Give” suggests an attitude. The word could be interpreted as an aggressive demand or a cry for help. In the poem the character is both hostile and pleading in a desperate attempt to get attention because of the way in which he feels he has been ignored by society. Although both poems feature characters shunned by society they are written from contrasting points of view. ‘The Clown Punk’ is written from the view point of a father who is driving “home” through the “shonky” part of town.
-Instead of acting with fear, were encouraged to think sympathetically of how he will look in old age, when the tattoos become “sad”. Vocabulary to do with art or painting "ink”, "daubed” and “dyed” - pun with 'died' (ink has sunk into his “brain”.) tattoos are permanent, people are not, eventually everything will be gone. structure of the sentences mirror the way the dog walks behind the clown punk. Attitudes/themes/ideas either frightening or comic narrator warns, "don't laugh”.
Not particularly attractive, crippled, and a (closeted) homosexual, Sam seemed to be born to be pitied. Sam was, however, able to understand his dire need for a transformation through an analogy to magic and comics. He says: “To me, Clark Kent in a phone booth and Houdini in a packing crate, they were one and the same thing. You weren’t the same person when you came out as when you went in…. It was called ‘Metamorphosis.’” (3).
The officer says, “You Indians. How the hell do you laugh so much? I just picked your ass off the railroad tracks, and you’re making jokes.” In response to this comment, Jackson says “the two funniest tribes I’ve ever been around are Indians and Jews, so I guess that says something about the inherent humor of genocide.” 1 Can one crack a joke on the homeless? Is satire and humor permissible to use to alleviate the hopeless situations of individuals, such as the homeless? One might not think so.
We laugh because we feel that George is inferior to us in his situations. His complaining of the clown’s name being an unacceptable clown name is unimportant and trivial. He nags about it and is unable to let go of something that is so unimportant. This allows us to feel that he is ridiculous and that we are therefore think on a superior level to him. Does the audience care about the clown’s name?
Chris Higgins October 29, 2013 English 10 Holden’s Demeanor In the novel The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, Holden acts very careless. Holden forgets the fencing team’s foils on the subway. He tries to make up for this by telling the reader “It wasn’t all my fault. I had to keep getting up to look at this map, so we’d know where to get off”(3).
The representation of this film follows very close to the stereotypes of what the character is supposed to be with the exception of Blane and Andy who weren’t following the necessary rules of being a “preppie” or “geek” because they both fell in love with each other. For Napoleon Dynamite the target audience I think will be for people aged 13 to 18 because the humour is very dry and older people may not like it. I think the representation of this film exaggerates stereotypes for example when Napoleon tell his brother Kip that he “has the worst reflexes of all time” because Kip wants to be a cage fighter and when they fight they give each other little pushes and
Final Draft In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses imagery and diction to make the audience view Maycomb as a decrepit and poorly taken care of place. The author does this by using words to paint pictures in your head and using over exaggeration. Harper Lee uses words to paint the picture as Maycomb as an old town. The author does this by saying things such as “In rainy weather the streets turn to red slop” which implies that the streets are old fashion made and aren’t made of concrete like modern streets. Harper Lee also paints the picture of Maycomb as a hot place.
According to Sendaris, people do not want to hear “I’ll be right back” because it is “code for ‘Go fuck yourself’.” Sendaris adds satiric humor by stating “I should be used to the way Americans dress when travelling, yet still it manages to amaze me. It’s as if the person next to you had been washing shoe polish off a pig, and then suddenly threw down his sponge saying ‘Fuck this. I’m going to Los Angeles!’” He also pokes at Hitler by commenting how weird it was to hear “the name in the same sentence as the word ‘courtesy’. I imagined a man picking up the receiver, his voice made soft by surprise and the possibility of bad news ‘Yes. Hello, this is Adolf Hitler.’” As many people know, Hitler formed the Nazi culture and sparked the Holocaust that destroyed millions of lives.
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of you teamming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The winner of the debate is the latter in favor of immigrants. Although the position against immigration has valid points with the economic issue, the issue itself only exists because of a lack of reform.