Humor In Shane Dawson's It Gets Worse

Webster's online dictionary defines humor as "a quality that appeals to a sense of the ludicrous (laughable and/or ridiculous) or incongruous." Incongruity is the very essence of irony. More specifically, irony is "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result." Flannery O'Connor's works are masterpieces in the art of literary irony, the laughable and ridiculous. The incongruous situations, ridiculous characters, and feelings of superiority that O'Connor creates make up her shocking and extremely effective, if not disturbing, humor. I say "disturbing" because O'Connor's humor, along with humor in general, most often contains the tragic. O'Connor has been quoted as saying, "The comic and the terrible

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“If the police showed up she would have to drop me and pretend I wasn’t hers, like I was a bag of weed”(28). Humor like this in Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime, produces easier to absorb content since his memoir is full with hard to swallow concepts. The story he shares follows him, a half black and half white child, growing up in South Africa during apartheid. For this reason Trevor was quite literally born a crime. He writes about the struggles he had to face growing up with his mother side of the family, the black side. Although the odds were against him the day he was born, he is able to accomplish many things thanks to the help from his mother who would literally take a bullet for her children. Although many writers use dark humor to tell

To persuade audiences to accept advanced arguments, effective writers employ several of rhetorical strategies. Consequently, David Wong utilizes the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos and logos within his article Robin Williams and Why Funny People Kill Themselves. Through these rhetorical tools, Wong aims to convince audiences to agree with Wong’s argument. Wong authors this essay in response to Robin Williams’ suicide. Wong addresses people who visit the Cracked.com website, an entertainment website. In this essay, Wong argues that people enter the comedy field to ensure that society will love them. Wong explains that, during

Tim O’Brien uses situational irony as a mean to paint Curt Lemon as a weak person mentally. He says that “He kept fidgeting”(83). As a war grunt, Curt Lemon should not be afraid of such little things but the experience in high school left him with a huge scar that still haunts him even years after. Before the dentist got to even touch him “he fainted”(83). This portrays how a weak mentality can become such an unbearable agony. In this chapter, Curt Lemon illustrates distress and dread to fully display his true side. This shows that it is okay to be in this kind of condition even as a war grunt.

From popular films to simple conversations with friends, humor can be found in almost every aspect of society. More specifically, humor appears often in the plays A Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park. A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959 about an African American family’s tribulations as they attempt to improve their economic and social situation with an insurance payout from the death of their father. Written by Bruce Norris in 2010, Clybourne Park is a spin-off of A Raisin in the Sun, communicating the struggles of white and black families trying to integrate into racially segregated neighborhoods. In Clybourne Park, characters use humor in order to prove a lack of discomfort when discussing controversial

But these accomplishments are only secondary to his greatest feat—the “It Gets Better Project”. On September 21st 2010, Savage, along with his husband Terry Miller, put into motion the “It Gets Better Project” because of the suicide of Billy Lucas, 15 year-old who was perceived to be gay. It encourages adults, both LGBT or otherwise, to submit videos assuring gay teenagers that life can improve after bullying in early life. The movement gathered motion instantly and by November of 2013, it had more than 50,000 user created videos, and each testimonial was viewed over 50 million times. Savage gained a following and was recognized amongst the LGBT leaders of the decade, and he demonstrated the qualities of being a leader.

Sometimes the truth can hurt, but when it is presented in a way that is humorous the end result can be much different. “Comedians don’t start out to change the world, but in the end, that’s what they do,” says Stephen Rosenfield.” Standup comedians have the ability to force people to take a good look at social issues by confronting realities that one would prefer to ignore. In fact, they use humor as a tool to neutralize controversial issues by giving social critiques that can transform in a way leaving the audience to want for more. Comedians can push the social boundaries with their stories and expressions that are usually unacceptable in society. The fact that the comedian sugar coats the issue with humor makes it more acceptable and is

In the poem "Casey at the bat" we get to see an author turn a depressing event into a laughable event using humor. when i say using humor it is not the humor like laughing out loud, but more of the humor like irony.

Is it ever funny to joke about how a certain race speaks? In a comedy routine by Anjelah Johnson she jokes about an interview where there was a spanish and English one the movie “My family wedding”they said that the Latino cast could do the Spanish interview and the black cast can do the English interview. Anjelah couldn’t do the interview because she didn’t speak Spanish. Anjelah effectively uses humor in this routine to get the audience to laugh about how funny it is that a Latino can’t speak Spanish.

What is a stereotype? The Free Dictionary defines a stereotype as “a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group” (Stereotype). Although many people may not realize it, stereotypes influence how they interact with others each day. People judge others because of their race, ethnicity, religion, and heritage before they even know the person. These judgements come from stereotypes they encounter in their lives. There are plenty of news stories, movies, and television shows that portray these stereotypes. However, Seth McFarland’s television show “Family Guy” uses satire to highlight stereotypes in today’s society. The show’s use of ethnic humor includes a lot of

Those chapters covers turning points in Dr. Manhattan’s life and Rorschach returns to home of Molotoch to make more questions about The Comedian. Here we can read how Osterman’s father pushes him to become a scientist. Time later, he meets and falls in love with a lab worker, Janey Salter. Jon retrieves his lab coat from a test vault, but gets accidentally locked into the vault. After a few evets, that involve Jon’s partners being horrified for seeing Jon locked, he gets disintegrated in a quick moment. A month later, Jon starts to appear at the research site, he is now a blue skin man with super-human abilities and capacities. Also, we can read how Rorschach suggest that the “list” was related to the press saying that Dr. Manhattan has given

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Satire is constantly evolving in order to maintain with the times. As technology, culture and humanity change and grow, satire is forced to grow with it. Satire of our modern time is more likely to be found on our phones than on print, more likely on a television than a telegram. By merging with pop culture, in forms of Family Guy and Comedy Central news shows, these forms of satire are able to stay relevant. But, despite the change in medium, the purpose of satire and effect of satire holds true. Modern satire, just as that of past satire, sheds light on the problems of our society through ridicule and mockery, without reinforcing and further cementing the stereotypes and prejudices they are trying to expose.

When debating on what I should create for my fourth marking period independent reading assignment and which book I should do it on, It Gets Worse by Shane Dawson seemed like the most obvious choice. Nothing really, in my opinion, fit the essence of this book more than simply writing about how amazing of a read it is. So that is exactly what I did.