1930s Cub Reporter Chasing Hot Lead: Article Analysis

The author of “Coworker Loudly Typing Away Like 1930s Cub Reporter Chasing Hot Lead” utilizes farce to exaggerate the behavior and actions of the coworker. The author makes this humorous by comparing the co worker to a “1930s cub reporter” chasing a hot lead. This appeals to me because the author takes a quiet and peaceful scenario of a peaceful and tranquil working office and twists it and makes the setting sound disruptive and noisy by describing a co worker working as a chaotic news reporter on his way for a “big scoop”. Meanwhile in the novel, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain uses both dramatic irony and exaggeration to produce a humorous effect. Irony and exaggeration is shown when Tom manipulates Ben into whitewashing the fence
by making it seem appealing and fun. Ben doesn’t know that Tom is tricking him into doing chores which is the dramatic irony aspect of this scene and also Ben giving up all his possessions just to do Tom’s chores is the exaggerated part of the scene. This passage represents satire because Twain is commenting on how young mischievous kids like Tom would do anything to escape doing chores or work. By using irony and exaggeration Twain indeed creates a funny scene, but also shows Tom effort to escape from doing the whitewashing. Although both the article and Mark Twain uses both same and different types of satire, overall they both work toward the goal of creating humor.