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“Breaking the Ice” or “The Only Girl in the World for Me”?
“Breaking the Ice” or “The Only Girl in the World for Me”? From listening to humorous books to watching funny television shows, laughing is always lifting up your spirits. Specific people that do stand-up comedy make bad moods better too. Some examples are Bill Cosby and Dave Barry. They both write funny essays too, like The Only Girl in the World for Me and Breaking the Ice. They are essays on how to find love and they are humorous. The Only Girl in the World for Me and Breaking the Ice have a lot in common as well differences like sense of humor, and types of tones used. In the essays, humor is very important while writing a humorous essay. Breaking the Ice had more varieties of humor than The Only Girl in the World for Me. They are both funny and made me smile. Breaking the Ice, however, made me laugh out loud and joke with my friends about it. Breaking the Ice was a funnier story than The Only Girl in the World for Me. Both stories used different tones to express the story. Dave Barry used a sarcastic and mocking tone while Bill Cosby had a sarcastic and silly tone. They have one tone in common, which is the sarcastic tone, and they also have a contrasting tone. The Only Girl in the World for Me uses a silly tone and on the other hand, Breaking the Ice uses a mocking tone of Barry’s past. There are many differences between the essays as well as similarities. I think that Breaking the Ice was better than the story Cosby wrote because it made more sense and it was much more humorous than the other essay. I read both and according to my sense of humor, Dave Barry has a nice finish to his story unlike Cosby’s essay. Cosby’s and Barry’s essays were well written and thought out, that must be a reason why they so much in common. They also wrote differently, which made those differences.
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