| "Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny?" | | By: David Zakheim 12/21/2011 | David Zakheim Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny? “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it” (White). One shouldn’t question comedy and what is funny to people. As soon as that happens all of the funniness disappears. There is no easy answer to why people laugh at things‚ and why things
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Despite its joyous title‚ It’s Kind Of A Funny Story ‚ is not particularly orientated towards the most pleasant themes. Author and New York Times Best Seller‚ Ned Vizzini utilizes humor the help the reader swallow the pill of complicated themes such as‚ depression‚ societal views of success‚ and not fitting in. The story begins with fifteen year old Craig Gilner struggling with overwhelming concerns for his future. He’s determined to have a successful life‚ but getting there poses an issue. The fear
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Tatenda Mudeke A.P English That’s not funny Standup comics are probably some the people with the hardest entertainment jobs ever. The idea of standing up in front of a group of people and simply releasing jokes is harder than you think. It takes a lot of courage‚ self-confidence‚ funniness‚ and talent to be a successful comic. This why comedians have different styles of doing standup and can be categorized into different groups. The White Comedian: Any standup comic who considers himself/herself
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allowed to to look in the eyes of the eyes of the protagonist. Good authors use first person to feel a way or develop thinking similar to the main character. Ned Vizzini‚ author of It’s Kind of a Funny Story‚ uses the first person view to help develop the character and find out what Greg is thinking. The story is about a young male‚ named Greg‚who suffers from disorders such as depression. Greg is slowly getting worse due to his imagination going wild with the bizarre thoughts. Ned Vizzini uses the first
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Funny Stories How They Forecast a Cold Winter One day in early September the chief of a Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter of 2009/10 was going to be cold or mild. The chief asked his medicine man‚ but he too had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes. In truth‚ neither of them had idea about how to predict the coming winter. However‚ the chief decided to take a modern approach‚ and the chief rang the National
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“Its kind of a funny story” -Ned Vizzini Mikayla Petersen Wednesday‚ May 3rd 2013 “Its kind of a funny story” is kind of a funny story. It’s about 15-year-old Craig Gilner‚ who attends a prestigious college prep school that will set him on his way to the right college‚ the right law school‚ and the right job on Wall Street --- assuming he can bring up his 93 average. Studying for his school’s entrance exam occupied Craig for months‚ and he was proud of his perfect score. Now‚ though‚ the school
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What if your determination was the only thing stopping you from reaching your goals? Ned Vizzini’s novel‚ It’s Kind Of a Funny Story follows a teen who is so committed to doing good that he is pushed too hard and he begins to consider suicide. When Craig is at his worst point and ready to end it‚ he instead decides to call the suicide hotline and checks himself into the hospital. This novel touches hard on the little things in life that make Craig’s life good or bad. Since this novel is based on
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I believe that we talk more about the weather in March than in any other month. We take for granted April with showers‚ Summer with its heat and drought‚ Winter with its frost and snow‚ but with March it is different. March is the beginning of Spring. We know‚ of course‚ that the meteorologist says Spring begins the 21st‚ but we prefer to disregard that fact and believe that we already sense Spring riding upon the wings of the March wind. We have a premonition of little creatures stirring in the
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Good health is not just "the absence of disease". It is the absence of disease or discomfort. "Good Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." WHO (World Health Organization). I think I am healthy as long as we progress or decay at the same rate as others around me. Normally unhealthy condition does not develop overnight. Pathological development is always accompanied by warnings. Our body is a wonderful machine
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“When Everyone’s Turning their Back” My story is about a family that is been destroyed because of the selfish actions of the adults. This narrative is about the story of my friend who watched her parents separate because of her father’s another woman. She tells us that at first her parents are like the others‚ happy and full of love but as time passes it seems to her that her parents are falling out of love because unlike before‚ she said her parents always sort their misunderstandings‚ but as
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