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    applied when one of the immigrants said that he wanted his child to become rich by injecting ‘poison’ into people’s faces. They used the word poison instead of Botox because they wanted to emphasize on how Americans are living today with a bit sense of humor. The daughter at the dinner table shows apathy because she is slouched over illustrating that she is a very uninteresting person and that she was not excited about the field trip at all. Handy and Sweeny proves‚ in their opinion‚ how America has supersized

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    the Czar found a fly in a roll that Markov had baked‚ he was furious. Markov’s reaction was incredible. He popped the insect in his mouth‚ ate it‚ and declared‚ "It is a raisin‚ Sire." This clever reaction of Markov appealed to the Czar’s sense of humor and "he broke out laughing." This saved Markov his life. Although Markov may not have been high class and educated‚ he possessed street smarts‚ which is definitely a form of intelligence. In our world today‚ people tend to associate intelligence with

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    Satire is the use of humor or irony in order to raise critiques about people. Satire is found in many works of controversy or politics. Its uses are important because they point out the faults of a particular time and gives a voice to those who cannot openly express their views. Two works of literary merit which feature Satire are A Modest Proposal and The Rape of the Lock. The Rape of the Lock was written by Alexander Pope in 1712. The tale is based on an actual incident in which two families

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    Unfortunately‚ more often than not satire is used inefficiently. Incorrect usage of satire often results in unrest within groups of people‚ due to the source disrespecting or being insensitive to their beliefs or customs. When satire is used in a provocative manner it causes problems‚ rather than its initial purpose;which is to provide constructive social criticism. Misused satire runs the risk of upsetting large groups of people. The range of people it affects can range from world leaders

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    Verbal Humour

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    1. There are many theories of humor which attempt to explain what humor is‚ what social functions it serves‚ and what would be considered humorous. It would be very difficult to explain humor to a hypothetical person who did not have a sense of humor already. In fact‚ to such a person humor would appear to be quite strange if not outright irrational behavior. Verbal humor often requires the use of thinking. When a character says something‚ or even a comedian‚ the audience has to make sense of

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    family and friends are gathering together too. He makes use of ironic situations‚ sarcasm‚ visual and black humor‚ dramatic and embarrassing situations also‚ to make up this scene a humorous scene. The first situation of humor in this scene is between the dialogue of Yvonne and Ken: Yvonne: “Jack is here‚ Mr Ayres. He has just arrives” Ken: “Jack who?” Ayckbourn is using black humor in this situation as a comic resource. We can interpret this because it’s obvious of which “Jack” Yvonne is

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    Culture Shock

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    Culture shock Moving to a new environment cannot be easy. When coming to live in another country or a place different from the place of origin one suffers the physical and emotional discomfort. The difficult period during which people gradually become comfortable in the new environment is called culture shock. The term‚ culture shock‚ was introduced for the first time in 1958 by the American scientist Oberg to describe the anxiety produced when a person moves to a completely new environment

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    Funeral Food

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    when someone when someone dies and you go to a funeral there is always a better side to everything. Her humorous approach to death and the mourning process that follows is one of her many ways to make her essay more effective. She uses her sense of humor to lighten the mood and distract the reader from the funeral aspect. Her distraction comes from her sarcastic jokes about food being brought to funerals. She makes it relatable to her audience to connect with them. Browne uses her humorous jokes about

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    My Best Friend

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    My Best Friend Everyone has someone they would consider their best friend. Whether that someone is or isn’t related to them. Someone they can relate to‚ and/or someone they just plain get along with and/or do dumb stuff with. My best friend happens to be non-related to me‚ even though I consider her family. She is someone I can relate to and we have quite a few things in common. To describe her I would definitely need more than three words‚ but since I can only pick three I would describe her

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    Never Say No to Panda

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    Reed Millek Anna Hoffman First Year Writing Sec. 9 6 February 2013 Never Say No to Panda A series of television commercials to sell Panda Cheese were released in 2010. They were produced in Egypt by Arab Dairy‚ the manufacturers of Panda Cheese. The premise in each commercial is alike‚ someone offers someone else Panda Cheese‚ they decline‚ and a Panda shows up to terrorize their surroundings. In my favorite‚ there is a dad and his son going grocery shopping. The son spots the Panda Cheese

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