Funny Essays

  • Funny

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    i wona eat it Cause the streets have opened my eyes to see. says: then fuk its little hole Hot Stuff says: you're from New Zealand.. cool.. Cause the streets have opened my eyes to see. says: no, its a shit country Hot Stuff says: hey, that is not funny to say that about my daughter Cause the streets have opened my eyes to see. says: i wona move to japan Cause the streets have opened my eyes to see. says: im sory my dad abuses me Peter says: can we dress up in sheepskin and play sausages? Hot Stuff

  • Volpone – Disturbing or Funny?

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    'It invites us to laugh at things which with only a slight shift of perspective are troubling and disturbing rather than funny' The backbone of ' Volpone' is a tale of a dark and absurd world where twisted, greedy characters deceive and attempt to deceive each other. Despite this bleak situation it is a very funny play, the humor increases as the characters sink to new levels. This interplay of disturbing human fault with witty humor does indeed allow us to laugh at situations that are at a

  • A Joke that is not so funny

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    A Joke That Is Not So Funny "Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day" (Russell). From this quote from Anton Chekhov, one can tell he viewed life in a very different way. Chekhov enjoyed writing stories about reality. He often wrote about

  • Funny Short Story

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    The Scourge Of The Galaxy The pretty researcher walked up to the shack where he supposedly lived. Wendy had heard many stories about the scourge, but she had never seen him for herself. He was a local legend, and she had decided to do her thesis on this obese male. She knocked on the cheap wood door of the shanty, and the door fell off. Wendy anxiously tried to pick the door up, but before she could pick it up, a high-pitched bark came from the dark corridor of the hut. “It’s alright, girlie. Just

  • A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Theater

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    A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Theater September 5, 2000: First Audition Less than a week ago, I had never auditioned for anything. Tonight, I was on stage with forty or so actors, most of whom had several plays to their credit. As I had neither a major, nor past plays to back me up, I was nervous. I survived it all anyway, and had fun despite the scary scary evaluative process. September 7, 2000: Callbacks The hyper-talkative freshman girl in my French class looked at the callback

  • Arjie’s Journey in Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy

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    Arjie’s Journey in Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy Growing up during a time of violent political upheaval in Sri Lanka, Arjie travels an especially bittersweet journey into maturation in Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy. The adults in Arjie’s extended family mostly belong to an older, more conservative generation that attempts to fit Arjie into society’s norms. The adults that Arjie meets in the community through his family are individuals who prompt him to see past the confines of his childhood

  • Filling the Void: Oppression in Funny Boy

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    contrasts and gender boundaries create oppression and injustice amongst the characters in Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy. This injustice affects the composure and behaviour of the characters throughout the novel and it appears in every aspect throughout Funny Boy. Oppression emerges within the Chelvaratnam family, who are displeased by Arjie's "tendencies", and the likelihood that he will grow up "funny." Oppression also surfaces between the Sinhalese and Tamils with ethnic riots in Sri Lanka's society. Even

  • Comparing and Contrasting Persepolis and Funny Boy

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    believe this is the best culture to follow, we often find ourselves questioning it. This creates complexity within the acceptance of being part of one’s culture. Shyam Selvadurai and Marjane Satrapi, use this theme within their respective novels, Funny Boy and Persepolis to demonstrate the transcendence from innocence to experience. Both main characters are introduced as children that go through an evolution to reach adulthood. Culture challenges the characters in similar ways and pushes them to

  • The Portrayal of Clashing Cultural Values in the Novel Funny Boy by Syam Selvadurai

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    The Portrayal of Clashing Cultural Values in the Novel Funny Boy by Syam Selvadurai Shyam Selvadurai, the author of Funny Boy, felt the necessity to write about this issue because it is kept in the dark, especially in Sri Lanka. In addition, Sri Lanka is faced with many cultural problems. The Tamils and Singhalese are in constant conflict because of their different moral values. Selvadurai grew up in this type of atmosphere, he was homosexual and was raised in an environment where fighting took

  • Humor in Dicken's Tale of Two Cities

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    Dickens does exactly this in A Tale of Two Cities, by making slight comedy of issues such as democracy, the lower class, and spousal abuse. In A Tale of Two Cities, the actions of Jerry Cruncher, while essentially very humorless, may seem peculiarly funny to some people. The events that occur in chapter one of book two, concerning Mrs. Cruncher, is an appropriate example of this idea. In this scene, Jerry Cruncher yells at his wife because he thinks she was praying against him. To start with, because

  • Movie Much Ado About Nothing

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    good movie because it is dramatic, romantic, and funny. The drama in this movie was very thick and plentiful. Especially when the Prince’s brother, Don John, was trying to stop Claudio from marrying his love Hero. The trouble he caused was very sinister. He put people’s lives in danger without even caring about their feelings. The tension between Benedick and Beatrice also setup some drama, which subsequently made the movie very enjoyable and funny. The battle between man and woman was well represented

  • Hamlet's Sense of Humor

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    Moreover, in his use of comedy, Shakespeare intensifies, rather than dilutes, the experience of the human tragedy that accompanies it. In the first comic scene of this play, Polonius's advice to his children is primarily funny because Polonius himself is funny. Naturally wanting to have a few last-minute words with his son before he goes to France, Polonius is excessively long winded, and a few last-minute words turn into a list of nearly every platitude in the English language. Polonius

  • Intercultural Miscommunication

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    very high. Through such things as idioms, translation errors, and wrong body language communicative skills can be incorrect. When these intercultural mistakes occur between the people speaking or moving it may be perceived by the opposite culture as funny, rude or confusing. With these considerations in mind, the combination of possibilities for misinterpretations is increasingly elevated. Idioms are used in every language, which is why it is difficult to communicate in some instances. Different languages

  • Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill

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    In many countries, taking care of the elderly is one of the top priorities. Some feel that our nation neglects the elderly. The older generation is often left to live in nursing homes or remain in their own homes with no loved ones around. This has the potential to make a person feel that he would like to shut out all of reality. The short story "Miss Brill", by Katherine Mansfield, is about an older woman who doesn't have any people around her that love her. Because of this isolation she makes things

  • Free Essays - Angela’s Ashes

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    humor in this tragedy is the house is so run down that water leaks in and floods the bottom.  Instead of suffering and complaining about the house they move upstairs and make the best out of it and try to live normally.  The reader should find this funny from the way the family talks about it, they try to make the situation more bearable by adding a sense of humor.  They leave the “Pope” (p.118) downstairs because Angela doesn’t “ want him on the wall glaring at me in the bed” (p.118).  The syntax

  • The Impact of a Mother’s Death on the Family

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    The Impact of a Mother’s Death on the Family Death ultimately brings individuals together and the Bundren family is no exception. Each member of this chaotic family dealt with their mother Addie’s death quite differently. Throughout the novel, Cash is the silent, hard-working type who says next to nothing about his family’s crazy nature and how he exactly feels about their current situations. I believe that Cash making his mother’s coffin outside the window was not cruel or disrespectful; it

  • Squamata

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    reptile is the Anaconda, One Anaconda grew to thirty-three feet. Snakes and Lizards weight can range from ounces to five hundred pounds. The largest Lizard recorded (in weight) is the Komodo dragon, which weight five hundred and fifty pounds. Its funny that some humans can weight way more than that. Some lizards have the ability to change color. For example, Anoles, and Chameleons can change color. Anoles change color by their moods, surrounding, and to camouflage themselves from predators. Chameleons

  • Racial Prejudice and Bias Against Hispanics

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    Racial Prejudice and Bias Against Hispanics At some point in life, every individual has been treated like an outsider. It occurs often with children or teenagers. However, one can still be regarded with this attitude as an adult. Furthermore, an entire group can feel as if they are being treated as an outsider, and sadly enough, it does happen regularly. One author, David Hernandez, spoke about these occurrences through his poem “Pigeons.” With his poem, Hernandez argues that Hispanics

  • Funny Essay

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    Final Exam Essay There are countless articles and list on the internet of jokes that only this certain group will find funny. While, some people may argue that there are jokes that everyone will find funny the fact is that it is not always the case. Jokes are largely based on the social conditions of the group of people that are listening to the joke. Take the category of “dad jokes”, which are the cheesy jokes that dads are known to tell, to a group of kids they may seem like the funniest things

  • Innocence in The Catcher in The Rye

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    off the subway. As the book goes on we find Holden in situations where the reader has realized that he has matured. An example of this is when Holden has a sudden urge to go visit a museum, but when he gets there he decides not to go inside. “Then a funny thing happened. When I got to the Museum, all of a sudden I wouldn’t have gone inside for a million bucks. It just didn’t appeal to me…” (P122) This shows that Holden is maturing and by him not entering the museum his adult side takes over the kid