... examples of this guideline being violated especially when Eve believes Adam to be a reptile, " If it is a reptile, and I suppose it is; for it has frowsy hair and blue eyes, and it looks like a reptile." (Twain 107) 5."Avoid obscurity of expression" (Morreall 79) and example of this would be when Eve decides to put fish in Adams ... ." (Twain 101) referring to the stars in the sky. This is an example of the incongruity theory because we know it is just not logical to try and get a star out the sky, it just does not make sense. Another example of the incongruity theory would be Eve wantin...

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