... introduced at the beginning of the story. Swincegood finally finds the first of the race and gets her to tell the story of the how her race comes to be. After all that Ceran Swincegood goes through he find out what the secret is, but it is a joke that is never revealed in the story. The older members of the race sleep all the time and wake up to laugh at the joke, then ... return to sleep. Swincegood laughs at the joke and ... returns back to normal and his job with the expedition. In such stories, Lafferty forces a person to use his ... ...

• Word Count: 2850
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... and subsequently need to be compared. Catch-22's humour is best described as comically unstable. This also defines the entire style in which the novel is written, including the plots and the characters - especially the protagonist, Yossarian. Throughout the novel, Yossarian's logic represents an effort to detach himself from mass purposes, to rationalise his own survival. He ... argues and then questions assumptions of patriotic purpose, and his joking could be seen as a protective device and for recognising (his near) death, staving it off briefly by defusing a situation of it's sinist...

• Word Count: 2754
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... lesbians, but it is definitely implied. It could not have been directly stated that they are in fact lesbians, because that would have changed the focus of the entire book. Lesbianism is not a subject that many people wish to speak about or think about on a daily basis. However, everyone in ... humor was with Smokey Lonesome. When Smokey first comes into the café for a bite to eat, he is so nervous that he can't stop shaking and he most certainly cannot eat. Idgie, seeing his discomfort, introduced herself and proceeded to tell Smokey a joke. "On November, a big flock of duck, oh, ......

• Word Count: 2942
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... mortal sin, Joyce transcribes a long passage of the Latin prayer, but it is clear that Stephen merely speaks the words without believing them. Then, when Stephen is at the university, Latin is used as a joke - his friends translate colloquial phrases like peace over the whole bloody globe' into Latin because they find the academic sound of the translation amusing. This jocular use of Latin mocks ... both the young men's education and the serious manner in which Latin is ... used in the church. These linguistic jokes demonstrate that Stephen ... ...

• Word Count: 4998
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... she did not publish until 1811, when Sense and Sensibility appeared anonymously, followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Mansfield Park (1814). Emma, which appeared in 1816, was the last novel published during Austen's lifetime. (Northanger Abbey and Persuasion appeared posthumously.) Austen's identity as a novelist was not revealed until after her death, and her novels received little critical ... woman she dislikes, exemplifies this characteristic. There are six important parties in the novel: the Christmas Eve party at Randalls, the dinner party at the Coles', the dinner party giv...

• Word Count: 4896
• Approx Pages: 20