Eccentric characters provide the basis for any humor in a novel or piece of writing. In the book My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber there are many characters that are humorous and eccentric. The mom is a character that provides much of the humor throughout the book. Reading about this woman and her ideas in this book seems to put a smile on anyone's face. The first glimpse given of Mrs. Thurber is her opinion on how her husband should not sleep in the bed in the attic. She believed, " The old wooden bed would crash down on father's head and kill him." Most people do not ever think the bed would fall down and kill them. In the mind of James the reader can see that he believed his mother had absurd fears about things that most likely would not happen. James also tells about a dog he had named Muggs who would bit almost every single person that was not family. Mom would make a list of all the people who Muggs bit and would send them a box of candy for Christmas each year. Pretty soon the list grew to contain forty plus people. Readers learn the soft-sided yet humorous part of mom through this. Even though the list kept growing. Mom could never send the dog away. James" mom could also be a very ironic person, which seems to give her character a twist. James tells of a night when Mr. Thurber thought he heard weird noises in the house. He was convinced there was a ghost or some sort of monster lurking in the house. Everyone who heard Mr. Thurber's tale panicked and was filled with worry. Mom was able to reassure them and convince them that the strange noises father heard throughout the house were harmless. Her almost double personality adds to her character dimension and shows that she was ironic in a humorous way. James does an excellent job of combining humor and irony into one character. This then causes him to write a funny book filled with eccentric characters. .
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*Appeal: Emotional *Execution: Humor (with children's responses), Demonstration (how talking book works). ... Sons are heating up tomato soup easily in the microwave while mother is gardening; son brings his mom a cup of soup. ... Mom remembers to take along Puffs tissues, and wipes her daughter's nose; dad uses one to clean the mini-vans side view mirror. ... *Appeal: Emotional *Execution: Humor, Comparison (Ziploc vs. ... *Appeal: Emotional *Execution: Humor *Advertiser and spot: Bounty Paper Towels. ...
My dad wasn't panicking, but new it was time to drop my sister and I off at my grandparents and get mom to the hospital. The next morning when I woke up the phone message said mom had delivered a baby boy, named Anthony. ... Anthony is the social bug of the neighborhood and his mischievous humor and daring actions have kept my parents very busy. ...
For example, last year my mom and little brother got into a car accident during the snowy month of January. ... She has quite a sense of humor. ... I got a good laugh out of it, and so did everyone else, and it was all due to Ashley's sense of humor. ...
After school many children come home, do their homework, then turn on the television. They sit in front of it for hours until their mom tells them it is suppertime. Whether what the children are watching is good or bad depends on what is being watched. If used properly, television provides a mean...
He uses a satirical humor to share his opinions on science, religion, government and people using the stories of ice-nine, Bokononism, the island of San Lorenzo, and the characters of the novel. ... The people we meet on the airplane to San Lorenzo are also part of the humor. ... Lowe and Hazel Crosby are going to San Lorenzo to start a bike factory, and Hazel talks constantly of fellow "Hoosiers" in the world and insists they call her "Mom". ... Vonnegut had an interesting outlook on the world and let everyone in on it through his black humored, often satirical novels. ...
