courtyard door and they were rattling it loudly…” (212C) “You always do this to me ¬– all of a sudden you’ll turn up out of nowhere where I least expect you!” (213C) “And then, all of a sudden, while Agathon was changing places, a large drunken group, finding the gates open because someone was just leaving, walked into the room and joined the party.” (223B) All of sudden. A noise, a sight, a Form, a drunken group. In the world of Plato’s
in her writing. Yet the humor that she employs to depict these painful situations truly does allow the protagonist here, as well as in the short stories and autobiographical writings, to go on fighting -- strong and alive. In Jump at the Sun, John Lowe reveals three ways in which this humor is utilized in Zora Neale Hurston's work: Humor is a way to convey "spirit" and "sense of community." Laughter can be due to a strong point being made in the story. And comedy conceals the cosmic