The Importance Of Humor In Marching Through Suffering

There are over 7 Billion people in the world each with their own individual thoughts, ideas, and innovations. Based upon this fact, it is evident that there will be disagreements and conflicts amongst peers. In order to present these problems and arguments within the world in an entertaining, but informative way, satires are used. Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupiditiy or vices particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Through the use of exaggeration, humor, irony, and a variety of other similar techniques, controversial topics involving things such as politics can easily be presented.

Norman Cousins said, “Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions" (Moss 1). Humor is studied by many researchers in sociology, psychology, art, literature, and medicine. When people wonder whether humor aids in areas other than health, a treasure trove of possible benefits to the learning or educational community is opened up. Humor can be used as a tool to promote learning.Research speaks to the many benefits of humor in healing, to its benefits in the classroom or boardroom, from reducing stress of students or employees, to boosting self-esteem and feelings of camaraderie. Additionally, studies show that those who use humor to convey a message are often more favorably perceived. Humor helps deliver the presenter's message to

Cultures around the world are divide by their distinctive characteristic of people, and how people interact within their society. Most cultures are driven by the way their environment has been set for them. Many of cultures have to adapt to the way their environment are due to the conditions that are set for them and the amount of resources that they are provided. The biggest drive for culture are the historical custom. Most countries continue to carry their ancestor custom so that the tradition may stay with them throughout their years, in which making other countries distinctive from one another. One of the particular country that will be discuss in this report is North Korea. In this report, I will be discussing the North Korean culture, with describing their living condition in the country, common issues that they face with on a daily bases, and common threat that they pose on other countries.

Modern society allows humorists to touch upon offensive topics without receiving much criticism. As Alain de Botton claimed in his 2004 book, Status Anxiety, humorists’ role is not merely to entertain but “to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” De Botton’s argument proves legitimate. Many humorists, such as cartoonists and television hosts, decide to use their humor as a tool to prove an idea or express a belief that cannot be voiced candidly in public.

In Status Anxiety, author de Botton correctly claims that humorists are expected to not only entertain their audience, but to make statements about controversial events that may be too sensitive to say directly and causally present them in a way that is easy for the public to understand. This is demonstrated through various forms of media such as television shows and political cartoons.

Imagine there is a small village living in fear of constant death from many probable causes disease, hunger, poverty, and corruption while nearby another group lives a life quite opposite of this small village. Where the small village can only dream of surviving to the next day, the others indulge in pleasure only imaginable to this small village. This image can be a visual representation for many things such as various dystopian societies in popular culture, the real-life conditions of the Jew’s in world war II or perhaps a corrupted society found in today’s world. This is how Tim Neville portrays North Korea in his article, “The Great Pleasure Project” where he and his colleague decided to visit the secluded country for its new ski

“I am evolving from being an animal, ' Shin said. 'But it is going very, very slowly. Sometime I try to cry and laugh like other people, just to see if it feels like anything. Yet tears don 't come. Laughter doesn 't come.” Tears, laughter, this all comes easy to most of the world, but it is much more complex than that for North Korean escapee, Shin Dong-Hyuk. After living in a prison camp for his entire life, it is no wonder how tears and laughter would be difficult to manage. Both Shin’s past and the environment of places like Camp 14 play a significant role in who he is today. Understanding the struggle to assimilate after escaping hell on earth and how all of these events have affected Shin and his mental health is crucial. To fully

Humor has become manifested into nearly all aspects of the secular world. Whether it be in comics, writings, or television, some form of comedy is sure to be seen on a regular basis. It seems the world today depends on a good laugh every now and then, and Alain de Botton argued the purpose of this in his book Status Anxiety. He concluded that humorists are more than just a form of entertainment; They "convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly". These men and women are granted some degree of leeway to speak freely and candidly on ultimately any subject for the preservation of societal stability. Their representation of public sentiment results in the people feeling as if what they long to say is finally being heard on a larger platform. Humorists serve the vital role of being a true reflection of public opinion; however, they are not immune to

Or my friend, whose last name is Kim (which is the most popular last name in Korea), is constantly is asked about her relations to the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un. Both of these two statements make me laugh, since it’s impossible for my friend and I to be in America if the statement was true. The topic about North Korea also seems to be desensitized with teenagers my age. My peers who are aware about the terrible conditions in North Korea, still joke around about the country, leader, and people. It’s like joking about Adolf Hitler at the time when Jews were being imprisoned, tortured, and

The rhetor needs to consider that the audience lives in a different society. As Rowland’s textbook states, “Confrontation as a rhetorical strategy only works in a democratic society…,” this reminds the rhetor that North Korea does not share similar ideas. Since they follow the socialist-communist system, confrontation cannot apply to them without free press.

humor, n., 1. something funny. 2. a bodily fluid (such as lymph). 2a. fluid or juice from an animal or plant.

North Korean culture has different degrees of communication and social interaction. For instance, North Koreans are known to be direct in their speech and utilize unadulterated Korean dialect in their discussions. This can

Last year President Barack Obama stated that, “If somebody is able to intimidate us out of releasing a satirical movie,” said President Barack Obama last year in response to the 2014 North Korean cyberattack on Sony Pictures, “imagine what they start doing once they see a documentary that they don't like.” So Alvaro Longoria took his chance with The Propaganda Game, a well-mounted video diary of his short visit to the country. It’s really fascinating, as guided visits to monsters’ lairs must be. Longoria’s aim was to outline the differences between the internal propaganda (the propaganda that the North Korean people see), and the global propaganda (the propaganda that is made to show the west that North Korea isn’t a freak show of a country).

István Czachesz has stated that scatological humour is “the simplest and perhaps the most ancient dramatic device to make readers, onlookers and listeners laugh” .Nevertheless, nowadays we often treat ‘toilet humour’ as a vulgar form of comedy, thus the discussion of this unsubtle and grotesque humour is limited. However, within this analysis I will endeavour to refute this affirmation by demonstrating that scatological humour is a means of astutely underpinning certain aspects of humanity. In light of this, it is worth discussing the motivation of this humour within the medieval texts le pet dou vilain, La Farce du Menuyer and la chanson d’audigier. Pursuant to the fact that “Writers dating from the medieval times… felt relatively at ease

The United States of America is truly a melting pot. People of different cultures and ethnic groups flee to America to experience a piece of the ‘American Pie’. The culture of foreigners is different from the cultures of American’s. This has caused a lot of preventable tragic events over the years. Due to a lack of communication, individuals of different cultural groups and ethnicity can easily be evaluated as dangerous, rude, and even extremist because of the cultural barriers. With the world moving at such a fast pace, people don’t tend to consider the culture beliefs and behaviors of their new neighbors. Ultimately leaving people of different beliefs in fear that Americans opinions and perception of their culture will put them in harm, leaving them prisoner in a free country. I broke the cultural barrier and interview a citizen of North Korea. In the following I will speak of North Korean values, religion, and the role of women. In applying the communication concepts, I found that they are prisoners in their own land and come to American just to be rude by their ethnicity.