Funny Essay

politically incorrect jokes seem “manly.” The article “Why Women Aren’t Funny” by Christopher Hitchens is mostly based off of his own opinions. Opinions are not always based on facts, which in turn means that they are often not true at all. Hitchens writes this article in hopes of conveying his frustration to his audience and persuade people to agree with his frustrations. Hitchens believes that the only women who are as funny as men are butch, Jewish, or lesbian. Although these rules apparently

The story and film adaptation of It's Kind Of A Funny Story follows the path of a clinically depressed teenager, Craig, and his self admittance into a mental ward. When Craig first arrives he feels as though he shouldn't be there, as if he's not as “crazy” as the rest of the inhabitants. Which brings

Molyneux's point of view in “I'm Sorry I Didn’t Write A Comedy Piece”, Christopher Hitchens's argument throughout his article, “Why Women Aren't Funny”, and president Donald Trump’s many voiced opinions on women as a whole, it is clear to see that sexism is a prominent concern within society today. While Christopher Hitchens argues that women arent funny because they have no “purpose” requiring them to be, Wendy Molyneux's rebuttal is aimed directly towards Hitches, and seems to mock his lack of knowledge

do with the word “adolescence” sucks. For 15-year-old Craig Gilner this is an inalienable truth. To him, it opens the floodgates of navigating friendships, rejection, and self doubt. Craig is the protagonist of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. It’s Kind of a Funny Story takes place in Manhattan, New York and is a memoir which recounts the events of Vizzini’s emotional decline under the guise of the protagonist. Craig becomes depressed, receives treatment, discontinues the use of his antidepressants

Kind of a Funny Story – Blog 0.5 It is currently 2:23 p.m. four hours before the birthday party was supposed to begin. I march back and forth between isles of the Indigo teen section, briefly scanning each of the shelves before moving on to the next. I’m looking for the perfect book to gift to my friend and it’s exhausting. After looking through multiple dystopian fantasies and lite reads about star crossed lovers with chronic diseases, a pastel yellow book caught my eye. It’s Kind of a Funny Story

I remember one incredibly funny day from last year. It was the day I fell through the glass display case at school. Boy, I tell you that sucked so bad. I know for a fact I’ll never live it down. I’m known for being pretty accident prone so it was no surprise to people when they found out I was the one who had left the blood stain in the hallway. I was walking back from lunch with my friend Matt, we were telling each other jokes about dead babies. I looked over and saw my little brother, I turned

Funny You Should Ask It was the first week of autumn, the leaves made their last hurrah to let their true colours show just one time before the chilling clutches of winter plucks the life straight out of them. The evening sun hesitantly kissed the horizon while the sweet breeze cools the children playing ever so fervently in the park. The melody of weightless laughter mixed with the harmony of human voices in what I could only describe as the perfect way to end a Sunday. It’s as if someone or something

interesting summer. For the first half of the summer I had a broken fibula and for the second half of the summer, I had a shattered heel. In my free time I read lots of books; Firefly Lane, The Forgotten Garden, The Selection series, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Etc. I also went to all of my teammates swim competitions to cheer them

One indication of good literature is that it “rings true”- that it touches upon a topic or issue that the reader can identify with in her or her own life or experience. One literary selection that ‘rings true’ for me is It’s Kind of a Funny Story, by Ned VIzzini. This novel explores topics on suicide, mental illness, anxiety, school and stress along with everyday problems. I believe this novel can connect with many people because we as humans are prone to encounter at least one of these experiences

The Funny Thing About Adversity Recently, I was reading an article that is called “The Funny Thing About Adversity” which is written by David DeSteno who is a psychology professor at Northeastern University. DeSteno’s purpose is to convince the reader that experiencing hardship makes a person sympathetic or unsympathetic depending on the case of hardship that person has experienced, and being a compassionate does not occur by chance. DeSteno makes two primary claims: one is by illustrating that