Use of humor

and how they grow, develop, and learn. That is why I was so intrigued when research came out claiming that appropriate humor can be used as a tool in the classroom by alleviating anxiety, stress, and helping relate the content by using funny, real world examples. When an instructor successfully uses humor, the learning environment that is created can be a catalyst for success. Humor can alleviate anxiety, especially in second language classrooms. “First, Young (1991) argues that when students are

What comes to mind when you hear the word, “humor?” Some may think jokes while others would say standup comedy or a show that makes them laugh, but would therapy be the first thing that came into an individual’s mind? Many Neuropsychological benefits have been found in humor and is now being used in therapy around the world. Humor can be used in a more serious matter. Humor in therapy is prescribed by doctors and can replace the use for pain killers and narcotics allowing patients to naturally cope

When humor is used to convey a message or theme, the emotional response exhibited by the receivers of the message is immensely positive. Within the Catcher in the Rye, humor is used to connect to the reader with its more pessimistic and negative concepts, such as depression and suicidal thoughts. The use of comedy as the tone makes the book cheerfully appealing and relatable, demonstrating how it contributes to the overall meaning and effect. Humor within the book allows for the negative concepts

Some advertisements use humor to make the viewers want to rematch the advertisements and enjoy it as it gives off positive feelings. In other occasions, ads like Spotify create a negative atmosphere to provoke the person to buy a Spotify membership since Spotify repeats the same advertisement every thirty minutes of free music that is played. These two types of techniques are useful and effective since they drill the commercial’s purpose in the individual’s mind even though they might receive different

Use of Humor in Erdrich's Tracks             An old adage claims that laughter is the best medicine to cure human ailments.  Although this treatment might sound somewhat unorthodox, its value as a remedy can be traced back to ancient times when Hypocrites, in his medical treatise, stressed the importance of  “a gay and cheerful mood on the part of the physician and patient fighting disease” (Bakhtin 67).  Aristotle viewed laughter as man’s quintessential privilege:  “Of all living creatures

What is humor? With humor we think of something that is obvious, something that sticks out to us in a book or in a paper that makes us laugh. Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, included numerous occasions of humor throughout his writings, though Mark Twain makes his humor very dry and sometimes hard to tell that it is even there. Mark Twain, unlike most authors, includes humor in his writings without it being blatantly obvious. In a small excerpt from an essay by Naomi Hori on humor in one

The Use of Humor in Richard III There is no doubt that Shakespeare was the author of great pieces of literature during an interesting time period. Given the circumstances, he was indeed mastering his craft during a very tumultuous juncture in British history. When one reads Richard III, they don’t necessarily have to know a great deal about the War of Roses to understand that there is some serious strife going on. However, if the reader takes some time to understand this fascinating string of

Franz Kafka's Use of Humor Franz Kafka, born on July 3, 1883 in Bohemia, in the city of Prague, has been recognized as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. His works have been called "cloudy, mysterious, inexplicable" (Oates ix). Most people hear the term Kafkan or Kafkaesque and think of dark, fantastic tales with almost no basis in our known reality. But what of Kafka's sense of humor? I personally laughed out loud several times while reading Kafka's Amerika. Were these snippets

in her article black humor to keep the attention of the reader for her next words on the hardest topic. For example, Amy used this literary device when wrote, "Still, I have to stick with it, because I'm facing a deadline, in this case, a pressing one. I need to say this (and say it right) while I have a) your attention, and b) a pulse." Black humor is used as a non-serious way to treat serious topics and sometimes even tragedy with kindness to readers. The writers also use it in the form of unusual

Death is Funny: Sylvia Plath’s Use of Humor in Lady Lazarus Humor and Sylvia Plath are words not generally heard in the same sentence. Although her poetry is widely read, we as a society tend to associate her writing with the inherent darkness in her words, and we tend to ignore everything else, particularly with regards to the poetry she wrote near the end of her life. The morbidity in her writing is most definitely there, but it is often expressed using humor. I will be examining Plath’s poem