Re: "Humor" as used in the book?"

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Re: Re: "Humor" as used in the book?"

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I really enjoy when theres subtle humour throughout books, it makes it so much easier to read and can help lighten up books with really heavy subjects
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Melissa Breen wrote: 02 Aug 2019, 12:10 I really enjoy when theres subtle humour throughout books, it makes it so much easier to read and can help lighten up books with really heavy subjects
Subjects like discrimnation, racism and others are very hard to read through in any book, but the author's unique brand of subtle humor injected a new life into the book from the start.
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Nisha Ward wrote: 06 Jul 2019, 14:56
Ferdinand_otieno wrote: 06 Jul 2019, 05:11
Nisha Ward wrote: 05 Jul 2019, 19:55 I don't quite know how yo describe it but the author's style in general is quite humourous. Moments that should be serious in any other context, like his stories about his patients, tend to becoming amusing simply because he writes in such a personable, humourous way that you don't really notice until you're already smiling.
His style is unique and it converted this book to one of my favorites. I was always amused at how his perspective would draw a smile from me.
Not just that but he always manages to learn something from his experiences while finding the positive, adding to that distinct sense of humour that the book is imbued with. It's actually quite inspiring in that respect.
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Most the funny moments that stuck with me were the times where his character surfaced out of a largely objective, almost monotone, voice. Like I enjoyed the moment where he made up the fantastic story to appease the doctors questioning of his sex life when his groin problem brought him to the hospital. And then their was the silly scene when he becomes a citizen and says: Now I can do what all the citizen things like drugs and some other things he thought silly to be questioned about during the citizenship process. Dr. Douglas is a neat fellow.
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The author was very much humorous. The use of humour is suitable for something to laugh while reading. Laughter has a lot of medical benefits too. That of the ants is an example.
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Ferdinand_otieno wrote: 27 Jul 2019, 10:27 It is humorous how things that are completely logical to the author come off as funny. His way of convincing himself from committing suicide, however logical, comes off as comedic. His observation on ants not having the same problem after he saw crabs struggling to get out of a barrel is very logical, but it comes of as unintentional and original humor.
I think this was the best part about the humour in this book. Nothing really seemed to be meant to be funny, but it came across that way because of how the author thinks.
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BrittaniDJ wrote: 01 Jul 2019, 19:28 I found it kind of funny when little Frank was at the market looking at the crabs who tried and tried to get out of the baskets but could not, then he says that he is sure ants would have solved the problem. I found it such a funny comment. It absolutely makes sense, but just to even think that way, is not something I would have been able to come up with. I wonder what the difference is between ants and crabs. Are ants brains more developed? Or is it the team work? Or their ability to stick to surfaces they walk on?
I found that creatively humorous too. Ants think logically and work together in teams of different capacities.
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I thought it was funny how, after making his mind up to end his life through drowning, Frank got to the jetty and started calculating just how long it would take for him to actually drown until he reasoned himself out of the act!
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I love humour in stories and even though I am unable to read this book now I really want to.
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There were many places where subtle humour and soft sarcasm prevailed and that helped in making the flow in the book.
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His style was great and i really enjoyed this book.
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Actually, I don't recall finding the sense of humor you're mentioning. My impression of the book and the writer was very serious.
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