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'Shinel' by Gogol

his present life we see his past, and his birth which provides us with a quick and humorous journey into who is now is: "They chri...

Christopher Paul Curtis's Literary Style

use of language on the part of his young characters give a warmth and depth to them that is more reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn t...

Adventures with a Texas Naturalist by Roy Bedicheck

In five pages this paper discusses how this text blends a picturesque landscape with humor and wisdom. Two sources are cited in t...

At Fault by Kate Chopin

fiction demonstrates that she was an accomplished practitioner of humor, which she sometimes employed to avoid the sentimentality ...

Performance Art and Humor

according to one of the creators, Blue Mans "role" was to "challenge the audience to accept that art isnt necessarily elitist, hum...

Analysis of the Comedy Genre

In five pages this paper analyzes the comedy genre in terms of the social and personal importance of humor and what exactly makes ...

Humor and Psychology

Freud, these jokes directed aggressiveness, which was disguised by the faulty reasoning in the jokes, against the family members i...

Caribbean Poetry and Humor

In six pages this paper analyzes some examples of irony and humor found in Caribbean poetry. Three sources are cited in the bibli...

Humorist Mark Twain

well-familiar, spoken in a regional dialect they could easily understand. According to Twain, "Humor must not professedly teach, ...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

In five pages this essay examines Lewis's use of humor and satire in his depiction of how people can be led away from a godly path...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

'Murder in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe and Satirical Humor

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...

Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties and Ernest Becker's Escape from Evil

In five pages this report examines Becker's 1975 novel with Wertmuller's 1976 film in a comparative analysis of the dark humor and...

Faith and Humor

In eight pages this paper examines the use of humor in religion and faith in a consideration of Jesus, Isaac, and faith supporters...

Students and Using Credit Card Uses

a more accepting attitude of debt also indicates that this is resulting in the use of credit cards and higher than ever before cre...

The Role of Persuasion in Media

may question whether or not he has a disorder such as erectile dysfunction or depression because there are so many television adve...

Robert Cialdini's Influence The Psychology of Persuasion

the society has done well with this product and everyone will need one. Another term, scarcity seems to indicate that it is an app...

AFL CIO Persuasion Narrative

the past two decades. As business strives to engage all employees and so operate more efficiently, labor unions strive to retain ...

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Jane Austen described in one of her letters as a heroine [who] is almost too good for me) had been persuaded by an older friend of...

SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORIES AND AUDIENCE PERSUASION

The idea behind social influence is that the opinions and enthusiasm of others can encourage, persuade and sometimes force an indi...

The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

Joan of Arc The Ability of Persuasion

1458 Joan of Arc is one of the most intriguing characters of world history. It...

Persuasion and the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler

"What really needs explaining is not Hitler, but the historical context which brought him to prominence and power, and convinced h...

Social Principles Revealed in Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

with an ideal society of the time. "The novel focuses on the romantic affairs of the two sisters. When Marianne sprains her ank...

Persuasion by Jane Austen

In eight pages this paper considers the author's life and also discusses how Austen perceives marriage and love within the context...

Redefining Marriage in Persuasion by Jane Austen

of the aristocracy-represented by her family-and Anne develops relationships with the middle class. The middle class characters h...

Persuasion in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' by F. Scott Fitzgerald

it hung in dark-brown glory down her back" (Fitzgerald bernice.html). Bernice realizes that she needs to stand out even mor...

Robert Frost's Irony and Humor

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Frost humorously employs irony in his poems 'The Secret Sits,' 'A Cloud Shadow,' 'Mending Wall...

Depression Humor

Comedy was even more important during the Great Depression than at most other times in history, when entertainment was most people...

Literature, Humor, and Morality

In four pages this paper discusses how morality is humorously depicted in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters, Machiavelli's Madragol...