Pun

Coulombe’s article analyzes the use of humor and violence in Sherman Alexie’s novel. Throughout the novel, Flight, humor can be used in effort to break tension, construct friendships, unite communities, or destroy people or organizations. Coulombe attempts to argue these points pulling out examples from the text. In the beginning of Flight, Zits identifies himself as “funny,” (Alexie 17) often sharing in the laughter with characters. In Alexie’s novel, the tone of humor changes from…

Satirical cartoons are illustrated reports that usually represent current events and personas with a comical slant. ‘Proving That is Easy to Produce Clean Coal’ was a political cartoon by the authors affiliated with Inkcinct. This cartoon was published in The Australian on the 2nd of February 2017. It was used against the Turnbull Government when the Liberal – National Coalition announced that it would be easy to produce clean coal while having a beneficial profit to loss ratio. Turnbull’s clean…

n the age of technology, there are now many ways of viewing different literature, including movies. Movies and plays share common similarities: they are made to be watched by an audience, actors take on the roles of the characters, properties are added to make the story more realistic, and the list goes on. When I was told that my play, The Importance of Being Earnest, was becoming a movie, I had mixed feelings. I was extremely satisfied that my work was successful enough to become a movie, yet…

additionally impacts his ability to tell jokes as he ‘does not understand them.’ The joke that Christopher used as an example: ‘His face was drawn but the curtains were real’ can be characterised as a pun, which further illustrates Christopher’s lack of understanding and knowledge. This is because as it is a pun people automatically alter their thinking to interpret the context of the joke differently to another variation of joke, but without the correct perspective people, such as Christopher,…

8th Grade Graduation As we sit here today, eagerly waiting to graduate, let’s ask ourselves one simple question. Where would we all have been without teachers today? It’s not just teachers though, it’s the friends we made; the experiences and knowledge that we all gained throughout elementary and middle school too. Even though we are all graduating middle school today, I think I can speak on behalf of my classmates when saying that we all learned so much already. To my teachers, friends,…

Ender’s Game is a 1985 military sci-fi novel written by Orson Scott Card, and like other novels, is accommodated by various themes and motifs. In this essay, I will cover one of the motifs that have been sited in the novel—games. In the novel, there are five games in total (excluding the one in the novel’s title): the Mind Game (also known as the Fantasy Game, or the Giant’s Drink), the Game and Battle Room, the simulator in Eros, and the game of “Astronauts and Buggers” that Peter and Ender…

Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure is a tale targeted towards elementary grades, to teach about the value of money. The story is told by a boy, whose name was never revealed, who enjoys working on a farm with his neighbor, Truman Worth. One day, Mr. Worth notices a sprout growing in an unusual spot. He makes his own organic fertilizer, and decides to use it to help the sprout grow. By the next season, they notices that pennies are growing from the plant. Overjoyed, they decide to continue using…

FL for several hours until she comes upon an out-of-the-way restaurant, accentuated by a huge golden halo instead of the more well-recognized golden arches. The Heavenly Grille Café is operated by three angels who take Amanda under their wings (no pun intended): Max was once a Roman Gladiator; Bertie was a loud and boisterous housewife who died unexpectedly in 1911, leaving behind a husband and two children; and Doug was a strong, handsome soldier who died serving his country in 1953. Amanda…

Through Darkwater, Du Bois analyzes how natural beauty gave rise to the combination of anti-racist protest. He imports in this work and highlight its potential contribution to a better understanding of the intersection of race and colonialism in the eco-critical tradition. It suggests that Du Bois’s explorations of the double environments of (black) Jim Crow and (white) national parks or from shadows of hill to Veil, from pastoral to urban in the text foreground practices of segregation across…

to imagine two workers. One works all day everyday out in the scorching sun, whereas the other only works for two miniscule hours. This part I liked because Flynn made this clever little pun. After hearing this, the first thought that will come into people’s heads is: “It’s just not fair!” And it’s true. The pun is: “It’s just...not fair.” God is just, but he is also merciful. God’s justice is always the fruit of his mercy. So when God is causing us suffering, we as humans will always think:…