Alain De Botton Analysis

In 2004 Alain de Botton published a book called “Status Anxiety” which talked about the purpose of humorists. de Botton said the main point of humorists in not to entertain, but to transmit impunity messages that could be dangerous or unimaginable to talk about directly. I personally disagree with de Botton because why would it be vital to slander about serious topics furtherly educating people that that topic is bad and to stay away from it. Even though society allows humorists to talk about things that other people cannot say, but still bring up the topic to further explain the controversial thing and have a good understanding of it by their way telling a joke which sometimes they cross lines that are not meant to be crossed and that should be considered bullying. de Botton believes humorists are vital in society, although sometimes humorists go overboard about serious topics such as religion, sexuality, abortion just to name some. I will explain the real vital role that humorists serve in this world.

To challenge de Botton’s view the first category of evidence is history more specifically Mark Twain a famous atheist through history. Twain has said a lot of things about Christianity in his following books because he is a famous writer he wrote many satirical things about Christianity. An example of satirical thing he …show more content…
I believe this because their are some boundaries that should never be crossed and if crossed it should be considered bullying and not humor. This is important because some subjects of some jokes aren't supposed to be told only to be kept you yourself. What these humorists said above or acted out is not vital to society as de botton said it was helping a vital function to society, it most certainly in not. We should use this understanding to make a better future for ourselves and