In our world many people use different kinds of comedy, some that are witty and takes more intellect to understand and some that are straightforward laughter, these two types are referred as high-level comedy and low-level comedy, but they are both types of comedy. The high-level comedy by Mark Twain “ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” included many comic characters and ironic situations to convey a universal truth through humour with the statement, “Work Smarter Not Harder.”
In the novel, “A Day’s Work,” Mark Twain uses high-level comedy that includes irony, dialect, and satire to find humour within the theme of ,”Work.” In the passage it stated, “That put things in an new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple. Tom swept his brush daintily …show more content…
Presently he said: ‘Say, tom, let ME whitewash a little.’”(Twain 271). This states the irony of which Ben was criticizing Tom for working, and then got tricked by Tom into wanting to whitewash(work) the fence for Tom, it’s an example of situational irony. Furthermore, Tom shows more irony with “There was no lack of material; boys happened along every little while; they came to jeer, but remained to whitewash.”(Twain 271). This showed the irony of how one after another they all remained to work for Tom, when instead they came with the purpose to jeer at Tom this another example of situational irony. Also, within the passage it states, “‘Can’t, Mars Tom. Ole missis, she tole me I got to go an’ git dis water an’ not stop foolin ‘roun’ wid anybody. She say she spec’ Mars Tom gwine to ax me to whitewash, an’ she tole me go ‘long an’ ‘tend to my own business-she ‘lowed SHE’D ‘tend to de whitewashin.’”(Twain 269). Mark Twain used the distinct and unique dialect of the characters to show actions and thoughts of the characters in an interesting way, that resulted the reader to be interested and …show more content…
Plus, Mark Twain used exaggeration/hyperbole to describe his characters Tom Sawyer in a humorous way. For example, the author describes Tom as, “from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth.”(271). This exaggeration describes the character, Tom Sawyer in an humorous fashion, of how Tom changed from being a poor poverty-stricken boy to a person rolling in wealth. In conclusion, Mark Twain used the universal truth “Work Smarter Not Harder,” through how Tom Sawyer used his cleverness to trade(swindle) his way to wealth, in a silly manner, which meaning wealth as in, “Twelve marbles, part of a
In the novel, “A Day’s Work,” Mark Twain uses high-level comedy that includes irony, dialect, and satire to find humour within the theme of ,”Work.” In the passage it stated, “That put things in an new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple. Tom swept his brush daintily …show more content…
Presently he said: ‘Say, tom, let ME whitewash a little.’”(Twain 271). This states the irony of which Ben was criticizing Tom for working, and then got tricked by Tom into wanting to whitewash(work) the fence for Tom, it’s an example of situational irony. Furthermore, Tom shows more irony with “There was no lack of material; boys happened along every little while; they came to jeer, but remained to whitewash.”(Twain 271). This showed the irony of how one after another they all remained to work for Tom, when instead they came with the purpose to jeer at Tom this another example of situational irony. Also, within the passage it states, “‘Can’t, Mars Tom. Ole missis, she tole me I got to go an’ git dis water an’ not stop foolin ‘roun’ wid anybody. She say she spec’ Mars Tom gwine to ax me to whitewash, an’ she tole me go ‘long an’ ‘tend to my own business-she ‘lowed SHE’D ‘tend to de whitewashin.’”(Twain 269). Mark Twain used the distinct and unique dialect of the characters to show actions and thoughts of the characters in an interesting way, that resulted the reader to be interested and …show more content…
Plus, Mark Twain used exaggeration/hyperbole to describe his characters Tom Sawyer in a humorous way. For example, the author describes Tom as, “from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth.”(271). This exaggeration describes the character, Tom Sawyer in an humorous fashion, of how Tom changed from being a poor poverty-stricken boy to a person rolling in wealth. In conclusion, Mark Twain used the universal truth “Work Smarter Not Harder,” through how Tom Sawyer used his cleverness to trade(swindle) his way to wealth, in a silly manner, which meaning wealth as in, “Twelve marbles, part of a