Laughter

William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is an absurdist comedy that follows the Bundren family on their journey to the fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi to bury the deceased matriarch of the family, Addie. Addie’s husband, Anse, and their five children of varying ages traverse the countryside to Jefferson to fulfill Addie’s dying wish of being buried alongside her family in town; however, each character has his or her own personal motive for going on the trip. Fifteen individual characters…

When Siddhartha listens he hears the laughter of the river and is mortified that the river would laugh at him in this time of pain. Therefore, Siddhartha goes back to where the ferryman, Vasudeva, is awaiting to speak to him of his troubles. When Vasudeva hears of his friend’s discontent they…

The day I left home was not supposed to be the end of the chapter for that part of my life. The day of adventure and laughter it was supposed to be turned into months of battling anger and hatred as black as night. I found out in that short amount of time that the devil doesn’t have a villainous facade, but has a beautiful face and honeyed words. My best friend, Abby, was that villain and over the course of a week, everything I knew and held dear was systematically destroyed by her. Sometimes…

the affection, and shifted himself closer. When Eren let out a small, tired laugh, Armin opened his eyes again and gazed at him. It was then Eren decided to lean forward and press a series of chaste, short kisses to Armin's face, eliciting peals of laughter from the blond. "Stop," Armin whined, feigning displeasure, and Eren laughed again…

surrounding me started peeking out from behind their doors and their parents’ legs wondering who that white girl was. Slowly, they all came out and started kicking around a water bottle, the Haitian soccer ball. I jumped into the game and the children’s laughter was all I could hear. The girl that was holding my hand a few minutes earlier started calling out, “Mwen mama! Mwen mama.” I thought she was calling for her real mother, but she ran up to me and tugged on the end of my shirt. “Mwen…

Laughter is a phenomenon in which the reasoning behind it remains unknown. However, laughter, more specifically comedy, is a powerful weapon that can be used to impact and control society. In particular, when authority is tyrannical the best response is simply ridiculing them by the use of humor. A dehumanizing effect which not only weakens authority’s power, but gives the power back to the people in return. The Shmeed Memoirs, a satirical piece from the point of view of Hitler’s barber, and…

attempt to lie down on it, only their torso fits on the bed, with their legs almost completely on the ground below. The character’s exacerbation upon discovering this in addition to the unexpectedness of the bed’s length would, of course, incite laughter. In addition to exploiting regularities and avoiding coincidences, the brain’s perception center also tends to attribute animacy to inanimate objects, thus allowing for entertainment that follows along the same lines as a stand-up comic…

Humans all over the world experience laughter. Laughter is a natural reaction to a joke or a funny occurrence. Laughter holds many benefits to humans such as relieving stress, boosting immunity, combating depression, and relieving pain. But how does one achieve the benefits of laughter? A general line of reference is laughter is found within humor, and humor can be found within a joke. What is humor though? Humor is a broad term used to describe the different laughable moments throughout life.…

Humor is the aspect of being comic or amusing.It keeps the pattern and rhythm of our very lives constantly flowing. They say humor is serious business and without it there is no life. Where there is humor contentment ,fun , joy and happiness are guaranteed. This article aims to show you that humor can be the best component of life. We were walking with my younger sister together with our niece who is four years old beside a nearby pond. The sight was breath taking- the sight of ducks in it, the…

“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”-Erma Bombeck. Inside every art form, there’s artists that display the true essence of their particular craft much differently than the others. Within Comedy, you have different types of comedians with the same goal in mind in which is to make every one laugh. Improvisational comedy is the hardest to do because unlike prop and solo comedians, improvisational comedians has no time to rehearse or to test…