This is not funny!

Gustavo Quintero
English 48B
January 17. 2008
Journal #6 Mark Twain


Quote:
"...and he would go to work and bore me to death with some exasperating reminiscence of him as long and as tedious as it should be useless to me. If that was the design, it succeeded"(Twain 104).


Summary:
The narrator of the story is telling the reader that the following short story is boring and is not funny.


Response:
I forgot to mention this passage in my previous blog entry but It is an important one because it shows the sarcastic humor that Mark Twain uses in his works. Twain truly was a master of his art and the best at what he did. No other writer could captivate an audience like he did. He flat out says that he thinks the story is boring yet it proves to be otherwise. This is a very clever way of introducing the reader his type of humor. I think that in our present day there are few to no writes or comedians that could excel in this early American humor as did Twain. The only type of comedies that come close are the situational comedies like, "Everybody loves Raymond" and "Seinfeld". These two comedies do an excellent job of putting characters in awkward or compromising situations and having them deal with the situation. I didn't watch "Seinfeld", but the only episode I did was the one about the soup nazi. The soup nazi was a man who made the best type of food and when you ordered his soup you had to follow a very strict procedure. If you did not than he would yell, kick you out and ban you from ever buying soup from him again. I like to think the Twain would appreciate this type of humor and be proud to know that he was the father of this American humor.
Sarcasm is a very strong way to get your message across. Its also an easy an effective way to get a laugh from people. Mark Twain does a excellent job of using sarcasm in the above quote.