Essays on Laughter

George Carlin describes soft language as mild terms that are used by people to cope with life problems is a sugarcoated way. Carlin states that “Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it.” Soft language can also be...

HA! The Science of When We Laugh and Why By Scott Weems. New York: Basic Books, 2014. 190 pp The Efforts in Explaining a Joke The efforts in attempt of explaining a joke has been considered futile. This has made thinkers over the ages to come up with theories explaining comedy. This was...

The introduction of Ha! The Science of Why We Laugh by Scott Weems begins with a humorous anecdote regarding innovative comedian Lenny Bruce and sustain a high level of humor across the book, largely spanning a minor difference between revelation and entertainment (Weems 11). The author claims humor and its...

The Rhetoric of Humor The book of The Rhetoric of Humor by Kirk Boyle describes the questions which revolve around the central concept of comedic writing and the sense of humor among people. Additionally, the author states the relevant places to make when people laugh as well as the situations when...

Laughter as Medicine Laughter stays to be one of the strongest medicine. Laughter unites people in a special way that triggers an emotional and physical exchange in the human body. Laughter protects an individual from the damaging impact of stress, diminishes pain, boosts temper and strengthens the immune system. When we...