The Use of Humour in The Opposite Sex. :: English Literature

Discuss the exercise of humour in The Opposite raise.The Opposite Sex is a small bosh, which although diminuitive inlength, fits its purpose well as a humourous short read.The use of language, the portrayal of certain images and the dexteroususe of imagery in literary terms such as similies argon all well withinplace in the story- all add to the laughable effect that ithas upon its readers.I believe that The Opposite Sex is set and base on the times thatthe writer Laurie Lee had when he was a puppyish boy. This protagonists to linkthe story into modern age circumstances, that although it has been afew days since Lee was a young boy, as proven in my Julius Caesaressay, homosexual nature does not change. Therefore the reader finds iteasier to relate to.The story is scripted very informally, rather like a chatty style,this helps to create a reveal link between the writing and the readerthemselves. This is shown in the very starting time line of The OppositeSex. Only six word s in, the word sexis used. To many this would beshocking, but also a small pointer in the direction of an excitingread.When Lee describes how his life was as open as a cucumber frame andthat sex to him was a constant force like the national grid, we light to see his imaginative use of similies, which are used well byLee to create good humourous effect.One of the funniest kick downstairss from the story follows, as Lee describes howhe felt about sex, victimization piles of tricky similies and using thecomparison between sex and a game of cricket. After days of lazilyinspecting the pitch, came when I was suddenly called to play. Thisshows that Lee had been concious of sex for a gigantic time, but his burstfor it had only just emerged as he was called to play. He thenwrites- There had of course, been early practice at the nets, some ofit solitary... I found this particular extraction from the story veryhumourous, as Lee is using such phallic symbols as these, which ispaving the way for the reader to deem what hes actually gettingit, so therefore it would apply to everybodys sense of humour. sohe writes, ..the occasion arrived when I actually stood at thecrease, bat in hand, ready to strip the willow. I also found thisparticular part very amusing, as mentioned before, I can imagine whathes getting at here. Its a clever use of a set of phallic symbolswhich go to to take place of any crude language and also help to add