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The writer refers to George Meredith's article, "An Essay on Comedy," in his review of the major comedic approaches used by Kingsley Amis in his book "Lucky Jim". The writer then explores the notion of luck in the novel in terms of its expression through comedic strategies.

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"In the article, "An Essay on Comedy," author George Meredith asserts "I think it will be acknowledged that in neglecting the cultivation of the Comic idea, we are losing the aid of a powerful auxiliar. You see Folly perpetually sliding into new shapes in a society possessed of wealth and leisure, with many whims, many strange ailments and strange doctors" (25). Here the author points out a key element in the structure of the comedy in Lucky Jim. One of the ways in which Amis criticizes the bourgeois academia is through the exposure of their mundane obsession with the high-end manner of living life. Specifically, the way in which Jim is subjected to the Welch's scrutiny by having to live in their home illuminates this dichotomy."

Tags:luck, farce, irony, hypocrisy

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This paper analyzes three of the major characters in the Kingsley Amis novel, "Lucky Jim". It discusses what social foibles are being satirized, examines what makes Amis funny, discusses what ways Lucky Jim is still relevant at the beginning of the 21st century, and reveals in what ways it has become dated.

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This paper begins by giving a brief bio of Amis and then describes how he became famous as a novelist through the creation of a humorous but highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II in 1945. It discusses his book "Lucky Jim" in terms of how it fits in with this theme of criticizing society.

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"Kingsley Amis's 1953 novel Lucky Jim is a book meant to make us laugh at the absurdities of many of the people that we make while at the same time assuring us that there the small and downtrodden can come out ahead. In this novel, he tells a tale that we all want to hear, which is that sometimes the good guys win just because they are the good guys."

Tags:english, university, professor, dixon

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"Kingsley Amis s 1953 novel Lucky Jim is a book meant to make us laugh at the absurdities of many of the people that we make while at the same time assuring us that there the small and downtrodden can come out ahead. In this novel, he tells a tale that we all want to hear, which is that sometimes the good guys win just because they are the good guys.
Amis, born in 1922, has made his focus as a novelist the creation of a humorous but highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II in 1945. Born in London, England, he was educated at Saint John's College, at the University of Oxford and his first novel and the subject of this paper, Lucky Jim was a bitingly satirical story of an unheroic young college instructor.
The book influenced a group of British playwrights and novel..."

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This paper examines how, although the film "Ace Ventura "might seem like a movie with a hyper goon, Jim Carrey, running around with animals while making odd noises, the laughs from audience comes from not only Carre's physical ability to entertain them, but also from the societal notion of being entertained at someone else?s cost. It shows how the comedy results from laughing at someone's misery because he is the one who has to suffer from it, not the ones witnessing the incident. It looks at how, although the film belongs to physical comedy category due to Carrey's ability to express his emotions through physical gestures and performances, it should be recognized that the laughs can be "generated" by the standard and notions that the society has imposed.

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"Although this scene can be funny in terms of showing Carrey's famous exaggerated physical performances.i.e. moving his entire body up and down while throwing up, excessive facial expression of his emotion, the mini story that contributes to a laugh certainly is not so great; not to mention a sense of homophobic is evident in the film. Audience might laugh at Carrey's physical performance, because he seems to suffer from a great deal of stress and emotional pain while audiences have the luxury to laugh at his misery. However, it should be noted that the use of homophobic concept was not necessary in this scene."

Tags:comedy, society, performance

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An analysis of the memoir by Alice Sebold titled "Lucky," which describes the trauma of rape as experienced by Sebold and its impact upon her life.

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"Victims of rape and other forms of sexual assault are often doubly victimized - initially by their attackers and then again in the process of a criminal investigation and court trial should an offender be arrested. Indeed victims of this form of assault often elect not to report their victimization to police because they fear with some legitimacy that they will be further violated by efforts to discredit their testimony and to cast aspersions on their character in order ..."

Tags:Lucky, by, Alice, Sebold, criminal, justice, rape

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The paper relates that the opportunities for Nova Capital Corp. (Nova) and Jim Southern are quite significant. The paper provides the statistics that show how for Jim and his corporation, Nova, this acquisition could launch them immediately from relative obscurity to a leading role in the national business forms industry.

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"The opportunities for Nova Capital Corp. (Nova) and Jim Southern are quite significant. The purchase of American's business forms division provides Nova and Jim with immediate access to a $12b annual industry with significant room for growth. American's forms division attained approximately $43m in sales during 1983 and its 1984 sales appear headed for a 10% increase and these revenues represent 35% of American's total operating revenues ("Jim" 4). Thus, for Jim and his corporation, Nova, such an acquisition could launch them immediately from relative obscurity..."

Tags:jim, nova, american

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A historiographical case study of "The Strange Career of Jim Crow" by C. Van Woodward. Racial segregation practices in the South. The book's thesis that Jim Crow laws in the South were the result of national notions of white supremacy, and not specifically tied to Southern mores and practices.

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The Strange Career of Jim Crow C Van Woodward's The Strange Career of Jim Crow essentially followsthe chronology of racial segregation practices in the southern UnitedStates from the time of slavery through the s Throughout thediscussion Woodward relies

Tags:jim crow, racial segregation

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This is a biography and analysis of the American artist Jim Dine. In this paper, the biography of Dine is presented in relation to specific paintings and styles that influenced Dine's artistic production during the 1960s and 1970s. The essay also discusses Dine's methods and tools for painting, and compares Dine's art with his personal life.

Tags:jim, dine

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The paper comments that the play, "The Comedy of Errors" is much more than a simple comedy or farce as it is usually seen; it is rather a profound meditation on human life, and the way in which errors blind men and keep them from the truth. The paper concludes that Shakespeare's play is a profound meditation on the human condition as a progression from error, illusion and confusion, towards ultimate truth and enlightenment.

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"The passage thus contains a few key elements for the interpretation of the play: first of all, the words "transformation", "error", "deceit" and the phrase "earthy-gross conceit" all hint at the main theme of the play: the plane of the human life is seen as a farcical game, in which the mortals are generally erring and confusing the truth with illusion. The play is thus much more than a simple comedy or farce as it is usually seen; it is rather a profound meditation on human life, and the way in which errors blind men and keep them from the truth. Men are generally "smothered in errors", "feeble" and "weak", in the hands of the divine will."

Tags:Shakespeare, comedy, of, errors