"Happy Hour" Essay by The Research Group
"Happy Hour"
An analysis of Alison Baker's "Happy Hour".
# 71188
| 1,150 words
| 4 sources
| MLA
| 2003
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on Dec 01, 2003
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This paper looks at Alison Baker's "Happy Hour" as an evocation of the absurdity of the human condition. It discusses Baker's use of irony and the story's focus on end- of -life family dynamics in an institutional setting.
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"Reinforced by a context of narrative irony, Happy Hour presents numerous closely observed details about end-of-life family dynamics in an institutional setting. The irony is not laden with humor or smugness rather taking on attributes of an absurdity ..."Cite this Essay:
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""Happy Hour"" 01 December 2003.
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