Humor's Role

In the story Angela's Ashes humor is use from time to time to lighten up the mood and also to bring out character. In the story the irony and also the ways that the characters interact create humor. Humor by it self can be style for a story but it can also be mixed with many other styles.  Different styles mixed together create different effects. With a sad story and a touch of humor from here to there the story has more ups and downs, and with ups and downs the story would be more interesting. It is because if the story only had sad event occur then the story would be very depressing and difficult to read. However with bits of humor added inside reader would think it is less depressing and would want to read on. Humor can also act as distraction in a sad story. It takes the attention off of the main sad event, and then when they jump back into the event, the event would hit the readers hard.