The therapeutic use of humor can be loosely defined as any activities that use the positive emotional responses associated with humor, smiling and laughter to specifically benefit one or more clients’ social, emotional, physical, cognitive or wellness domains. Using humor, therapeutically, involves establishing specific desired outcomes for a client which are facilitated by the use of humor and related techniques. Dattilo & McKenney, (2011) define the therapeutic use of humor when “specialists and
For Fredrick Douglass and Richard Wright, learning to read and write was far more than just a comprehensive and literate advancement. This would utterly aid both men to manifest a new perspective of themselves and the society they lived in. The process of learning to read and write would essentially reclaim a distinctness among their kin; moreover, impose a sense of freedom despite the complications they underwent. In an effort to fathom the current circumstances and relinquish their bewilderment
Black Boy1 Frederick Douglass and Richard Wright wrote memoirs recounting their experiences with racism. Though their writing styles are completely different from one another, the subjects they discuss are similar. After reading each piece they have both made me empathize with their feelings, however different their lives are from mine. Their memoirs, My Bondage My Freedom and Black Boy, provide insightful images of the racist and cruel treatment these writers experienced. Despite all of their
Roethke's Use of Tone Childhood experiences seem to be the ones that are recollected most vividly throughout a person's life. Almost everyone can remember some aspect of his or her childhood experiences, pleasant and unpleasant alike. Theodore Roethke's poem "My Papa's Waltz" suggests even further that this concept could be true. The dance described in this poem illustrates an interaction between father and child that contains more than the expected joyous, loving attitude between the two characters
actually pee your pants. That moment was not my proudest, but there are far more embarrassing things that have occurred in my life. There have also been times where life was tough and sometimes the only thing that could help me get through it was laughter. Laughter as the best medicine was not something that I regarded highly of until I was a senior in high school. Schulz suggests that we “don’t assess evidence neutrally, we assess it in light of whatever theories we’ve already formed on the basis of whatever
It's something that doesn't separate us from others, instead it brings us together. A laugh is something that can change someone’s entire day around. Whether someone is feeling down or upset about something, we all know that, regardless of what the circumstances are, if we see something that makes us laugh we start to feel better. Aside from making us feel good or better emotionally, laughter has been scientifically proven to help keep us healthy. Laughter has the capability to strengthen the immune
Grief - it was like smoke. Thick dense smoke from a house fire smothering and choking me. Smoky trendels of death encompassing me. You blow it away and even more replaces it. Grief, sorrow, misery, suffering, heartbreak. Words, just words, ones that can't even come close to describing the anguish I am feeling. Now all that is left is a clay urn. Full of ashes, like the remains of a memory. The priest's words drone on, so impersonal, so indifferent. Uncaring to the suffering I am feeling. To him she
indissoluble unity” (19-20). Degradation of what is high subsumes the debasement of the human body. Yet, he indicates that degradation is based on an ambivalent act; it is both destructive and regenerative as it describes a backward movement, a retraction from the “upward” to the “downward” (21). It is a “coming down to earth, the contact with the earth as an element that swallows up [the grave, the womb] and gives birth at the same time. To degrade is to bury, to sow, and to kill simultaneously, in order
In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, McMurphy often uses the power of laughter to overcome what is going on in the world around him. Laughter lightens the feeling in the book, and at times gives it a warmer feeling. It also helps develop, and shape the characters throughout the entire story. Randle McMurphy, also known as McMurphy, was committed to a mental hospital, and accused of having a mental disorder. Upon arriving he meets many of the patience. He stands there and introduces himself
wounds.” Jimmy said (208). Throughout Alexie story many jokes were achieved as an effective humor since it brought laughter “Well, I told her the doctor showed me my X-rays and my favoruite tumour was just about the size of a baseball…” (204) Jimmy said joking about the tragedy of his illness and his imminent death. Dr. Gill Greengross an evolutionary psychologist and anthropologist from the University of New Mexico said “humor can help people deal with tragedies.” So humor is effective and a very
McMurphy the Almighty God A savior is said to be a courageous person with the ability to liberate someone from a certain situation. In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest the patients in the ward go day by day suffering an imprisonment lifestyle that is in need of a savior. From the moment McMurphy enters his laughter and energy beams bright enough for all to see. McMurphy becomes the lone candle stick sitting ignite in a room of unlit candles waiting to light. Although some view McMurphy
around and be depressed. Growing older however, means these fake laughs become more genuine and easier than before. In the poem “Old Folks Laugh” by Maya Angelou, she shows how and why old folks laugh. Angelou is a famous author, activist, and poet from 1928-2014. In “Old Folks Laugh” she uses multiple poetic devices such as similes, metaphors, imagery and juxtapositions to enhance the poem. A common and clever way for poets to make things easier for the reader to understand is by using similes or
paper explores the instructive value of absurdism with its possible application in nowaday society and ourselves, and attempts to solve our problems with absurdist philosophy and ideas as p... ... middle of paper ... ...er and moralistic laughter, a laughter that proclaims come kind of disease. Even as we move out of the Elizabethan period and towards the eighteenth century, absurdism took a place in the literature. According to The Origins of English Nonsense by Noel Malcolm, long before the acknowledged
Twelfth Night: To what extent does laughter rely on the misery of others? - Edward Braddock Twelfth Night has been one of Shakespeare 's more noteworthy plays for various reasons, containing timeless comedy, "down-to-earth characters" and "complexities of plot" which satisfy all social classes of all time periods, even the "aristocrats among the audience" . Many aspects of his work come into questions, such as the purpose of specific characters such as Malvolio who 's misery appears to be just cannon
1. “ Analyze – Emotions such as anger, hatred are somethings we can control but be hold on to it until we separate ourselves from them by creating a barrier. But once we let go that emotions, we truly feel the pain within our hearts. 2. Analyze – Every person differ from each other, so does their experiences and once hurt, it’s hard to heal him in a common way because he was hurt in a certain way 3. Analyze – Baldwin tries to say that everyone is equal, it is the society who discriminated
While dying may not be all that easy, laughter can be the best medicine; humor may be comical and amusing for some but for Jimmy Many Horses, humor is a state of mind while he lives the last few months of his life while suffering from terminal illness. Sherman Alexie, demonstrates through his short-story The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor, that Jimmy exhibits dark humor to make sense of his terminal cancer, as well as coping with it. During the story Raymond, Simon and Jimmy all demonstrate
However, the typical Shakespearian’ fool is quick witted, a master of comedy, and able cause laughter without the accumulation of grudges, and effectively evading the build-up of ‘debt’. Despite being briefly present in “Hamlet”, Sterne’s jesterous Yorick succeeds in being an adequate conduct or vessel through the story itself. He encapsulates and
Laramie Lawrence Honors: 300 Dr. Czarnecki 10-26-17 Laughter is often said to reduce stress and produce pain reliving hormones. It is the ‘fountain of youth’, the secret ingredient to longevity. A person who laughs all the time is, more often than not, healthier and happier than a person who rarely laughs at all. Laughter is known as a natural form of medicine. However, like many other things, some people take the laughter and the jokes too far. This is the case in the story, “The Approximate Size
and then we decide a movie from these genres. My favorite movies that we have watched have come from these three types of movies: comedy, horror, and war. Comedy movies always fill the room with laughter, smiles, and happiness. If I am feeling upset or having a bad day, I can always count on a comedy to bring a smile to my face or brighten up my day. One of my favorite comedy movies is Forrest Gump. It is an emotional rollercoaster following Forrest Gump’s life from young age to a middle age
In Paton’s stark, poetic prose, the mere manner in which a woman laughs or weeps symbolizes an entire volume of depth and feeling, providing the reader with a glimpse into the inner workings of gender roles in South African society. Through the laughter and the wailing in Cry, the Beloved Country, Paton enriches his searing portrayal of life in an apartheid nation by honestly depicting the struggles of South African women. For the most part, the women of this novel are only secondary characters