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Analysis Of Ifunny By James Paterson

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Fabrizio Marisi I have been noticing an emerging theme in my book IFunny by: James Paterson. The author is showing that everyone wants to be known for something and feel important. For example someone might want to be known for their athletic skills or maybe a musician. But in my book Jaime wants to be known for humor. Some people work hard as becoming good at something like a sport. But Jamie can’t because he is in a wheelchair. So to show that he isn’t just a pointless kid in a wheelchair he works with humor. And he looks up to a comedian just like an athlete does. An example of how he works with his humor and jokes is when he gathers his family and has a family joke night. He says some jokes he has thought of and uses them. If they laugh he would know it’s a good joke to use in a contest, but if they don’t he would take his time to make more. …show more content…

This contest was for him to show his funny jokes, and to see if his hard work of studying and thinking of jokes payed off. And it did, so then he got invited to another contest! This must of made him happy he went home so confident and ready to tell his family. And this bring us back to what he wants to be known for “humor.” not a kid in a wheelchair. Also that just because he is in a wheelchair it doesn’t make him thought of differently, or be looked at

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