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BrittaniDJ wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 19:28 I found it kind of funny when little Frank was at the market looking at the crabs who tried and tried to get out of the baskets but could not, then he says that he is sure ants would have solved the problem. I found it such a funny comment. It absolutely makes sense, but just to even think that way, is not something I would have been able to come up with. I wonder what the difference is between ants and crabs. Are ants brains more developed? Or is it the team work? Or their ability to stick to surfaces they walk on?

Stephanie Elizabeth wrote: ↑02 Jul 2019, 09:22 Apart from feeling so terrible for him when he was thinking about committing suicide, I had to laugh when things kept getting in his way.
I also laughed at the comment about the crabs being inferior to ants.

BrittaniDJ wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 19:28 I found it kind of funny when little Frank was at the market looking at the crabs who tried and tried to get out of the baskets but could not, then he says that he is sure ants would have solved the problem. I found it such a funny comment. It absolutely makes sense, but just to even think that way, is not something I would have been able to come up with. I wonder what the difference is between ants and crabs. Are ants brains more developed? Or is it the team work? Or their ability to stick to surfaces they walk on?

BrittaniDJ wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 19:28 I found it kind of funny when little Frank was at the market looking at the crabs who tried and tried to get out of the baskets but could not, then he says that he is sure ants would have solved the problem. I found it such a funny comment. It absolutely makes sense, but just to even think that way, is not something I would have been able to come up with. I wonder what the difference is between ants and crabs. Are ants brains more developed? Or is it the team work? Or their ability to stick to surfaces they walk on?

KristyKhem wrote: ↑02 Jul 2019, 20:40 I adored the childlike humor at the beginning of the book. I sympathized with the author when he wanted to drown himself in the sea because he was flogged; I could tell he was acting simply on his raw emotions and hurt feelings at that time. However, it was a little humorous the way he thought about drowning and went all the way to the jetty. Then he starting rethinking it in such an amusing way, asking himself what if he were attacked by crows before making it to the sea and wondering how long he'd take to drown.

Ruba Abu Ali wrote: ↑02 Jul 2019, 12:48

BrittaniDJ wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 19:28 I found it kind of funny when little Frank was at the market looking at the crabs who tried and tried to get out of the baskets but could not, then he says that he is sure ants would have solved the problem. I found it such a funny comment. It absolutely makes sense, but just to even think that way, is not something I would have been able to come up with. I wonder what the difference is between ants and crabs. Are ants brains more developed? Or is it the team work? Or their ability to stick to surfaces they walk on?

The brain is indeed a strange thing! It wouldn't have occurred to me to make such a humorous, albeit valid, comparison between crabs and ants.

BrittaniDJ wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 19:28 I found it kind of funny when little Frank was at the market looking at the crabs who tried and tried to get out of the baskets but could not, then he says that he is sure ants would have solved the problem. I found it such a funny comment. It absolutely makes sense, but just to even think that way, is not something I would have been able to come up with. I wonder what the difference is between ants and crabs. Are ants brains more developed? Or is it the team work? Or their ability to stick to surfaces they walk on?

Nisha Ward wrote: ↑05 Jul 2019, 19:55 I don't quite know how yo describe it but the author's style in general is quite humourous. Moments that should be serious in any other context, like his stories about his patients, tend to becoming amusing simply because he writes in such a personable, humourous way that you don't really notice until you're already smiling.

Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑06 Jul 2019, 05:11

Nisha Ward wrote: ↑05 Jul 2019, 19:55 I don't quite know how yo describe it but the author's style in general is quite humourous. Moments that should be serious in any other context, like his stories about his patients, tend to becoming amusing simply because he writes in such a personable, humourous way that you don't really notice until you're already smiling.

His style is unique and it converted this book to one of my favorites. I was always amused at how his perspective would draw a smile from me.

Nisha Ward wrote: ↑06 Jul 2019, 14:56

Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑06 Jul 2019, 05:11

Nisha Ward wrote: ↑05 Jul 2019, 19:55 I don't quite know how yo describe it but the author's style in general is quite humourous. Moments that should be serious in any other context, like his stories about his patients, tend to becoming amusing simply because he writes in such a personable, humourous way that you don't really notice until you're already smiling.

His style is unique and it converted this book to one of my favorites. I was always amused at how his perspective would draw a smile from me.

Not just that but he always manages to learn something from his experiences while finding the positive, adding to that distinct sense of humour that the book is imbued with. It's actually quite inspiring in that respect.