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caren_630
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Help plz
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Would somebody help me explaining the following;
A pilot �s plane got stuck in a black blizzard-a-dust, a thousands of feet up. He bailed out. Had to shovel his way clear to the ground. When he got down, he carved a car for himself, blizzard black dust, and drove away. |
15 Sep 2016
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yanogator
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This is what we call a "tall tale", which is a story made of extreme exaggeration. I �m not sure the term "blizzard-a-dust" actually exists. It might be a regional usage for a severe dust storm. I guess it �s a slight mis-pronunciation of "blizzard of dust". I remember that in John Steinbeck �s novel The Grapes of Wrath, the character named Rose of Sharon is called Rose-a-Sharn. In this story, there is a dust storm so severe that it becomes solid in the air and a plane gets stuck in it. The pilot jumps from the plane (bails out), but he is stuck in the black dust, too, so he has to use a shovel to work his way to the ground. Once he �s down, he carves a car out of the black dust and drives away. Bruce
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15 Sep 2016
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caren_630
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Thx Bruce
But I still cannot get the humor in it. |
15 Sep 2016
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Jayho
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You have to look at it in context.
I had a quick read here and they are talking about the drought and all the dust everywhere. There is so much dust as a result of the drought. Dryslongo then tells that joke and it is funny because the reader can then imagine just how much dust there. It fits into the context set beforehand. Of course, this cannot really happen in real life, but it emphasises just how much dust there is and the characters all laugh it. And I had a chuckle too.
Exaggeration is a literary technique but in fact we all use it in everyday conversation to make our stories more interesting or to emphasise something.
Cheers
Jayho
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15 Sep 2016
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