Tribulation And Comedy In Lucky Jim
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Despite misfortunes, comedy possesses the ability to elevate one's
mood in distressing or unhappy times. The sweet flavour comedy adds to
life makes many situations much more palatable. In Kingsley Amis' Lucky
Jim, the Jim Dixon character is cast into unfavourable relations with other
character ....
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.... (Amis, 1953, p.
105), a person who is unenjoyable to spend time with, and whom he knows is
manipulative. At the same time, he feels compelled to continue seeing her.
Although it is not clear, his behaviour seems to be partly derived from a
tragic sense that beautiful girls are not for him. As well, it seems to
come from an unprecedented, yet noble sense of duty combined with pity; and
a belief that he hasn't "got the guts to leave her" (Amis, 1953, 201).
Essentially, Jim lacks confiden ....
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