Me Talk Pretty One Day Response

1.) Sedaris made this experience humorous by giving the details of what what happened in the class on a daily basis.  He spoke of how the teacher insulted the students in a funny matter.  He also made jokes at his translations by translating a sentence with only the words he understood and a random assortment of letters for words he did not understand.  The funniest part of the essay in my eyes was when they students comforted each other in broken French.  

Deadpan humor is humor seemingly without emotion.  Sedaris uses deadpan humor throughout the selection.  He makes jokes that the reader finds humorous, but that he made without really trying to be funny.

2.) Sedaris reveals elements about himself throughout the text.  He speaks of his knowledge of the French language, but not really to what extent.  By the end the reader finds out that with the class he has learned to understand the language, but the progress is never illustrated in a positive way.  We learn a lot about the author also through his interactions with the other students, and how towards the end they care for one another.  The author reveals a lot about himself, but without directly stating facts.