Black humour in a shocking accident
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"A Shocking Accident" is a short story written by Graham Greene, an English novelist, and writer. The story is known to have been termed as ‘black humour’ as it deals with death in a humorous way.
The premise of the short story is that it is possible for a person to die in an absurd way which is actually funny like getting killed by a falling pig, which is not acceptable socially.
In the story, Jerome’s father gets killed in an accident, but this seems to be funny to the people. It gets insulting for him and absurd as people don’t believe it and make of it, so he decides to hide the truth about the real cause of the accident.
The premise of the short story is that it is possible for a person to die in an absurd way which is actually funny like getting killed by a falling pig, which is not acceptable socially.
In the story, Jerome’s father gets killed in an accident, but this seems to be funny to the people. It gets insulting for him and absurd as people don’t believe it and make of it, so he decides to hide the truth about the real cause of the accident.
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