Question

What effect does Wigley's humorous tone have in essay? Imagine yourself in the situations being described. Would you able to see the humor there?
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Answer 1

Answer:

To read John Jack Wigley’s “Home of the Ashfall” (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2014) is to fall under the stealthy spell of a born storyteller.

 

However you are starting out on the whole enterprise of reading, you will inevitably be taken in by that inimitable voice— part dramatic, part humorous— usually reserved for campfire stories, or gossip. That voice has the bewitchment of hooks.

 

This was also the case with Wigley’s first book, “Falling Into the Manhole” (2012), and of which his sophomore effort feels very much like a continuation. And thank God for that, because in that first volume of memoirs, we got compelling stories about Wigley growing up only a few meters away from Clark Air Base, where he was the illegitimate offspring of an American G.I., and soon learning to deal with the hardships of biracial existence and growing up being called “mestisong bangus,” among other things.

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Answer 2

To read John Jack Wigley’s “Home of the Ashfall” (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2014) is to fall under the stealthy spell of a born storyteller.  However you are starting out on the whole enterprise of reading, you will inevitably be taken in by that inimitable voice— part dramatic, part humorous— usually reserved for campfire stories, or gossip. That voice has the bewitchment of hooks. This was also the case with Wigley’s first book, “Falling Into the Manhole” (2012), and of which his sophomore effort feels very much like a continuation. And thank God for that, because in that first volume of memoirs, we got compelling stories about Wigley growing up only a few meters away from Clark Air Base, where he was the illegitimate offspring of an American G.I., and soon learning to deal with the hardships of biracial existence and growing up being called “mestisong bangus,” among other things.