In everyday life, only a few of us see things
through a humorous lens. Most of us go about our day in the most simplistic,
and least boring way possible. However, for Tina Fey, life was always seen as a
series of humorous stories which she has wrote about in her book Bossypants.
Throughout the first half of the book, Tina Fey uses a combination of humor and
personal anecdotes to tell her life story from the beginning to now. Sprinkled throughout the book, narratives are used quite
effectively by Tina as each one illustrates a life lesson that has turned her
into the women she is today. In the third chapter, she talks about the struggle
she had with growing up in the seventies by mentioning how "when [she] was
thirteen [she] spent a weekend at the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, with [her]
teenage cousins Janet and Lori. In the space of thirty-six hours, they taught
[her] everything [she] knows about womanhood" (17). As a child, Tina
Fey, having been through that stage, understands body image issues that develop
in teens. By her use of personal anecdotes, Fey is able to not only relate to
the readers, but also shows them how to take care of a situation like that. In
that specific chapter, Fey shows girls that being comfortable in your own skin
is the new chic. This adds to her purpose of writing because it shows that even
celebrities have gone through the usual self-esteem issues. She is showing herself
and that change she has undergone from her childhood to present day. Along
with narratives, Fey's main strategy is humor. She has the readers laughing
page after page with the funny filled content that is her life. She adds a
certain spark to her stories that keeps the readers wanting to read it more.
With the use of humor, Tina Fey is able to keep the audience intrigued
without overdoing the funny elements in the story
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