Using humor is the best way to approach difficult situations. agree or disagree

[Richardsalience]

Using humor is not the best way to approach difficult situations or problems. Several examples from the literature and social science prove that statement.

Being humorous is not the best way to behave in confounded situations. This can be seen though the literature, the reflection of our life. For example, in article, published in the Russian newspaper, the author, well-known writer of twentieth century, viewed humor as a powerful source of not staying concentrated or focused on our main course. This truth is universally acknowledged that in most cases, being serious and indomitable lead people to achieve their goals. Personally, I think that only determined and resolute people, no matter whether adults or teenagers, can accomplish their aims. Let us consider the novel 1815 by Jane Austen, where Emma Woodhouse, a handsome and erudite woman, spent her leisure time helping her friends become married. She was very interested in finding appropriate grooms for other people. However, at the same time she let her own fate drift. Ironically while she found spouses for all her friends, she remained single. Jane Austen skillfully conveyed Emma's feelings of chagrin, apathy, and ultimately despair to her problem. What would she do? Would she approach her problem with humor? Probably not. I predict the possible answer Emma Woodhouse would give if I had a chance to suggest her to be sarcastic in that conundrum: “My eyes cannot catch the light of the humor in this problem…” Therefore, the literature, the mirror of our life, clearly exemplifies that we shouldn’t use humor as the best way to approach our problems; on the contrary, we should be determined to achieve our goals and show tenacity in our problems.

The Social Science Research states that people prefer being sarcastic to being serious in difficult problems because, according to them, this being helps them to relax and met their problems with the comfortable armchair pushed back. However, I consider otherwise because the statistic shows that only 0.03 percent of all people achieved their aims. Thus, probably the most part of people who voted for being sardonic, are those of 99.97 percent, whose purposes for future life are nebulous. Therefore, this analysis of social science and its statistic shows that being serious is the appearance to meet hard situations.

After careful analysis of the literature and social science, one could see that using humor is not the best way to approach life problems, indeed. On the contrary, we should meet our obstacles with aplomb, keeping equanimity under serious pressure of doing well.

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[Kitosdad]

[Richardsalience]

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But I didn't use banal "First/Second/Third" and my introduction was small, wasn't it?

[Kitosdad]

The introduction stated your intention. Two spaced comprehensive paragraphs followed, all ending in a concise conclusion. That does it for me.
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Keep it simple ... Keep it interesting.

[Richardsalience]

I wrote it for the SAT first place.