Turna Elmaci

Homework 2 for two weeks time by Turna Elmaci

Christopher Moore, uses for his humour stereotypes of male and female behavior. Please explain. I will be looking in particular for the quality and sufficiency of your evidence and analysis.

 

There are many ways and stylistic means to express humour. Christopher Moore, the author of "You suck" uses stereotypes of male and female behavior primarily to express his sense of humor in his books. Thinking about stereotypes leads to the following answer: stereotypes are typically oversimplified conceptions or opinions of something in "You suck" it is the male and female behavior of the main characters.

The main characters argue over unimportant things, try to blame each other or they try to manipulate each other with sex following their individual agenda.

Tommy and Jody are in a very turbulent relationship. Jody after a short intermezzo with an old vampire was turned into a young vampire. Jody doesn't like to share her undead fate all by herself, consequently she turns her boyfriend Tommy, a young immature man with an enormous sex drive into a vampire. They start to argue about their situation and they display certain stereotypical behaviours.

One of these stereotypes is letting Tommy act as a young man who does not like himself being turned into a vampire but his girlfriend. Understandable is the situation when he calls her names like "You bitch, you killed me! You suck!" after he has discovered what happened to him.

Jody on the other hand acts as a young woman caught in the situation of being a newly created vampire who does not like to share her fate alone and being different from others. She decides without asking Tommy for permit to turn him into a vampire. She defends herself with the words "I wanted us to be together", which is commented sarcastically by Tommy "Yeah, that's why you spent the night with him." The stereotype of the woman who tries to keep the man at her side even if she has to kill him is being portrayed.

Both blame each other for being tracked in this situation. Tommy blames Jody because she didn't ask for his permit "You shouldn't just kill a guy without asking. It's inconsiderate." On the other hand, Tommy didn't ask Jody either for her consent in having sex with her while she is knocked out: "Yeah, wait until you go out in you jammies and wake up all sticky in a cheerleader outfit and see how grateful you are. You know, Tommy, when I'm out, technically, I'm dead…."

Being confronted with rape, Tommy tries to play the accusation down by saying that no harm was done because she is already dead: "Well-uh-yeah, but you're not even human. You're just some foul dead thing." Jody on her parts accuses him with necrophilia to make her point clear.

In that situation, Tommy tries to manipulate her by saying that she needed him not because of the sex. Jody acts like she is giving into his reasoning but again she uses the situation to manipulate him for her purposes.

Christopher Moore uses stereotypes of male and female behavior through putting his main characters in the absurd situation of being transformed into vampires. This stylistic method is well used because it boost the hum