You're Ugly, As Well

The sources of humor in this short story cirlce around Zoe's eccentric personality. If she had not been a different personality-type, the story would have been pretty dull. A little humor was found in other parts, like Earl's costume, but those were few and far between. The humor comes from Zoe's distortion of of life more than the realities of life. She sees things in an interesting way, which makes the story more interesting. She doesn't see things like other people. When she acts as though she is going to throw him over the ledge at the party, she sees it as a funny joke, while Earl saw it as a threat to his life. It was pretty humorous.