Characters

I guess I picked a pretty hard book to do these blog assignments on because it is so different.  The stories are all different, including a lot of the characters that fall into these stories, but the one thing they have in common is they are revolved around David Sedaris himself.  We, the readers, get to know and understand Sedaris a little better with each story and each chapter through the book.  It is easier to get a grip on his type of humor through the tales that he tells.  What makes these stories worth being told is that they are so relatable to normal people.  David Sedaris is really just an average guy with a really good sense of humor, therefore people can relate to his stories, such as his very last chapter called The Smoking Section.  That chapter is dedicated to his tough journey trying to quit smoking.  Many people have this same exact issue that they are dealing with in their life, David Sedaris's humor helps lighten the mood with the people who are also dealing with this problem.  As much as I hate to admit it, because this character drives me up the wall with his complaining, Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye reminds me a little bit of Sedaris with his strong sarcastic tone.