Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris
Non-Fiction (Biography)
Pages 1-60
 
David Sedaris literature is very unique in the sense that he isn't writing a story or about a specific event in his life, but instead writes about random segments of his life that are humorous. Every chapter in his book is a comedic event that has happened in his life. The first story is about him attending speech therapy in elementary school for his lisp. He has his therapy session once a week with a women named Miss Samson, who David sees as a cruel women. Throughout the chapter he describes the lessons that Miss Samson made him do to improve on his speech, but inevitably doesn't improve his speech. In the end Miss Samson quites and David uses a more diverse vocabulary to avoid using words with S because of his lisp. The next chapter is about how David's father love for Jazz inspires him to form a band with his children. Unfortunately, none of them have any musical talents especially David. His father sends him to a guitar instructor, who is a midget, to help him improve, but David has no interest in guitar. His real dream is to sing for a catchy wal-mart advertisement. When he tells the instructor this, the instructor senses that the kid is a little odd and tells him, "pull it together kid." The next story isn't one of the better ones in my opinion. This chapter is a summary of David's life as an artists even though he knows he has no artistic abilities. He attends art school only to drop out because he failed all of his classes. He then got involved in crystal meth and joined up with a group of Gothic artists. The pieces of art they created aren't the typical works a normal person would buy. For example, a chair made out of human hair or two dumpsters filled with toe nail clippings. David stops doing drugs once his dealer moves away and realizes he can't function; therefore, he checks himself into rehab.
   
I found that much of the humor comes from David's thoughts on the event occurring in his life, more than the event itself. This is because he is gay and has a unique view on the things that most other people wouldn't that i find to be entertaining. The best stories are of his childhood where he has to pretend that he enjoys all the things a normal boy likes, but in reality he doesn't care about sports or outdoors. I find myself laughing whenever he gives his input on an event that many people would find normal. So for i find the book to be pretty funny, but as some parts to be a little strange.