Hello. Well, this is quite an odd book...although I do find it quite comical so far and very witty. Chapter 6 starts off with Dixon and how he falls asleep only to wake up with many holes on his bed. The witty aspect in this chapter seems to be the concept of bad luck vs. the choices Dixon's makes and what he ends up experiencing. Interestingly enough, the language and description of the scene after the fire once he wakes up makes it seem as if he is the victim and had nothing to do with his terrible fate. Because he was drunk the night before, he forgets to put out his cigerrate and falls asleep...you'd think he'd blame himself for it but blames it on being beat up by some "secret police". This aspect of this chapter is somewhat witty because instead of exemplifying how humans tend to blame themselves for their mishappens, Dixon blames luck. Now, this is witty because society's beliefs are inverted here.
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