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Explain the humor of the girl crying while reading the Mice and Men synopsis (cliff notes) from The Onion?

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Weaver is referring to a book she has never read. Instead, she read the cliff notes. Weaver is serious when she says the book's synopsis moved her. The dramatic irony is that she is unaware of her own absurdity. Weaver states at the conclusion of the essay, "I enjoyed this book so much, I'm going to read all of Steinbeck's Cliffs Notes." But first I'm going to the library to check out the original version of Mice and Men with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise," Weaver concludes.

The author of this satirical post makes us laugh at something extremely prevalent in our high schools and universities. We can clearly understand the author's sense of humor and motivation for creating this piece.

The author wanted the reader to giggle at the humor of falling in love with a book based on cliff notes and not reading it. No one can really appreciate a literary work's tone and details without investigating it thoroughly. Reading summaries isn't enough. This is satirized in the article.

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