Question #4

#7 Explain the humor/irony of the title of the chapter, “Rowdy and I Have a Long and Serious Discussion About Basketball.” ( Toby H )

The humor/irony of the title of the chapter is that there is serious sarcasm in the way Junior informs the reader about the “serious” conversation.   After the big win against Junior’s his former team, he emailed Rowdy after the game and told him that he was sorry that his team beat him and that their season went downhill after that loss. The title, “ Rowdy and I Have a Long and Serious Discussion About Basketball.”  (197) is humorous\ironic because his discussion with Rowdy was very short and unserious . Their discussion included homophobic jokes which emphasized the fact that the conversation is not serious. If this was a serious discussion Junior would rather talk to him in person and not an electronic conversation.