An Analysis of the Plot and Language Style in The Unicorn in the Garden

摘要

James Thurber was an American humorist and cartoonist. He was hailed as the greatest contributor to American humor writing since Mark Twain. Thurber wrote hundreds of essays and short stories, which often featured gender battles between dominant women and little men. The Unicorn in the Garden, one of his short stories, is popular with the readers on the strength of the whirling plot and the unique language style, such as black humor, discontinuity and repetition. Meanwhile, the readers can draw inspiration from this short story.