Three golden sentences:
Viewpoint:
Lao Luo's article gives people the first impression of humor, and his language fully shows the core of humor-disharmony, superiority and tension release.
Analysis:
There are three basic theories of humor:
First, disharmony. The dislocation of humorous content angle or the expected violation of audience's psychological angle.
Second, the sense of superiority. The character is in a dilemma, and your superiority to him can make you laugh.
Third, release. According to the release theory, humor is a release of tension or energy. The released tension can be ready-made tension, or you can build it yourself first and then release it.
So, let's look at the first sentence first. The disharmony caused by the strong contrast in identity makes this sentence extremely humorous. Throughout the article, Lao Luo has always emphasized that he is an "intellectual". The general impression of intellectuals is lofty and conservative. But what did he do? In order to live a dignified and rich life, he spent four years doing manual labor-screening sand; Practiced a stall-put an old book stall; Engage in some illegal activities-smuggling cars; Engaged in the financial industry-done futures; I also bought China aphrodisiac and other supplements. These occupations are in stark contrast to his self-confessed intellectual identity, which makes people laugh.
At the same time, there is a third sentence that uses the humorous core of "disharmony", and then it is a turning point-"unless it means that I will be doomed to poverty." The implication is that I am still an intellectual who likes money. It doesn't matter if you can't do business. I can also make money in other ways. This statement echoes the story he later heard that "the lecturer of New Oriental made an annual salary of one million, so he decided to apply immediately", which shows that he is not the kind of lofty person who "treats money like dirt" and "does not bow down for a bucket of rice".
If I can establish New Oriental, I am not an old-school intellectual. Of course he will appreciate this brave young man who is a little crazy but frankly cute.
"This is not a hard thing to accept", this sentence uses the double negation style and is used many times in the article. With double negation, readers need to turn their heads when they understand. It combines with the sentences before and after to produce a sense of humor. This is the core of sense of humor and the embodiment of superiority. The character is in a dilemma, and your superiority to him can make you laugh. Around a corner, you need to understand the punchline, because understanding makes you feel superior in IQ, and you can upgrade the original punchline. Therefore, such an ordinary sentence also makes people feel very funny.
The second sentence also uses an incongruous humorous core. For example, he used "the last days didn't come" (which is a good thing), but he used "the new century came" and "the age of 30 came" (which is a bad thing that makes people fidget) as a contrast. A strong sense of disharmony makes readers laugh internally.
And the verbs he uses about work are all just right, with the flavor of the market. This will make readers feel his rich life experience and have a sense of substitution; I can't help but follow his story and see what will happen to this person. At the same time, I will also think in my mind: this person has a strong sense of humor and can be very lively in class; I also have a strong knowledge of life and science, and I can learn from others in class. Just in line with the requirements of New Oriental teachers. This is the advantage of a cover letter-finding the needs of employers and showing their abilities with their own stories.
Summary:
The first impression of Luo Yonghao's famous cover letter is that the language is lively and interesting. The reason is that he used the core of his sense of humor. Peisi Chen said, "All comedies have a tragic core. Laughter is the fruit, sadness is the cause. It is the torture of self in exchange for the joy of others, and the low posture of self causes the superiority of the other party. "
Lao Luo's recommendation letter is vivid and humorous. However, his humor is not the kind of humor that bends down to pretend to be ugly, but the meaning of intellectuals laughing at themselves. Although he described his predicament, there was a proud gesture between the lines. He always thinks he is a talented and profitable intellectual.
Three paragraphs:
Viewpoint: Show my ability in the cover letter-humor, self-confidence and perseverance.
Analysis: The core of humor used here is "releasing tension" and "disharmony". In such a tense environment near the end of the world, the author's unfulfilled wish is to lose weight! This will definitely make us laugh.
However, in the parallelism sentence described by everyone's fixed impression of fat people, "Laugh when you should, and be cheerful when you should" is followed by "the Xu Xiaoping" which is extremely incongruous. How can this not make people smile?
Summary: The weight loss experience that seems to have nothing to do with the recruitment requirements of New Oriental teachers is actually secretly showing their abilities.
Viewpoint: There are idiots in excellent groups, and these students who lack independent thinking ability are not much better than those in MLM institutions. I believe I can teach them well.
Analysis: This passage actually echoes Article 8 of the recruitment conditions: "With modern thinking and inspiring ability, students can be guided to strive for the future". Lao Luo said that students in New Oriental are the most cooperative and easy to be encouraged, because their biggest purpose in coming to class is to accept encouragement, which is no problem. He turned his experience in the MLM company into an advantage in applying for the New Oriental teacher. The implication is that even the people in MLM company have been fooled by me, not to mention these students who are not very smart. They will definitely be inspired by me to study.
Summary: Each case in the article is selected, which can show its ability to meet the needs of the other party. With humorous language, who can not be moved by him?
Viewpoint: It's wonderful to poke the employer's pain point and flatter him.
Analysis: The writing object of the cover letter is the author's employer. You must impress him and let him hire you. Sure, make a good impression on him. But direct praise or flattery does not conform to Lao Luo's style of posing as an intellectual. So, he used his own case-Yu accepted an interview with his only high school education to prove that Yu was an enlightened principal. Then, of course, an enlightened principal will not only pay attention to academic qualifications but ignore the recommendation of a talented and capable person who has no diploma and does not understand science.
Summary: Lao Luo is a person who can't judge by common sense, so his recommendation letter is good, turning disadvantages into advantages and succeeding in one fell swoop.