A Long Way From Chicago Analysis

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In the book A Long Way From Chicago the author uses some humor throughout the story. It really affects the tone of the story because it makes the story funnier a and more interesting to read. The author’s use of humor throughout the story affects the tone like in the beginning of the first chapter and chapter 4.
In the first chapter, the first sentence was “You wouldn’t think we have to leave Chicago to see a dead body”. I think that it was a good starting sentence and it made you want to read it, because instead of the tone being boring or sad it was funny and made you want to read it. The first sentence changes the tone of the book because now you know that there is going to be some humor in it and it’s not going to be

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