"Oranges are Not the Only Fruit"

Winterson use a lot of humor in this novel, especially in her descriptions. She talks about her parents beliefs in a sarcastic way. she never mention that she believes in anything. She always talk about her mother's beliefs or someone else. She don't take the Bible stories as seriously as her parents wish she does. Winterson use humor for instance when she draw the picture of Daniel in the lion's den, she draw the lions eating Daniel while she knows he escaped. She quickly turn the meaning saying that the lion are suppose to be Whales like those who swallowed Jonah. She saw the Pastor as a comedian. She payed attention to the way he delivered his speech about the "sevenfold" . The way she tells it the pastor looks like a "crazy guy or a comedian.