Sarcasm's Strength of

Impact When Used Daily

in A Conversation

(The day my friends told me I'm

sarcastic but they're fine with it)

Written by:

William Harry L. Barrun

(The Sarcastic but Helpful Friend)

 Acknowledgement
This book is based on my wonderful experiences

in the past that help me be who I am today. I am

grateful for being able to have the chance to write my

own book and share it with other people. I’d like to

thank my Professor in this subject, Mrs. Gladys

Orellana, for making me do this. I’d like to thank all

the people that is mention in this book for they are

one of the reasons I experienced a lot of things, and

lastly, I want to thank and dedicate this book to my

Parents and siblings for giving me the strength to

finish this.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

CONTENT NUMBER OF

PAGES
 INTRODUCITON

You may be wondering, “What’s with the formal

title? Is this going to be a research book?” but that’s

where you are wrong. This book will not be one of

those books where a story is being told, and this will

also not be a book that is pure information. This book

will be a hybrid of a story and information. It will not

be a random story; it will be MY STORY.

 Some people don’t realize this, but I am actually

a sarcastic person. Shocking, right? If you didn’t know

me in real life you probably wouldn’t know that. And if

you do know me but you barely talk to me then chances

are you won’t recognize it either.

Most often than not people think that sarcasm is

a nasty attitude and should not be possessed by

people. I mean in some degree they are right but that

doesn’t really bother me. For me.

 Sarcasm is a hard to master form of humor that

if done right could be entertaining but if done wrong

could hurt people, verbally, not physically. My book will

consist of three (5) chapters that will be in a

chronological order on how I became sarcastic to how

my sarcasm doesn’t affect my friends anymore, hence

the title of this book.

 CHAPTER 1

BIRTH OF MY NEWEST

PERSONALITY

“SARCASTIC”
 During my early teen days or even back when I’m

still in grade school, if you know be back then you’ll

realize that I’m just this plain boring guy that is not

special in any way. I’m not funny, even though I tried,

I’m not good looking, I’m not rich, my hobby is only

playing video games which no one is interested in. I do

have friends and because of them I finished grade

school without any problem.

 It was after grade school that I realized that I

am a plain person with nothing special about, but

because of that I started developing my fun attitude.

I started smiling more often and started saying funny

jokes. But! It’s such a bummer that the moment I

started developing a newer side, everyone around me

are already fun to be with and funny. If every male in

the class is the same with me then I’m back to being

the plain guy with one hobby.

 Fast forward to my 3rd year in junior high school,

my mind matured and something just changed in my

head where I started to get irritated easily, but not

the point that I’ll start shouting and saying bad things

to the person I’m talking to. I get irritated and I kept

it to myself, the one thing that irritates me the most

is when people start asking dumb questions. Since I

don’t want them to be hurt by what I want to say, my

funny side and my easily get irritated side suddenly

combined.
 If someone asks me a stupid question the answer

that they will get from me is a soft mockery, mocking

them without using bad words till they realize how

dumb their question is.

Funnily enough, when the sides combined, the

funny one got the upper hand, since instead of getting

angry at me they will either chuckle or laugh on my

reaction to their questions.

 That’s how I got my sarcastic side, combining my

positive and negative side but keeping the positive side

in the upper hand. It helps me develop something that

I will be known as. That’s when I stop being the plain

guy with nothing special about him and now, I got my

own specialty.
 CHAPTER 2

DILLEMA MY NEWEST

PERSONALITY

“SARCASTIC”
 Now that I’ve gained my new “personality” that

will distinguish me from the others, the next thing

that I did was of course think if that personality will

fit me. Will it be compatible with my current attitude

and views in life? Like, I respect elders, I don’t like

talking in a rude manner to them. Let’s be real, most of

adults back in the day doesn’t take humor very easily,

even though you are joking they will still be mad at

you. It’s like one of those memes where you tell a joke

to your parents but then they in return they will

lecture you about life suddenly, like what’s with that?

 But back to the main point, just like I said, I

respect elders, and sarcastic attitude doesn’t really

shout “RESPECT”. That’s where the dilemma begins, if

I run with this personality, it will eventually trip me

over since it will be hard for me to be sarcastic if

there will be a limitation.

And If I just left it in the floor then I will be

back to be the thing that I tried to get away from. So,

if I don’t want to go back to that state, what I’m going

to need is a strong sense of dedication to this weird

goal of mine.
 And how I get that determination? Well it’s not

that easy since I’m a really lazy person and I easily

give up if things will just keep making my life hard and

hassle. If things get complicated that’s my signal of

out, so determination is really not my strongest suit.

But hey people change if they really want to

achieve something right? So to get that

determination, I need to remove that laziness of my

body little by little, starting by doing assignments on

time in high school, doing little chores in the house and

finishing things that I started even though I don’t like

it anymore.

Over the time, the laziness became little to

nothing at all, I mean let’s be real, you can’t really

remove laziness in our body but you can lessen it until

it will be barely noticeable.

 Now that I remove that debris in my path, I’m

ready to fulfill this weird goal of mine. But of course,

it wouldn’t be realistic if a path only has one debris,

right? Yep, another problem jumps out like a wild

Pokémon looking for a battle. It wasn’t as severe as

the first one, it’s just that what if people started

hating me for it, is it even worth all that hate?

 Just like what I said before, sarcasm isn’t a

positive attitude, most people will have a problem

receiving a sarcastic remark or reply from other

people. So now, not only do I have to limit myself from

being sarcastic only to friends or people the same age

with mine but I also need to take extra pre-cautions

just to not offend other people. But hey, I develop

that determination back then right?

 CHAPTER 3

PRACTICING MY

NEWEST

PERSONALITY
“SARCASTIC

Now that I already dealt my dilemma, the next

thing to do is, obviously, practice myself with being

sarcastic. It may be weird knowing that sarcasm isn’t

something that should be practice, and I agree with

you. What I meant by practice is trying to be sarcastic

in the right time and place. Of course, you can’t be

sarcastic if the

conversation is serious or

when you’re in a church,

right?

You’ll know you’re good at being sarcastic when

you’ll trigger it on an impulse and not thinking about to

do it or not. At first, I always look for an opportunity

to be sarcastic. Whenever I’m having a conversation

with my friends, I’ll always keep track on what they’re

saying so I’ll know if

there’s an opening to be a

sarcastic.

Every time you do that, you’ll get different

reaction with different people. Just like what I said,

sarcasm isn’t something everyone is fond of. Which

makes it hard to possess.

 There were people

who told me that I should

stop doing it since it’s

destroying the flow of the

conversation. But there

were also some that likes it

since it keeps the

conversation interesting.

They need to be careful on

what they need to say

every time they talk to me.

 I kept doing that kind me. And after a while, I think already got the gist of

of lifestyle, where I keep being a sarcastic people.

track of what my friends

are saying, for a long time.

I keep saying to myself

that I need to nail this if I

want to be someone who is

good at something or

different from others,

which is weird since

sarcasm is not limited to

 NEW ME AND

MY NEWEST

PERSONALITY

“SARCASTIC”
CHAPTER 4
 By the time that I’m in senior high, sarcasm just

became a part of me. This is the part where I put out

sarcastic remarks on impulse without me trying to

focus or keep track of what my friends are saying

while conversing with me. With practice, I don’t even

need to focus, it’s just like a sneeze that always comes

out when there’s an opportunity without me controlling

it. You can say that I already mastered the art of

sarcasm.
 Whenever you use something, like a tool, the

durability of that item decreases. Most of the things

in this planet has durability, even humans have

durability and its life. Sarcasm is not an exception.

Sarcasm also has its own durability, which you can give

its own meaning. The durability of sarcasm can be its

impact to other people.

 Most of my friends already got the taste of my core

personality so they already know what it feels like.

Some of them doesn’t like it since it’s rude but most

of them likes it because it’s funny. Over the time, the

impact of my sarcasm lessens, but not in a bad way, it’s

more like, they already knew beforehand that I’m

going to be sarcastic and they’re not even surprised

about it. They’re not getting angry with me anymore,

sometimes they’ll even use my weapon against me, but

I’m not against it.

I always get sarcastic

since it’s part of me now.

 There’s this specific story that made me think

about what the book will be all about. Back when I was

still studying in Polytechnic University of the

Philippines, I made a few good friends and they

eventually became a good group friend of mine for the

whole school year. Of course, they also experienced

receiving my sarcastic remarks which I don’t really see

a problem with it.

 During the school year, I ask them if it bothers

them that I am a sarcastic guy, to my surprised they

said no, well at first they did but every time I used it

on our daily conversation, it turns out the impact of my

sarcasm started to change. Which I’m happy about

since I get to keep this personality and my closest

friends are ok with it and not bothered by it.

 CHAPTER 5

WHAT THIS BOOK IS

ALL ABOUT?
 The final chapter will talk about what this is all

about. What’s for you to take, what’s the lesson that

you learn from my story? If you just read everything

without understanding it, you’ll just end up thinking

that this book is just a story book. It’s just a guy

telling how he became sarcastic. But all chapters have

its own lesson, some would say that it’s steps on having

a better life.
 The first chapter talks about my struggles on

wanting to be different from others. Most of people

doesn’t even want to be different, since they wanted

to be just like the others since they just wanted to

belong. But for me, I already belong to a group, which

is already great for some people. But I wanted to be

different while belonging to the same group. I took

the risk of wanting to be more and different. There

are times in life where if you want more, you need to

take the risk.

Don’t be afraid, analyze the consequences and see if

you can handle that if you fail. It’s being mentally

ready for something bad to happen even though it’s

not 100% certain to occur.

Chapter 2 is me having a dilemma on continuing

with my weird goal. The goal that I want contradicts

my morals. I respect elders while being sarcastic

counters it. I still wanted to pursue it even though I

know that I need to either re-adjust my morals or re-

adjust my goal.
There are things in life that you need to lose if you

want to gain something, most common thing that you

lose is time. If you want to get something or done

something, then you better face that there are things

that you’re not going to keep just to attain that desire

of yours.

Chapter 3 is about me being consistent about

practicing my skills. There are a lot of people who

didn’t agree with my new personality, but that didn’t

stop me. I know it will be hard at first, but I kept

through with it.

There will always be people that is against you, you can

change the perception on most of them, but you can’t

change them all completely.

Whatever other may think of you, as long as you

know that you can do it and you’ll do it right without

harming others then just push on.

 Last but not the least, chapter 4 is about me

using what I achieve and not wasting it. I already

achieve that goal of mine and I didn’t waste what I

got. I used it almost every day since I worked hard for

it. The things that you work hard for should not be

wasted, just because you did it doesn’t mean you need

to stop. In my case, I kept using it and even has the

courage to ask if other people are ok with it.

 In a nutshell, create a goal, make sure it is

attainable and aligns with your moral, if not, then

adjust one of them, whatever hurdles in your way you

should know that you can go way past it, and lastly

don’t let it get wasted.

THE END
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I am William Harry Barrun, the author of this

book. I am currently 20 years old when I wrote this

book. I live in San Pedro, Laguna and the only son of my

parents. I am currently in my 1st year of College,

currently studying in San Pedro College Business

Administration with the course of Bachelor of Science

in Accountancy. Writing a book is something I didn’t

think that I will be doing in my entire life since I’m

more a reader type than a writer type. This is a new

experience for me and I surely enjoy it.