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18.11: Turning Up the Contrast With Juxtaposition

Writing Excuses

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The Host by Jax Bong Jun

" forced congruence" is when you juxtapose two things in such a way as to force them into congruence one with another. In Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Vogan ships hovered in the air in much the same way that bricks don't which is hilarious. "I think horror and comedy are sort of two sides of the same coin," he says.

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