In the book I'm reading, An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes in New England, the main character is a self described bumbler and never really does anything right. He's over emotional and doesn't get people. However this really adds to the humor of the book. Every situation he messes up I crack up at.
Why do we find people that act stupidly funny? I think it's because if you project humor onto something you can sort of hide it. Like if you're embarrassed about a fact, if you make it funny you can hide behind the humor. Or if something makes you uncomfortable and you draw attention away from it with a joke.
But why is it amusing if main characters are awkward? is it because we project ourselves into the book and want to hide ourselves behind humor, or does it remind us of ourselves and let us laugh at that?
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