The fictional story Hard Riding uses comedic relief to strategically frame their issues for a more accepting message to the reader. This frame allows the reader to open their receptors so that the message is better understood and easily digested. The placement of comedy in a moment of complete sincerity allows the audience to receive a message without guilt. The comedy in Hard Riding is also used to show incompetence in the opposition and to take away its credibility.
I got in a large argument with my roommate a while ago and her logic was so counter to my own that I started laughing. I did not quite know how else to react and after a little she laughed to. But, this laugh was not your typical that-is-funny laugh, it was I am going to lose-control laugh. This tension quickly diffused in an "agree-to-disagree resolution." Who knows how much further the argument would have gone had I not laughed in that sincere moment. Since then we have laughed about the argument and come to understand each others' view points.
The author of Hard Riding is doing essentially the same thing I did, they are laughing at their opponent in an effort to break them down for a better understanding of their experiences.
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