Book Opinion

Three hats is a humorous play which was written before the civil war. It didn't like the viewers because it used an absurd and childish humor. This humor was too advanced for that time. It is characterized by the criticism and mockery of labels, prejudices and stereotypes of different social classes.

The black humor, ridicule and mockery of the conventions of the bourgeois is the main theme of the work and I think they're cleverly gotten without being offensive. An example would be when Don Sacramento explains to Dionisio that he will have bourgeois life when he marry Sacramento’s daughter. These scenes make you have funny moments and make you to be focused on the story.

In conclusion, Mihura portrays of corny the bourgeois using irony and absurdity to sneer at the attitudes and customs of these, such as breakfast potatoes every early morning at 6 o’clock. In this way wants to criticize the stereotypes of society.