Satire and Happy People
Part A: Twain and McCullough
Provide supporting evidence from the texts to support your responses to these questions. All answers should be in the form of complete sentences.
1. What is the issue Twain is satirizing?
Twain’s satire is that he wants the kids to take his advice and learn from it. Normally you get advice to be patient and diligent in college or when you get a career, but in this case he gives you this advice to become a batter liar in a humorous and entertaining way.
2. What techniques does Twain use to create his satire?
He uses parody, wit, irony, hyperbole and understanding.
3. What is the issue McCullough is satirizing?
He is satirizing that don’t do stuff for other people, he wants to do stuff that will satisfy yourself and make you happy. When you’re happy people will follow your way and that is how you will find happy people, He tells it in a series and clear way to the youth so that they understand him.
4. What techniques does McCullough use to create his satire?
The techniques that McCullough uses are understatement, caricature and hyperbole.
5. How effectively do the techniques used communicate Twain’s position?
He exaggerates the advice he is about to give the students. He lets you believe that he is going to offer you serious advice, but then he gives a humorous one instead.
6. How effectively do the techniques used communicate McCullough’s position?
He exaggerates things that you don’t have to do to prove someone; he wants you to do it so that you feel happy and great when you accomplish something. He tells you allot of examples that doesn’t really show the meaning.
7. How are the messages communicated by Twain and McCullough similar?
They both are messaging for the youth and are messaging on how to make you happy in the future or later on in life.
8. Which message could you relate to more? Explain why in a minimum of three sentences.
I could relate more to McCullough message because I want to make myself happy. I agree that
Provide supporting evidence from the texts to support your responses to these questions. All answers should be in the form of complete sentences.
1. What is the issue Twain is satirizing?
Twain’s satire is that he wants the kids to take his advice and learn from it. Normally you get advice to be patient and diligent in college or when you get a career, but in this case he gives you this advice to become a batter liar in a humorous and entertaining way.
2. What techniques does Twain use to create his satire?
He uses parody, wit, irony, hyperbole and understanding.
3. What is the issue McCullough is satirizing?
He is satirizing that don’t do stuff for other people, he wants to do stuff that will satisfy yourself and make you happy. When you’re happy people will follow your way and that is how you will find happy people, He tells it in a series and clear way to the youth so that they understand him.
4. What techniques does McCullough use to create his satire?
The techniques that McCullough uses are understatement, caricature and hyperbole.
5. How effectively do the techniques used communicate Twain’s position?
He exaggerates the advice he is about to give the students. He lets you believe that he is going to offer you serious advice, but then he gives a humorous one instead.
6. How effectively do the techniques used communicate McCullough’s position?
He exaggerates things that you don’t have to do to prove someone; he wants you to do it so that you feel happy and great when you accomplish something. He tells you allot of examples that doesn’t really show the meaning.
7. How are the messages communicated by Twain and McCullough similar?
They both are messaging for the youth and are messaging on how to make you happy in the future or later on in life.
8. Which message could you relate to more? Explain why in a minimum of three sentences.
I could relate more to McCullough message because I want to make myself happy. I agree that