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    demonstrates the difficulties faced on the front line of World War I and the hardships of returning home to a broken country. The immense struggles displayed throughout the novel convey a protest theme‚ which is exemplified through the use of satire. This satire is used to illustrate the senselessness of war and the distress it can bring to a country. Once the young men of a country get pushed off to war many hardships follow in the homeland. Everyone in this novel was affected by war in the same

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    In the following paragraphs I would like to write short articles about sarcasm‚ Irony‚ and Satire expression that be used in our society. These expression have seen in different views among different people in the society. Sarcasm‚ irony and satire looks similar‚ but they have different meaning in usage. Sarcasm is the use of witty or sharp language in order to mock or convey message. The word or phrase used has opposite meaning what someone want to say in order to insult someone or upset others

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    upon and dealt with by a method known as “Handicapping” a person. Handicapping was given based off the “advantage” that a person had‚ a few examples being the ballerinas forced to cover their faces to keep their beauty hidden or an overly intelligent person being forced to wear a mental radio within his/her own ear. Vonnegut deploys a very dark sense of satire throughout the story. He creates this world as a way to everyone that nobody will ever be fully equal‚ and to want such a thing would lead

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    Compare the satire in Gulliver’s Travels & Candide Satire means irony. People use satire to expose folly or vice. Interestingly‚ in Voltaire’s Candide and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels‚ they both use satire to express their profound observations. They have some similarities; such as they both criticize the human weakness. They also have many differences between them. In "Candide"‚ Voltarie offers sad themes by jokes and criticism. The story itself presents a distinctive outlook on life through author’s

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    Satire of the Knight in Prologue and Knight’s Tale Satire. Satire is a biting literary tool‚ one that Geoffery Chaucer used liberally when he wrote his Canterbury Tales. Webster’s New World Dictionary says that satire is "the use of ridicule‚ sarcasm‚ etc. to attack vices‚ follies‚ etc." Using that definition‚ I think that all of the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales are satirized to some extent; some of the satirizations are more subtle than others. The Knight is one of the pilgrims

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    cigarettes and changes his whole life s he can adjust himself to make the accessibility of cigarettes easier. Many people who become addicted to cigarettes change their life styles to accommodate their needs. By incorporating‚ similes‚ personification and satire; Sedaris hyperbolizes the idea of being addicted to cigarettes changes the way someone runs their life. Sedaris recalls memories of his addiction to cigarettes and how it all began. He uses many rhetorical elements to express his story; when he

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    Augie Evered 1-26-14 3rd hour AP Lang Joe Sacco‚ “On Satire” Rhetorical Analysis There are many views surrounding the Charlie Hebdo firebombing from January 7th. Many journalists from sources such as The Guardian‚ FOX News‚ and the New York Times say that the shooting of cartoonists in defense of religious beliefs is unethical and immoral. However‚ these approaches to the issue of freedom of speech presented by the Hebdo cartoons‚ which portray the Muslim prophet Mohammed in derogatory and lewd

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    E.E. Cummings’ on the death of romance in "She being Brand/-new" Satire is most effective when its meaning can be picked up and its point understood. Some satiric poetry‚ however‚ attempts to be rhetorical yet at the same time eludes the comprehension of various readers. "She being Brand / -new" is one of those poems whose appearance can be quite deceptive to its audience upon first glance. E.E. Cummings‚ the author of this poem‚ has received extensive criticism for his controversial literature

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    felt dystopic satire was a powerful medium for social awareness and could ‘arouse in his audience such emotions that would make us want to examine our lives and change them.’ In his 1931 novel‚ Brave New World‚ Huxley ironically parallels human nature and depicts a dystopia where scientific progress has created a culture that cannot live with the values and governments accepted today‚ casting the reader into an environment where mankind has lost its humanity and. In the novel satire graphically represents

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    equality ever be achieved through strict governmental control? Can people abolish their foolish hatred of differences in race‚ economic status‚ colors‚ religions‚ or sexual orientation? Can utopia be attained if we put an end to all these hatreds? In the satire‚ “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Kurt Vonnegut expresses his theme of the dysfunctional government of utopia through his effective use of simile‚ irony‚ and symbolism. In the story‚ Harrison’s father George was exceptionally intelligent and so he was forced

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