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    Satire in 1984

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    How does Orwell use 1984 to criticize and satirise societies and religions Orwell uses ‘1984’ in many ways; it is more than just a novel. He satirises society and religion through his use of imagery and also by the actions and feelings of the characters in the novel. Big Brother can serve as a metaphorical representation of many things‚ God‚ totalitarianism‚ Stalin and other historical figures‚ or simply as a form of control. This illustrates Orwell’s ability to critique organisations through

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    Satire and Happy People

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    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

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    The Great Gatsby as a Satire Satire is an implement used by authors to point out a flaw of society or group of people in general. There are different levels of satire that the author can use. For example‚ the author may employ a type a formal satire known as Juvenalian satire. Here‚ the writer points out a subject with anger and contempt for it in a bitter fashion. There is also the contrasting form of Juvenalian satire called Horatian satire. Here‚ the writer points out a subject with

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    Have you ever seen Jay Leno or Mad TV over exaggerate or mock the society? If you’re up late enough and have‚ then‚ you probably encountered the works of satire. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses a great deal of satire. The author‚ Mark Twain‚ uses satire against religion‚ government‚ and society in general. I believe that without satire in the media‚ there wouldn’t be enough humor. Throughout the novel‚ we meet people whose live were ruined by alcoholism. Huck’s father is a drunken‚ abusive

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    Satire in Huck Finn

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    considered an uneducated boy who is constantly under pressure to conform to the civilized aspects of society. Jim‚ who accompanies Huck‚ is a runaway slave seeking freedom from the world that has denied it to him for so long. In his novel‚ Twain uses satire to demonstrate many of civilizations problems. In the beginning of the story‚ Huck sneaks away from his home to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends. The boys start a gang and decide that one of the things they will do is kidnap people‚ and hold them

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    Example Satire

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    ran away from us. Like the girl‚ about three fourths of the students said they planned on staying home all weekend and watching Netflix. One girl even said she had started and finished all 5 seasons of Friday Night Lights (43 minute long show‚ with 12-14 episodes in each season)‚ stating “[She] cried at least 1‚000 times during the two day weekend”. As the school cleared out in an incredible 7 minutes‚ teachers and few students were left in the school gathering their things. We

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    TALK SHOWS The television talk show is‚ on the face of it‚ a rather strange institution. We pay people to talk for us. Like the soap opera‚ the talk show is an invention of twentieth century broadcasting. It takes a very old form of communication‚ conversation‚ and transforms it into a low cost but highly popular form of information and entertainment through the institutions‚ practices and technologies of television. The talk show did not originate over night‚ at one time‚ or in one place. It

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    Homelessness Satire

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    or shelter‚ most will use it feed their addictions. Do you want your money being spent on cigarettes and alcohol? Why should we have to give them our spare change when we have new clothes to buy‚ vacations to take or gas tanks to fill? Research shows that in the United States 43% of homeless people are single males and 33% of homeless people are families with children. While the majority of the homeless are 45 years old. As well‚ 1 in 4 homeless are veterans; that’s 26% of all homeless people.

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    Huckleberry Finn Satire

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    Satire is the use of humor‚ irony‚ or exaggeration to reveal or ridicule human vices. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain uses a variety of satire to call out human ignorance. He uses his main character a 14-year boy from before the Civil War as his catalyst to show a child’s innocence in a twisted society. When Huckleberry Finn fakes his death and runs away from his alcoholic father to Jackson Island‚ where Finn finds Jim a previous slave to his adopters that tried to civilize Finn

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    In all examples of satire the NFL is credited to the allegations of their players and crimes and what they do to combat it. In the first article it talks about all the wonderful thing the NFL is doing and how I show to the world like an open book‚ but then calls everyone very brash names. This shows that the writer believes the complete opposite‚ that they are very lucrative. I believe this article is mediocre at best for satire. This article show the flaws of the NFL and sandals‚ but it doesn’t

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