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    Writing a Satire

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    Step 2: Choose an Appropriate Structure‚ Type of Satire‚ and Audience for your Piece Review the various samples of satire we read in class over the last week‚ and determine which one would be the most appropriate (in terms of its structure and techniques) for your group to use as a model for your satirical piece. After choosing the piece that your group will use as a “satirical model‚” make a list of the conventions you need to use in your satire. Decide whether your piece will be more Horatian

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    satire examples

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    Satire Noun. A literary manner which blends humor with criticism for the purpose of instruction or the improvement of humanity The necessary ingredients • Humor • Criticism‚ either general criticism of humanity or human nature or specific criticism of an individual or group. • Some kind of moral voice: simply mocking or criticism is not “satire.” The Satiric Manner • Ironic/Sarcastic • Either good natured criticism (Horatian) or bitterly cynical denunciation (Juvenalian) • Always opposed to pretense

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    Candide Satire

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    Satire is defined as a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Candide is a successful satire because it includes the main components of satire‚ and in writing it Voltaire intended to point out the folly in philosophical optimism and religion. Satire is designed to ridicule a usually serious idea. Because Voltaire was a deist he was more than comfortable deriding religion and philosophical optimism in his novella Candide. In contrast to the standard

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    Obesity is a problem all across America. Everyday young kids choose to stay in their room and play video games or watch TV instead of going outside to play or participate in athletics at school. The benefits of exercising greatly outweigh the benefits of watching TV or playing video games‚ but yet most children would still rather be inactive. Being active keeps you healthy in many ways and can be as fun as you make it. There are many benefits of being an active person. Being active helps you control

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    Satirical Satire

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    pocket‚ “we’re just two letters in‚ and already its like having a penpal who is in deep with some loan sharks‚” Oliver satirically commented‚ gaining yet another laughing response at the poke. This is evidence that parody works in cooperation with satire‚ though parody hardly can exist outside of satirical context. The mailing correspondence engages in a normal practice of those who are exploited by the Televangelist Tilton‚ but the latter joke comparing him to an “in deep penpal” is the scornful

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    Satire Essay

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    Yearly Satire Essay: Satire is typically intended to be comical although its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism‚ using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. In particular it aims to expose its audience to the nature of the political atmosphere by exploring the trivial and self-serving nature of governmental objectives. Rob Sitch’s television programme The Hollowmen ironically depicts the shallow values of contemporary

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    stone unturned in terms of what he satirizes. Though a great many topics are touched upon‚ Voltaire ultimately uses Candide to satirize the philosophy of optimism offered by the German philosopher‚ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. By examining Voltaire’s satire of armies‚ we can see that he uses the pointless atrocities and violence in Candide as a basis to discredit the German philosophy of optimism. The first instance in which Voltaire utilizes armies to discredit the philosophy of optimism occurs shortly

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    Obesity

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    Are parents responsible for their child’s obesity and unhealthy eating choices? In the article “The Battle Against Fast Food Begins In The Home” Weintraubs argument states that parents should take responsibility to protect their child. I agree that parents should take more responsibility in what their child puts into their mouth. The parents have the authority to be responsible and take charge of their kids. They need to realize all the bad health conditions that come with fast food

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    Chipotle Satire

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    cruelness and fraud and of big food corporations‚ and then starting his own organic restaurant‚ which the audience assumes is Chipotle; all to the tune of “Pure Imagination” covered by Fiona Apple. Funny or Die‚ a well known comedy web site‚ made a satire of Chipotle’s “Scarecrow”‚ called “Honest Scarecrow”‚ which changed the lyrics and added other words‚ images‚ and sounds in order to mock Chipotle’s‚ and other restaurants’‚ emotional and exaggerated way of advertising. “Honest Scarecrow” by Funny

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    Satire In The Alchemist

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    The satire that appears throughout The Alchemist does more than show the flaws in society‚ it creates and supports the intricate character-based theme of reality versus desire that helps to “sell” the image of London that Jonson creates. As stated earlier‚ The Alchemist relies on a gambit of fabricated characters‚ with the three main characters‚ Face‚ Subtle‚ and Doll‚ relying heavily on made-up personas that help them with their cons. Besides protecting the main characters‚ the personas used serve

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