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SATIRESatire is a part of literature that humiliates and ridicules a certain subject or person. Satire is usually hilarious but that is not the true intention, the true intention is to scorn. In Taylor Mali's "The Impotence of proofreading" satire is used abundantly. Spellcheckers from the computers are being satirized in this article proven with all the misspelled words Taylor Mali uses sarcastically continuously through out the article. Taylor Mali is informing us how spellcheck can really put our paper on the wrong path and that we use our own intelligence to proofread and spellcheck. In the eight grade I wrote a paper using copy and paste. My teacher copy and pasted my grade all over the paper, I thought that was really (funny) creative using satire. In an article found on theonion.com there is a story on the false feeling of people thinking the elephants truly are happy being part of the circus. The article informs us on the happy times the elephants supposedly go through being apart of the circus. In The article the writer interviews several kids throughout the circus show. "He's such a funny happy elephant," said an 8 year old girl who attended the event speaking of the elephant who has been tied and chained up isolated from the others. Branden Helger a 9 year old boy said Topsy was his favorite elephant performer at Ringling Bros. because the elephant knew how to do neat tricks like pretending to limp, what he did not know is that the elephant was really limping. When i was a very young boy i used to think elephants also had fun performing in the circus because of how entertaining it was.
In an article found on they talk
about Barack Obama's lack of making any difference in the country by simply telling people in unusual ways that everything is in progress
and under control. The article makes an obvious attempt to point out the satire it is looming over, the direction we have gone has not changed
the course of a much needed reset society. "I was waiting for the T when I felt a tap on my shoulder," Boston resident Jarrod Tomlinson, 36, said.
"I turned around and it was the president of the United States. Before I could tell him that as a small business owner,
I was a little worried that the new health care bill wouldn't offer me the subsidies necessary to provide my employees with coverage,
he just grabbed both of my arms, looked into my eyes for maybe five seconds, massaged my shoulder briefly, and walked away."
"And you know what?" Tomlinson continued. "I think everything's going to be okay." Apparently words or eye contact speaks louder
than actions(lol).
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This picture is a great example of satire because it scorns the way the Romans took comfort to another level.
The Romans were lazy after being on top of most of the other countries and lost all balance.
They started to excessively celebrate and eat and were soon knocked off the top spot.
The Cartoon shows a Roman man just eating and becoming obese signs of the excess lackadaisical actions.