There is an ancient art form that humanity has been attempting to master since before time. This art form is sarcasm. The way in which humans can say something with the subtext dripping from the words and another human can immediately understand they do not mean what they say is amazing. Very closely related to sarcasm is satire. Satire is when a writer uses humor, wit, and sarcasm to point out wrong doings in society. Jonathan Swift is a satirist who wrote “A Modest Proposal”, though not every satirical author exposes there name. “Aspiring Politician Hopes Government Leaves Some Women’s Rights For Him To Gut One Day” was written by an anonymous author. Though these essays argue on different matters, they both use women as satirical tools
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. .” use women to get their points across. Swift uses women to show how far the people of Ireland have fallen; enough to kill their own children for food. When describing the dilapidated state of the country in paragraph one Swift talks of the “. . . beggars of the female sex. . .” that haunt the streets dragging their children. By only referring to the beggars as women, Swift is putting a slightly different spin on the situation. If he acknowledges the male and female beggars then the condition would seem less extreme. Men who are beggars are lazy. Women who are beggars are desperate and in need of help. The writer of “Aspiring Politician. . .” also utilizes the symbolism of women to prove his point that the rights of women are disappearing rapidly. The author quotes Lipian, the wanna-be politician saying, “I’ve dreamed of stripping the state’s equal pay act of its teeth” (“Aspiring Politician”). “Equal pay” is referring to the pay gap between men and women and by saying he has fantasized about taking away equal pay he is also saying he wishes to attack women and put them back into their submissive and passive roles of the past. This declaration of action against women immediately puts the reader on the defensive, whether they are a male or a female as it is human nature to protect the females for they bear the children. Despite the drastic difference in topic, both articles use women to
. .” use women to get their points across. Swift uses women to show how far the people of Ireland have fallen; enough to kill their own children for food. When describing the dilapidated state of the country in paragraph one Swift talks of the “. . . beggars of the female sex. . .” that haunt the streets dragging their children. By only referring to the beggars as women, Swift is putting a slightly different spin on the situation. If he acknowledges the male and female beggars then the condition would seem less extreme. Men who are beggars are lazy. Women who are beggars are desperate and in need of help. The writer of “Aspiring Politician. . .” also utilizes the symbolism of women to prove his point that the rights of women are disappearing rapidly. The author quotes Lipian, the wanna-be politician saying, “I’ve dreamed of stripping the state’s equal pay act of its teeth” (“Aspiring Politician”). “Equal pay” is referring to the pay gap between men and women and by saying he has fantasized about taking away equal pay he is also saying he wishes to attack women and put them back into their submissive and passive roles of the past. This declaration of action against women immediately puts the reader on the defensive, whether they are a male or a female as it is human nature to protect the females for they bear the children. Despite the drastic difference in topic, both articles use women to