Jonathan Swift's Use Of Satire

Satire is a very important and useful genre of literature that is used everyday to express mockery, irony and humor. Jonathan Swift first introduced satire when he wrote an open letter to England during the Great Irish Potato Famine explaining his solution to end the starvation that had spread all throughout Ireland. His plans to keep his people from dying out involved getting newborn babies plump off of breast milk and then eating the newborns. After receiving the letter from Swift, England sent food to the starving people. Ireland has never been as populated since then.
John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, has won several awards including an Emmy award for Outstanding Interactive Program. The late night series see the British comic review what happened in the past week reviewing what has happened on the news, politics and current events all with a heavy dose of satire. Last month, Oliver mentioned on his HBO show that he wasn’t …show more content…
Trump’s supporters believe that he is telling the truth about everything even though Politifact checked 77 of his statement and rated 76 percent of them come out as false. I understand that Trump is a very entertaining because he makes a fool of himself, but I don’t believe that he is someone that should run the country. Yes, he’s has made more money than most of us will make in a lifetime, but he has also lost a huge amount. You can’t run a country like a business, no matter how well you believe it’ll work. Satire helps keep the humor in the world, making people laugh when their day has been rough. John Oliver’s thoughts on Trump are spot on and he showed us that when he broadcasted the Donald trump takedown America has been waiting for. For the people who dislike trump, this was a win. Oliver keeps the satire coming, even if it makes people upset, he doesn’t care. He’s having fun ripping Trump