Satire; a comedic over the exaggerated parody.I agree that “Pig” is a satire on the great depression.Roald Dahl over exaggerated the fact for the desperation of food in the united states, stating that people were so desperate for food and survival they became cannibals.”Well, there’s just a chance, you see, that it might have been a piece of human stuff.”(p.g 280) Along with the restaurant only having one item because they were out of everything else, which in fact shows how desperate the restaurant is for food.It’s a satire because of the fact that Roald Dahl, is trying to show how ridiculous people were being over food the lack of food in the United States.He explained himself by saying that meat companies were killing people and packaging
