Satire

Shareen Sigmon Ap English August 8, 2015 Humor in Society Humor is not meant to be taken seriously but to relay a message to someone or something in a less hash way. Alainde de Botton wrote a book titled, Status Anxiety, where he says, "that the chief aim of humorists is not merely to entertain but "to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly." De Botton says because society requires humorists to say things that other people cannot or will not say…

An Extreme and Convincing Proposition Brittany Moletz Argument and Research Professor Gardner September 18th, 2015 In 1729, Jonathan Swift released “A Modest Proposal” in order to take a satirical approach to the serious problems that were occurring in Ireland during the eighteenth century. The political pamphlet begins with his version of people walking through the streets of a small Irish town. Unfortunately, the paths are filled with malnourished beggars fluctuating in ages from the…

Intro A Modest Proposal was written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The “proposal” begins by dwelling in the poor and sad lives of the lower class Irish who tend to spend all their time working to feed their large families that seem to continuously grow. As a solution to the problem, which seems to be more than poverty but the attitudes that families have toward one another but also the abuse of power and greed from the upper class. Those higher up in society seem to only watch in disgust from a…

Swift’s essay “Swift” writes a very nice and detailed “proposal” of an issue that he finds evident in their community. The issue that Swift speaks of being of a social one that affected many of the commonwealths throughout their community. What Swift brings into the discussion is the, both social and economic, issue of the children of the poorer individuals being a burden to society in general as a whole. This includes the country, the public, and even their parents as well. The cause of this is…

Throughout our performance, we used the technique ‘body as prop’ successfully to convey the structure of two of the three little pig’s houses. There was a contrast in the two houses due to the differentiated shape and tension. To convey the building of the house, synchronised movement was used to show the shape develop. To show that I was acting as my character my face was in neutral; this showed the audience the diversity between my character and the usage of body prop. I also feel that we…

The sitcom genre is a familiar genre that majority are familiar with and is a growing genre in the media industry. Sitcoms generate millions of dollars every year with new popular TV sitcoms coming out every year along with the traditional sitcoms producing new seasons. The conventions of a sitcom separate this genre from others, like limited locations, stereo typical characters and circular narrative. The sitcom producers modified these conventions as the genre has grown and gained more ratings…

Between 1691 and 1801, when Ireland was under British rule, the Irish had all their land, farms, livestock, and pretty much all their possessions were taken away from them and were forced to do tenant farming. Tenant farming is where the tenant(s) pay a landlord/farm owner with labor and food to work and live on the land. In England, there was a lot of beggars, the poor, and most of them were women and their children. The children that the women have will more than likely to grow up to be…

The rise of popularity in Bare-knuckle prize fighting mirrored the complications, contradictions, and swift changes in society of 19th century United States, as Elliot Gorn interprets in his monograph The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America. Despite the fact that prize fighting was never actually legalized, its popularity continued to grow from its introduction to America- as a result of Irish immigrants- and resulted in being one of the most popular sports throughout the…

To me, comedy is a funny story, joke, or sentence that makes me laugh out loud and that allows me to forget all my problems and miseries. I find the American sitcom “Friends” to be very funny. In each episode of the sitcom that ran for ten seasons, starting in 1994 and ending in 2004, the 6 friends: Rachel, Ross, Joey, Chandler, Phoebe, and Monica encountered different problems and situations that they solved in their own unique way. Watching comedy is like taking a break, having a good laugh,…

Mark Twain once said “When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is set in the mid 19th century, a racially biased time period filled with slavery and anti-indian sentiments. We follow Tom Sawyer and his friends during their adventures throughout this novel. You should read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer because it includes interesting adventures, examples of mid 19th century childhood, and provides a historical outlook on…