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    Should Summer Heights High be used to teach satire? Intro: Satire is a form of comedy, a way of creating humour by using criticism, exploitation and exaggeration in order to get a reaction from the audience. this is to make them think of political or social issues in a way that's eye opening and Confronting. The show Summer Heights High uses these techniques in many ways which helps develop the show and characters.Summer Heights High is an Australian television show which takes on the form of…

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    “The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury on September 23, 1950. Bradbury, known for his science fiction genre, wrote many novels including: Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine and more. The common theme of his novels is that humans can be manipulated by technology. “The Veldt” is about a family that has a very technologically advanced home that performs every task for them. The children eventually get revenge on their parents with their own technology – the nursery…

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    Every day, people will be faced with making a wide range of decisions. People must make decisions about every aspect of their life, from what they want to eat for lunch to whom he/she will marry. Some will seem insignificant, while others will have the capacity to change the course of one’s life. As seen in the story, Eckels and Travis are faced with a plethora of decisions. All of these decisions is what, in the end, leads to Travis shooting Eckels. In the short story “A Sound of Thunder,” Ray…

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    As Time In the 1933 film King Kong, directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack create a fantastical horror rendition of the classic Beauty and the Beast tale. Ann Darrow, a beautiful but poor woman, gets noticed by a movie director and travels to a mysterious island where she gets captured by a giant gorilla who falls in love with her. However, Ann does not warrant these advances, and in a final chase through New York City, King Kong falls from the Empire State Building. This leads…

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    First Time Cruise Essay

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    Crucial Cruise Travel Tips and Airline Accommodations Fly in a day earlier if you can to avoid rushing. If you cannot, get to your destination at least four hours before the ship leaves. Arrive at your embarkation area at least two hours before departure. And avoid booking…

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    Jonathan Swift Satire

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    Satire is defined as the "use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices", it is mostly used in the context of contemporary politics and is known for "making fun" of seemingly serious conversations and debates. Jonathan Swift constructs a piece of literature balancing on the edge of irony and absurdity with his proposal that would "end the hunger". He begins with having the reader feel sympathy with the people of Ireland and calling the…

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    A Modest Proposal is a satirical piece written by Jonathan Swift which uses the idea of satire to convey a message. His use of this literary device exaggerates the main message to comment on both the social and political hardships of overpopulation and poverty with Irish immigrants. There are multiple examples of irony that Swift uses, but these are about four of these pieces of evidence within the text that effective show his mastery of this literary device. The first example of Irony is within…

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    Back to the Future Imagine time traveling thirty years back in past and not being able to travel back. Then ruining the moment your parents first met, which could potentially make you and your siblings not exist. That is exactly happened to Marty in the 1985 movie, Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis. In this movie, the main character, Marty goes to meet his dear friend Doc. Doc is a scientist who invents the time machine, and Marty unconsciously tested it out trying to escape the…

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    Jonathan Swift's anonymously wrote the modest proposal was to end the food shortage in Ireland and feel the hunger crisis within stimulating the exchange and regulating the overpopulation of the poor. Swift proposes the idea by telling them that his friend in America said how tasty infant’s meat was delicious and tender meat that the chef basted, stewed, baked, boiled and roasted. Therefore, the baby skin turned into beautiful fine leather gloves for women and shoes for men. Swift proposes that…

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    Doctor Who Research Paper

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    called the Time Lords that come from the planet Gallifrey. The Time Lords invented living machines called TARDISes, and the Doctor stole one that he still travels through time and space to this day on the show. This is how he is able to travel to distant planets and stars. The…

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