Example Of A Satire Analysis

In this assignment I'm going to explain what modern satire is and to provide a practical example, the case of Charlie Hebdo. The aim is to point out that satire is a controversial subject and it is likely to stay that way for the time to come. I will also mention what satire can lead to and if it should have defined boundaries. When too much is too much? I will use the news of the Mayor of Amatrice, an Italian town, that sued the French magazine for aggravated defamation because of the cartoon about the recent Italian earthquake.

I chose this issue because I've always been interested in literature's styles, ethics, and freedom of speech and information. Researching and writing about satire will necessarily touch these topics.

Satire is a very old genre of literature; it stretches back to the ancient Egypt and it's still very prominent nowadays. The Merriam–Webster online dictionary define and summarize it, as a type of "humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc." ("Satire", 2016). Even if humour is an evident aspect of satire, it is not its sole aim: it strives to draw attention...show more content... One of the common charges that satirical authors face is that of bad taste and targeting the victim(s) ("Satire", Wikipedia, 2016). Throughout the years, a satire magazine that experienced accusations and threats is Charlie Hebdo. Charlie Hebdo is a French weekly newspaper, introduces in November 1970 after the previous Hara–Kiri Hebdo was banned for mocking the death of former French President De Gaulle. The ban was motivated by the presence of pornography in previous issues ("History", 2016). During the years the newspaper faced a multitude of accusations and received lots of threats, the biggest and most tragic one concretized in January 2015 when two masked gunmen attacked the magazine's office killing 12 people ("Charlie Hebdo Attack", Get more content

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As Charles Dixon walked in his office he was thinking about what other fun things he should do to punish the students at good ole Merced High. As you could see Mr. Dixon is the commander, leader, or just as we call it today, a principal. After the war that happen between the students and the staff there as been a lot more strictness to the school rules. Ever since I left this school its basically been more like a public military school. Your probably wondering why I'm not at Merced High School well, I got kicked out. I was walking with mydisc man to my class and all electronics must be off when the bells ring infuriately there happen to be a sniper on the west wing of the campus and has soon as the ...show more content...

They shouldn't take this to their own hands here. We shouldn't be going to school if we are going to be abused by all the minor crimes we are doing they should be glad we show up to class anyways we do make the school money buy showing up so shouldn't tardies be out of the picture. When I showed up to school they had snipers all over me, unbelievable. I showed up to my first class and all the students were seated in there desk. I heard Mr. Dixon put out a new rule out on the tardy policy, that if you weren't in your seat you were toasted. They still had the snipers up on the roofs but they didn't only have that they had lasers installed in each class room that would just burn your skin off. Through out the day I reunited with my old buddies. They were glad to see me back they knew I was going to get my revenge. I didn't want Dixon running the program here at the Merced High so I was going to do something about it . I got the boys together and most of our senior class we discuss about what kind of riot should we break out and though about what our consequences we could get by doing this. We all came up with an idea we're going to all be late to class, you figure that there are only so many snipers that they cant get us all. Our main idea was to blow up the main office, the attendance office, and one big part of the school's class rooms, by doing that there basically Get more

Hello Jayson,

I hope your second week of WR 121 is going well. I also found the kidnapping scenario interesting because it helped me put in perspective how genre affects our writing. The example you used in your third paragraph is quite interesting as well, i never thought about how everything can be a genre. I wonder if genre is so complex, is their limits to what can't be considered a genre? You lived in Hawaii how exciting, my friend is from Hawaii he introduced me to kalua pig it is quite delicious. On another note Klass article on jargon was really interesting to read, I have no experience with medical jargon either but how long did it take you to pick up Pidgin? Before reading this article i felt like jargon and slang were similar

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Satires continue to "rise as one of the country's most effective and influential original reporting platforms," (Source 7). By incorporating humor, not limited to skits and comical visuals, the reality within social and political affairs are shown true. Satires are an important part in the country's culture. Not only are satires entertaining, but they are also relevant news outlets for the country. These reporting platforms are influential in that the country formulates opinions based upon what the satire reveals. While remaining comedic, satires provoke thought and illuminate political and social opinion. As an illustration, Saturday Night Live (SNL) maintains the position of a reporting platform. Creator and Producer of SNL, Lorne Michaels, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom because he reflects and shapes, "critical elements of our political and national life," (Source 2) on the show. Due to the recent presidential election, SNL has had ample opportunity to portray political discourse in satires. Karl Bode, writer of TechDirt article said, "satirical news programs do a significantly better job at reporting the news than most of the nation's actual news outlets." (Source 7) The writers of SNL critiqued both candidates...president elect Trump more so. The skits left room for praise and criticism...show more content...

I negate that "satires go too far". Satires are creative outlets to depict real issues transpiring. "We cannot, should not police our own thoughts or the thoughts of our fellow citizens." (Source 5) Satires aren't the problem; what they are exposing is. A solution for challengers of satires would be: to think more clearly, evaluate more efficiently and question, "Why do I blame satires for addressing what merely is the truth?" Satires are an important part of the country's culture and are relevant to nationalism. Therefore, they shouldn't be Get more