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Article:
What is Satire?--Author is unknown
I hear
people all the time say, "satire is so stupid; I don't get it." The
point of a satire is to bring about social change through the use of sarcasm
and/ or irony. Sometimes you have to
read it a few times; sometimes the author can be misunderstood. A satire
usually does not have a rhyme scheme-it's more of a free verse, or a narrative.
I created mine one day I was thinking about all of the people in this world
getting plastic surgery and wanting to look "perfect". I thought
about the image we are putting in young minds that if they don't like the way
God made them, then they can pay a doctor to make them look any way they want.
Feel free to comment: Here it is:
How To Get Skinny and
Beautiful in No Time at all- a Satire
If you
really want advice on how to lose weight, watch a morbidly obese person down a
Big Mac, large fry, chicken pot pie, fried pickles, twinkies, a large soda, and
an apple pie with ice cream on the side. As they salivate and moan over their
meal, you will look like a chicken bone. Or else, it will make you so sick, you
won’t be able to eat for a week.
If you want
to get skinny, take a vegan hunting. Have them load the gun, sit in a tree
stand, and work for their meal. You’ll end up eating a dandelion salad with
fresh honey from the bee hive. You might just eat anything to stay alive.
If you want
to lose thirty pounds in thirty days, get liposuction, a tummy tuck, and a
breast reduction. While you are sucking it out, also get cheek implants, lip
injections, and don’t forget to lose those wrinkles! Get a face lift, some
botox, and some permanent black eyeliner.
Take my
advice and you will be skinny, beautiful, and unique in one week- but not for
long- since everyone else wants to change and they’ll all look just like you in
no time at all.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the point the author is
trying to get across in the satire “How
To Get Skinny and Beautiful in No Time”?
2. What is one specific example the
author uses to make his/her point?
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The ways that the author says will help you get skinny are actually the exact opposite of what you should do. Or its going to the extreme of being skinny.
ReplyDeleteThe author used the example of going hunting with a vegan because they dont eat much.
The author is implying through satire that the way one appears is unimportant and that to aspire to be the modern idea of perfect is naive and idiotic. First citing the eating habits of a morbidly obese person, then of a vegan, were they to be in a survival situation.
ReplyDeleteThe author uses example to get skinny that dont make sense or are the total opposite of what you should do when trying to lose weight. And it made fun of vegans saying they dont eat much but in reality they eat a lot since they dont eat a lot of carbs so its not accurate either.
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ReplyDeleteAuthor makes the point that being skinny is actually harmful in the ways the video displayed showing the opposite ways of how you should achieve being a healthy skinny. Author uses examples of such like going hunting with a vegan because it actually shows that vegans because they don't eat alot.
ReplyDeleteThe author is stating that you don't have to change yourself to be society's idea of beautiful. An example used is permanent black eyeliner because a lot of girls use it and its a trend that a lot of girls now follow.
ReplyDelete1. The author is saying that the way someone looks is not important.
ReplyDelete2. It first said about a obese person then about vegans and their eating habits.
The author is trying to explain the extreme of a certain body image, and ways to reach that ridiculous extreme. One example they used was to eat like a vegan to lose weight because they don't eat much.
ReplyDeleteThe author is trying to say that these standards set are very idiotic and require not a second thought to throw away the idea of getting plastic surgery. First the author suggested that you take a vegan hunting so he would not shoot anything and you would starve yourself. Then the author suggested to get your entire body redone with plastic surgery.
ReplyDeleteThe author is trying to make you feel better about yourself by comparing yourself to less appealing people. One example is that if you are around an obese person you will feel like a chicken bone.
ReplyDeleteThe author is trying to say how to lose weight at an extreme rate because that is just what everyone is trying to do now in her opinion. One example she uses is eat like a vegan because they barely eat anything.
ReplyDeleteThe way the author is trying to make is you skinny is the exact opposite of how to get skinny.
ReplyDeleteOne example is eating like a vegan because they don't eat much.
The way the author is trying to make is you skinny is the exact opposite of how to get skinny.
ReplyDeleteOne example is eating like a vegan because they don't eat much.
1. The author is giving false and silly advice on how you should get skinny.
ReplyDelete2. One example was that you should eat like a vegan.