Linnea Saukko wrote the piece “How to Poison the Earth”. The piece is a satire. A satire is the use of humorous, ironic, and exaggerative speech or writing to bring light to politics and other topical issues. Plenty of the nightly shows have adapted to this format. This format allows a speaker/writer to create a persona that mirrors them. This mirror persona is so amplified that the audience comes to the realization “on their own” that they hate this persona. The readers will take this and hate the speaker/writer’s allies. Saukko’s satire contains strong traces of sarcasm, facts, and a form of emotional appeal to create her argument.…
2) Recall that areas with high net primary productivity not only produce high levels of biomass rapidly, they also take up large amounts of CO2 and give off large amounts of oxygen. What is the likely result of the increasing amounts of sediments and fertilizers in the major rivers emptying into oceans and affecting algal beds, reefs, swamps, and estuaries?…
* Over nutrition- the ingestion of too many calories and improper foods, causes a person to become overweight…
Frankiln Scaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) is an epic science fiction film that stars the late Charlston Heston. The film begins as a group of Astronauts led by Taylor (Heston) in the would-be present crash land and end up on a seemingly alien planet a few thousand years into the future, via suspended animation. After trotting around and exploring the planet, they soon discover it governed by simian hominoids who hunt down and experiment on primitive humans who have lost the ability to speak. After the gang of three are slowly whittled away at by the talking ape overlords, we ended up with the sole surviving Taylor, who temporarily had lost his voice as well due to an injury received during a confrontation with the apes along side his female…
With countless hours of having scientists research global warming it is apparent that global warming is not a problem at all. In fact everybody needs to see the clear fact that global warming is helping humanity in many numerous ways. The environment warming up, the ocean levels rising, and the increase in carbon dioxide are all benefits to the environment, economy, and society in general.…
The style of the film can be debated and compared with the style of the original Planet of the Apes (1968), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Matt Reeves decided to focus more on the apes being the central part of the story. “The organic scope of the digitized character creation is breathtaking, using the technology to tell the story from the point of view of the apes, who remain the primary focus of the narrative.”(Kermode, 2014) Mark Kermode even goes on to say, “From its origins… to this state-of-the art 21st-century 3D-CG cinema outing, the darkly satirical Apes saga has proved both resilient and flexible.” (Kermode, 2014) A. O. Scott describes the cinematic quality of the film as having a type of grave, almost brooding beauty about it,…
What is religion? There is no one correct answer, however, one definition that seems to cover every aspect of most established religions is, " the most comprehensive and intensive manner of valuing known to human beings" (Pecorino). In Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, Vonnegut takes this definition and creates his own religion in order to satirize all others. Bokononism, Vonnegut's contrived religion, is built on foma, or harmless untruths. Bokononists believe that good societies can only be built by keeping a high tension between good and evil at all times, and that there is no such thing as absolute evil (Schatt 64). They have created their own language with words such as karass, a group of people organized by God to do his work for him (Vonnegut 2), and granfalloon, a false karass (91). Kurt Vonnegut uses the Bokononist's religious scripture, The Books of Bokonon, to satirize all other holy scriptures. He also uses a Bokononist ritual, boko-maru, to mock other spiritual rituals and ceremonies. Finally, Vonnegut uses the apocalyptic ending of Cat's Cradle to scoff at many religions' beliefs in what will happen when the world ends. In Kurt Vonnegut's science fiction novel Cat's Cradle, the author uses satire to target religious themes.…
The video “The Girl Code” from the Simpsons, pokes fun at the world's dependence on technology. In the episode Homer talks about the internet and all its crazy words, then he says “Siri, tell Amazon to drone me a beer”. Some more examples of satire in it are, the NSA bug in the iPad that took a picture of them and crawled off, and Homer saying “The plant isn't gonna inspect itself” and then a machine turning on and self inspecting the plant. Most of these examples of satire are based around technology and what it does to the modern world. Technology is doing all this stuff for us and it has become so programable that we don't need some people's jobs anymore, like a vacuum drone for your house so you don't have to give all the effort of moving…
The society in this satire, Harrison Bergeron, is based on the principle of everybody being equal. Physically and mentally, so no one person is any better or worse at any activity. The author is mocking the aspects of actual societies with the whole plot of the story. People never want to be any worse at something than the people they’re with. Nobody wants to lose a competition, but by making everybody equal, that also means that nobody will win a competition.…
To the informed reader, it is known that the Onion is a news website in which satirical articles are written about local and national events, however, this satire can sometimes be missed due to the nature of the article and its presentation of information. Due to how the article is written in the fashion of an actual news article it creates the appearance of actual news and could be seen as such if the satire is missed. With the articles use of quotations and the appearance of fact it gives the tone of that of an actual news article about the issue. For example, the piece uses quotations from people supposedly working with Poland Springs in order to give a basis to the articles information. The way these quotations are placed among the article…
It has come to my attention that our nation is in the middle of earthweek. At a time when we all stop, as Americans, and take a look at all of the great accomplishments we have made that we could have possibly overlooked while running around with our busy schedules. We recognize our efforts to create powerful industries and production plants that produce endless chemical compounds and new materials. The discovery and use of fossil fuels, of which has fed our automobiles and at times added a protective coating to our shores and beaches. The men and women who clear the land and provide the materials for our homes. And what about electricity? The greatest discovery of all time. We must not forget about the men and women who spend hours on end getting in and out of those little white suits and rubber gloves to dispose our radio active waste. It is not so much that we recognize the great discoveries and creations we have made, but more that we recognize all we do as humans to ensure our plentiful and gluttonous lifestyles.…
hese are hard times, no doubt for just about all of us. Let's give some consideration to automobiles. There are people who have purchased new cars within the last couple of years. Sadly, since that time they have lost their jobs and can no longer afford to make a car payment in the neighborhood for $400+ per month. Before they know it, they find themselves getting their beautiful cars getting repossessed by the finance company. How embarrassing this can be for you with your neighbors, unless it has happened to them too. Now you do not have a car, your credit is ruined, you need a car, what are you to do?…
In "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, the author creates a short story about a Dystopian society where any form of "unequal advantage" is frowned upon and dealt with by a method known as “Handicapping” a person. Handicapping was given based off the “advantage” that a person had, a few examples being the ballerinas forced to cover their faces to keep their beauty hidden or an overly intelligent person being forced to wear a mental radio within his/her own ear.…
Can true equality ever be achieved through strict governmental control? Can people abolish their foolish hatred of differences in race, economic status, colors, religions, or sexual orientation? Can utopia be attained if we put an end to all these hatreds? In the satire, “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut expresses his theme of the dysfunctional government of utopia through his effective use of simile, irony, and symbolism.…
Tarzan of the Apes was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and it was published in 1914. Tarzan is a human that was raised in the African jungle by great apes.…