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    I In The Cartoon Analysis

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    you proceed to see 2 girls and 3 boys playing with some kind of mobile or tablet while sitting and walking outside. But‚ ironically all the way in the back you see an actual recreation park with a basket hoop‚ swings‚ and a teeter-totter. It is a satirical and mocking cartoon of how today’s generations are so hyper-technology dependent and that is their new way of diversion. The author gives us his ironic intake in how "Children playing" has a whole new meaning in today’s generation.

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    The Importance Of Satire

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    “Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice‚ that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom‚ because you’re on the front lines” (Hiaasen). This literary work is used to expose the follies of its subject using techniques such as mockery‚ sarcasm‚ innuendo‚ and other witticisms. Satirists use this to point out a fault in society that they feel should be morally corrected. In order to

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    become George Orwell’s 1984‚ depicts a time of totalitarian and communism rule. Where ever you are big brother is watching you. Winston‚ Orwell’s main character in the satirical novel is a man struggling with his true identity in this gloomy world. Orwell‚ constructing this novel after the ending of World War II writes a satirical story that is also a warning to what can become of the world. Throughout 1984‚ George Orwell uses satire in his writing through literary elements; theme‚ imagery‚ symbolism

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    John Milton

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    Italian‚ and English‚ and prepared to enter the clergy. Milton was probably suspended for quarrelling in his first year with his tutor‚ William Chappell. He was certainly at home in the Lent term 1626; there he wrote his Elegia Prima‚ a first Latin elegy‚ to Charles Diodati‚ a friend from St Paul ’s. At Cambridge Milton was on good terms with Edward King‚ for whom he later wrote Lycidas. At Cambridge he developed a reputation for poetic skill and general erudition‚ but experienced alienation from

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    Poems About the Lottery

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    battery For tradition’s sake I have lost a wife And the children‚ their mother Sometimes I lie in bed awake Staring at the moon And I wonder what my life would’ve been like If she hadn’t picked that paper‚ on the 27th of June. Mr Hutchinson Elegy for the Victims of the Lottery Tradition is important‚ they say Even when lives are lost And the innocent are slain But yet I continue to host Once a long year On the 27th of June Everybody trembles with fear For the lottery is not a boon

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    Slavery and Cowper

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    trade from the spiritual religious perspective. God has created plants for all men alike‚ not for a certain species of human beings‚ to urge them to work and toil. So‚ lethargically enjoying the sweets of Negroes’ sweat is against God’s will. In a satirical tone‚ the Negro again wonders: Is there‚–as ye sometimes tell us‚– Is there One who reigns on high? Has He bid you buy and sell us‚ Speaking from his throne‚ the sky? (25-28) Tangled whips‚ matches and blood-extorting nails can never be

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    Australian Identity

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    Contents 1. How do we Define Australian Identity? Page 3 2. Summer Lovin’ Page 3 2.1. Sea‚ Summer and Senses Page 3 2.2. Catch ya Cobba Page 4 3. The Worst Australian of All Time Page 5 3.1. The Makings of a Proper Aussie Page 5 3.2. Cheeky Aussie‚ Lazy Aussie‚ Angry Aussie Page 5 4. In Conclusion Page 6 1. How do we Define Australian Identity? Australian identity refers to how a country is depicted as a whole whilst encompassing

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    Huckleberry Finn: Passage pg. 283 – 284 Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn is a blatant concoction of religious bias and varied notions on the role of religion. Satirical characters and the obvious use of sarcastic ideals in regards to the religious situations within the novel allowed Twain to address the issue on so many different levels. Huckleberry Finn is introduced‚ as being a religious character‚ as he looks to pray and reflect on virtues of right and wrong as dictated by those religious

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    Huang 1 Fiona Huang M. Farrell Art History 14 November 2015 Roy Liechtenstein Through The Years Roy Liechtenstein was a notable American Pop artist who helped pave the way for Pop art’s culture and nature. Prior to the modern art era‚ art was interpreted as serious and refined. This changed when in the late 1950’s‚ popular culture collided with the world of art‚ creating the visual arts movement of Pop Art (Gershman). In contrast with previous art movements‚ it extracted imagery from popular culture

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    the very important changes between Massys’s and Reymerswaele’s pictures have much to do with the economic changes in Europe in the beginning of the 16th century. Most art historians have seen in Massys ’ and Reymerswaele ’s paintings a satirical and moralising symbolism‚ The Money Changer and his Wife being the representation of greed. Others think that the picture shows economic activity in a respectable way. Flanders at that time was the centre of a flourishing industrial and commercial

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