Paper #2 Throughout time sitcoms have used satire‚ irony and parody to entertain and get laughs out of its audience. Almost everyone likes certain sitcoms for different reasons‚ but mostly because they enjoy a good laugh. I want to talk about sitcoms and what is hiding behind the satire‚ irony and parodies. Sitcoms are meant to help its audience through social anxieties without fully coming out and saying what it is doing. The word sitcom is actually two words put together which was once called
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raised in the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor. The book is about a white eleven year old boy named Phillip who is rescued by an elderly‚ black man named Timothy after their ship is torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine during World War 2. Phillip loses his eyesight after being hit on the head by a large plank of wood during the evacuation while Timothy reveals that he is illiterate‚ which causes them to be dependent on each other. They stumble upon an empty‚ deserted cay and must help each other
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While having the option to read the novel‚ The Cay or watch the movie‚ The Cay I would rather read the book. I believe the book‚ by Theodore Taylor‚ is better because of the fact that there is far more details of the adventure that Phillip and Timothy had in the book than in the movie‚ produced by Walter Seltzer. I also can see in the movie that there is a very low budget for the movie. I also believe that the fact that you can read Philip’s mind it makes that story that much better and shows how
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Throughout the book ‘The Cay’‚ a book written by Theodore Taylor‚ the main character‚ Phillip‚ through many changes with the different conflicts he has to face‚ develops independence‚ determination‚ and satisfaction. He starts as dependent on his parents and Timothy‚ ungrateful and disrespectful‚ and troublesome. But through having to face with conflicts such as the hurricane‚ becoming blind‚ Timothy’s death‚ and the boat crash‚ he becomes the aforementioned character traits; Having to deal with
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Literary Essay In life there will be difficulties. HOWEVER‚ you can choose whether to make something good come out of those difficulties. In the story "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor‚Timothy and Phillip struggle to get along and survive. Timothy and Phillip learn the importance of friendship and survival. Sometimes good things can come from challenges. Phillip has a negative opinion of black people‚ and is very leery about them‚ due to his mother’s influence. If Phillip didn’t become
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The Cay is about a blind boy‚ an older black man‚ and a cat stranded on a deserted cay during World War II. The story tells about a black man named Timothy‚ and a young boy named Phillip whose ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat. After surviving on a raft‚ Phillip and Timothy drift ashore on an island in the Devil’s Mouth‚ somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Soon after Phillip went blind‚ Timothy shouted‚ ”We found dee (the) island!” So then‚ they went to the island‚ thinking about ways they could
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ALLEN| IRONY IN MACBETH There are many types of irony used in Macbeth.. Without the irony‚ the tragedy would not be quite so tragic. Verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational irony was used in the story of Macbeth. One type of irony used in Macbeth is verbal irony. This is when a character says one thing and means the opposite. Examples of this are when Macbeth says to Banquo‚ “Tonight we hold a solemn supper‚ sir‚ And I’ll request your presence” or when he says “Fail not our feast". Verbal irony makes
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Many times authors use irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper
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Significance of Irony Irony is a rhetorical device used to illustrate a discordant situation or verbalization in which the outcome is opposite of what was expected. As a result‚ this writing technique often introduces humor into the storyline‚ depending on the tone of the story. This element of indirectness is partly what makes poetry so interesting. Poetry’s lack of simplicity forces the reader to think independently‚ therefore creating numerous possible interpretations. The techniques of irony used in
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Irony Essay In the timeless tragedy Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles implements masterful irony in the forms of dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational ironies‚ which are essential contributions to the theme of the limitations of a man’s potential caused by fate. The dramatic end of Oedipus raised a crucial question of the extent of a man’s impact on society in the minds of the Chorus‚ “Luckless Oedipus‚ whom of all men I envy not at all” (1378). The reason that this question is elevated into the minds of both
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