Satire Analysis
Satire analysis: Hannah Milner Primrose Red Brown
Jerry Du
May 5, 2013
Organizer
Making connections
What does the story remind me of? ▪ “not listening to parents’ advice” o “don’t talk to strangers” ▪ Vanity/self-conceit and the consequences o Not listening to advice on account of looks or impressions ▪ Chinese proverb [roughly translated]: “saying the grapes are sour when you can’t even taste them.” Connects to Hannah Milner because she concludes that the world is “a more interesting place when it’s blurry”, just because she doesn’t want to try the other option ▪ Bias in news reports
How do my own experiences connect to the story? ▪ Numerous cases of “childhood rebellion” (ski trip?) ▪ Relating to the case mentioned in the previous point, the reasons why I chose to do what I did/what happened ▪ Telling private information unwittingly to strangers ▪ Aloofness after others winning school competitions (grade five spelling bee, speeches)
Example of a connection I made ▪ After losing in the grade five class competition, I resolved to take a look at the list of words needed for the school competition from my class’s candidate; with one glance, I decided that I could easily ace the school round; even during the competition, I made insinuating comments to myself that the “words were so easy” and that “this was nothing for me” ▪ During many cases that involved some people in prior classes being invited to a certain someone’s party and not myself, I often said things such as, “paintballing is hardly any fun…it’s so aggressive” or “a sleepover? That’s messed up,” just because I wasn’t included
Inferring
What messages are given indirectly? ▪ “don’t make decisions based on wants, but based on needs” (decisions based on wants tend to result in catastrophe( include a possible real life example?)
What evidence leads you to this conclusion? ▪ Hannah Milner, after deciding that
Jerry Du
May 5, 2013
Organizer
Making connections
What does the story remind me of? ▪ “not listening to parents’ advice” o “don’t talk to strangers” ▪ Vanity/self-conceit and the consequences o Not listening to advice on account of looks or impressions ▪ Chinese proverb [roughly translated]: “saying the grapes are sour when you can’t even taste them.” Connects to Hannah Milner because she concludes that the world is “a more interesting place when it’s blurry”, just because she doesn’t want to try the other option ▪ Bias in news reports
How do my own experiences connect to the story? ▪ Numerous cases of “childhood rebellion” (ski trip?) ▪ Relating to the case mentioned in the previous point, the reasons why I chose to do what I did/what happened ▪ Telling private information unwittingly to strangers ▪ Aloofness after others winning school competitions (grade five spelling bee, speeches)
Example of a connection I made ▪ After losing in the grade five class competition, I resolved to take a look at the list of words needed for the school competition from my class’s candidate; with one glance, I decided that I could easily ace the school round; even during the competition, I made insinuating comments to myself that the “words were so easy” and that “this was nothing for me” ▪ During many cases that involved some people in prior classes being invited to a certain someone’s party and not myself, I often said things such as, “paintballing is hardly any fun…it’s so aggressive” or “a sleepover? That’s messed up,” just because I wasn’t included
Inferring
What messages are given indirectly? ▪ “don’t make decisions based on wants, but based on needs” (decisions based on wants tend to result in catastrophe( include a possible real life example?)
What evidence leads you to this conclusion? ▪ Hannah Milner, after deciding that