Satire Analysis:
1. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMAND WARS IN EASIER-TO-FIND COUNTRIES
This piece is definitely satire. It pokes fun at something serious: war. It also makes fun of the failure of the educational system in the United States. This is also a heavily debated issue. It also has quite humorous diction. In front of Congress, high school students act as if they are speaking with their "bros", instead of an educated gathering. This is supported by their use of filler words that teens use such as "like" after every word. Also something that adds humor is the exaggeration of the students stupidity. It is obvious that most high school students would know that Massachusetts is a state. It is also quite humorous when one of the students points out that we should attack a country in a video game, and then when challenged whether that place actually existed, he states that Grenada is not real, which adds irony because Grenada is real. This story is clearly a satire.
2. Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
This piece is clearly satire. The author is clearly making fun of the fact that a friend in a group of people is getting hanged. This is actually kind of horrifying how these kids just casually talking about hanging someone. Death is not really something that should be funny, which adds to the irony. It is also ironic that they never mention the thing that Colby did to merit such a horrible punishment as a hanging. They just say he went to far.
3. Miss K. America
This piece is also satire. It makes fun of what models do in order to stay in figure for modeling. It is quite exaggerated, and it makes fun of how the parents of these child models try to get rich from their children by exploiting them in the modeling industry by making them mess up their bodies for money. The irony is that kindergartners should not be smoking cigarettes, nor should third graders be spiking drinks. The main comedy and exaggeration, is how these kids act like adults.
4. How to write about Africa
This piece is heavily satirical. It is a satire because it is making fun of serious issues, like hunger, disease, and all the other problems that Africa is currently facing. It is quite sarcastically written, but it also seems as though the writer is spitefully angry about stereotypes that the world and mostly the United States hold about Africa. It makes fun of how people think that they run around naked with stolen AKs. The author also says to describe Africans as though they do not act like normal people, and that they are too busy starving to do anything else. It also suggests that Africans are very primitive in that they eat monkey brains, or other nasty things. This piece would also be offensive if I was from Africa, or if the writer was not African, but it is obviously the best satire out of the 4 that I read.
1. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMAND WARS IN EASIER-TO-FIND COUNTRIES
This piece is definitely satire. It pokes fun at something serious: war. It also makes fun of the failure of the educational system in the United States. This is also a heavily debated issue. It also has quite humorous diction. In front of Congress, high school students act as if they are speaking with their "bros", instead of an educated gathering. This is supported by their use of filler words that teens use such as "like" after every word. Also something that adds humor is the exaggeration of the students stupidity. It is obvious that most high school students would know that Massachusetts is a state. It is also quite humorous when one of the students points out that we should attack a country in a video game, and then when challenged whether that place actually existed, he states that Grenada is not real, which adds irony because Grenada is real. This story is clearly a satire.
2. Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
This piece is clearly satire. The author is clearly making fun of the fact that a friend in a group of people is getting hanged. This is actually kind of horrifying how these kids just casually talking about hanging someone. Death is not really something that should be funny, which adds to the irony. It is also ironic that they never mention the thing that Colby did to merit such a horrible punishment as a hanging. They just say he went to far.
3. Miss K. America
This piece is also satire. It makes fun of what models do in order to stay in figure for modeling. It is quite exaggerated, and it makes fun of how the parents of these child models try to get rich from their children by exploiting them in the modeling industry by making them mess up their bodies for money. The irony is that kindergartners should not be smoking cigarettes, nor should third graders be spiking drinks. The main comedy and exaggeration, is how these kids act like adults.
4. How to write about Africa
This piece is heavily satirical. It is a satire because it is making fun of serious issues, like hunger, disease, and all the other problems that Africa is currently facing. It is quite sarcastically written, but it also seems as though the writer is spitefully angry about stereotypes that the world and mostly the United States hold about Africa. It makes fun of how people think that they run around naked with stolen AKs. The author also says to describe Africans as though they do not act like normal people, and that they are too busy starving to do anything else. It also suggests that Africans are very primitive in that they eat monkey brains, or other nasty things. This piece would also be offensive if I was from Africa, or if the writer was not African, but it is obviously the best satire out of the 4 that I read.