A Deeper Meaning to Satire

What is all around us? What is used every day? What makes some laugh? What is the answer to these questions? The answer is satire. Satire is a form of criticism that can be used in many ways and in many different situations. Sometimes satire is easy to spot, other times it may be incognito. Satire is most commonly found in literary works, movies, and cartoons. The formal definition of satire is the use of humor to expose human follies. (Dictionary.com). Satire is mostly written because a certain issue bothered the author, and they wanted to express their stance or opinion. Through satire, these issues are brought into the sight of others so that issues could possibly be improved.

I was strolling through “The Onion” and I came across an article titled “Parents Gently Explain To Son Why Family Dog Had To Be Blown Up With Dynamite”; I instantly was interested, so I started reading it. I urge you to read the article before you continue to read my blog; this way you will be able to understand the analysis that follows. First of all, it is extremely odd that someone would put a dog to rest by blowing it up with dynamite. It is also ironic how such a severe method is gently told by the parents. When the article says "Rocky was in several better places now", it actually means that Rocky was exploded into many scattered pieces. The main target of this article is how parents alter many stories when telling children because they don't believe that the kids are mature enough.   This practice is used by many parents, including my own. Finding out that some information my parents provided me with was fabricated frustrated me as a kid, but now I understand where my parents came from. 

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