Satire
Ashley Wisniewski
Satire is the practice of making
fun of a human weakness or human character's flaw. The use of satire is often
inclusive of a need or decision of correcting or bettering the character that
is on the receiving end of the satire. Satire might be humorous. The purpose is
to derive a reaction of contempt in the reader.
This
picture above represents satire; towards the “poor” because now a day’s poor
people are not truly poor. Our government helps them out so much that they are
not poor. They are getting a free ride and because of their free ride they
don’t go looking for jobs. They get and make more off of the government then
they would if they were working. Many
people who do not have money spend what they do have on drugs, alcohol, and
other pointless things that they do not need. In this picture it shows a man
who clearly does not need money because he as a computer right next to him but,
people are still giving money to him because he is outside in old clothing.
This picture shows that he is spending money on things he does not need and not
what he needs to survive. Then he claims he has no money for his necessities
and people are just giving him money because he looks like he has nothing. I
think that if people got off their butts and worked for what they needed we
would not have to give them money for things that they do not need.
This picture represents satire to
the fact that this man never really used his head to do his work. They are
making fun of him because, him losing his head as not affected him. They were going to fire him because he lost
his head and normally when you lose your head you cannot work the right way
but, this man did not really do much before so it did not do anything to him
now. Now a days that is how people are they do not use their head to think and
make decisions, they just do whatever they want to do. In reality you should
have to use your head to do a good job but, lately people are just lazy and do
not care what happens. People not using their heads have caused companies to go
downhill. At my mother’s old job she had a boss who was getting paid triple
what everyone else was being paid and he did not even know what he was doing. Everyone
else was doing his job for him and he was getting paid for it. My mom’s boss
was just like the guy in this photo; both did not use this head to work. So even
if the company keeps them there it would not matter either way.
In conclusion Satire is used everywhere
you go. You can find it at work, at home, at school, in newspapers, and on the
internet. Satire is a form of sarcasm that is not meant to be taken seriously.
