Extreme Sarcasm: Key To An Effective Satire
Satire is a unique way to criticize the culture or the society. As opposed to directly stating the negative aspects, it illustrates the opposite view in a sarcastic and ironic manner. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, The graduate by Mike Nichols and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut are the efficient satires that ridicule different types of humankind. The purpose of satires is to create fictions that appear impractical by exaggerating the unawareness of humans in order for their deprecation to stand out. Then the readers are able to acknowledge the blunders in their society. As well, they will start realizing that some aspects of these stories are rather realistic and they will try to bring a reform into the world to prevent them from becoming a non-fiction in the future. It is necessary for the writers to achieve these tasks to establish an effective satire. In the three works, the writers are able to accomplish creating an effective satire by composing an absurd world based on humans?Efollies that the deeper meanings about the follies become conspicuous to the audience and the readers. These works do not only entertain us at our foolishness but also causes us accept the critical truths. The society's preferential treatment of e
quality was criticized by creating sarcastic circumstances. In the populace, many people are taught that everyone in the world must be equal. However, this is not always a positive effect to our society. In the short story Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut demonstrates the world in 2081, when "everybody [is] finally equal?E(7). In this world, no one is able to be more intelligent and people who was had some type of disabilities they have to carry on. George was one of them who has "a mental handicap in his ear?E(7) which is required by country's regulation. Not only intelligence, beauty and talents are also required to be hidden. The ballerinas in the story had weights and bag filled with birdshots in order to conceal their aptitude and wear mask to conceal their attractiveness. No one is allowed to better than anyone else and people who attempt and make an effort are considered criminals so with the purpose of be innocent, they have to somehow become an "average person?E The world changes and the individuality is not valued anymore and everyone is expected to be in the same level. Nevertheless, this is the world where everybody is equal, which is what people value very much in our society. Vonnegut creates an affective satire by expressing the idea about esteeming equality in a sarcastic way that the misguided issue becomes prominent to the reader. As a result of an extreme sarcasm, the peculiarity of certain issues becomes notable. By setting up a situation based on t
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