Without Jonathan Swift Satire would not exist. Satire is probably the most powerful and controversial topic in literature. Satire is the use of literature exposing people’s ignorance or stupidity.  Jonathan Swift’s masterful piece of work A Modest Proposal gladly shows huge examples of satire. There are many extreme layers of depth in this work with satire.  "I grant this food may be somewhat dear and therefore very proper for Landlords, who as they have already devoured most of the Parents, seem to have the best Title to the Children."(Swift 13) Swift being very ironic have described the English who rule over them, who not only have taken thousands of lives in the revolutionary wars but have made them suffer, putting them into poverty and in the streets. If they have taken the older men and women, why not the children? The satire in this is to point out how crude and evil the English are, not caring about the people if they get what they want.

            Swifts satire has inspired many satirical shows after A Modest Proposal such as South park, Saturday Night Live, and The Daily show, pointing out multiple flaws in the society we live in today. A great example of satire using mockery and irony would be The Daily Show’s Finger Pointing Game http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-19-2012/9-19-12-in--60-seconds. The Daily show interviews several different people at a political convention. As the reporter asks a man what the parties should do he says they should come together and cooperate more. But when approached about what the people should do about specific problems he blames the other party pointing fingers. The reporter also keeps pointing mocking him while he does not even realize it. The mockery was both persons finger pointing without the man being questioned did not realize what the other is doing. The irony is that the interviewed man says the parties should come together but blames the other for anything going wrong.

            Another great example of Satire would be South Parks”F*ck me”. The ill of society was to show the attitude of modern day of American children, showing their attitude as if the world owes them something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eBYLTnI1po&safe=active The 8 year old child Eric Cartman felt as if his mom owed him a brand new ipad because his friends had one, despite the fact he nor his mom cannot afford it financially. It shows how most modern day American kids being extremely greedy despite the fact they did not earn/work for the item. South Park satire is very humorous while A Modest Proposal has much more of a darker tone and item. As the South Park may not be a more “serious” problem society, satire was made to point it out.

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