[THiS ONE LOSER]

My English teacher DID explain it, but not as well as I hoped it would be. I also asked my other classmates and they also didn't understand what it was. Can anyone give me a clearer definition and examples?

[sWtB]

hmm... I did a whole section on satire last year.
Well its basically making fun of society using literary devices. not sure how to explain it... like we used Huckleberry Finn and Scarlet Letter have traces of satire. It comes in different forms....
like in Scarlet Letter the story brings out the hypocrisy of the church - making fun of the church.... errr hopefully dat helps? sorry if it didn't

[Mycel]

Go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire

Quote:
"Satire (lat. medley, dish of colourful fruits) is a technique used in drama and the performing arts, fiction, journalism, and occasionally in poetry and the graphic arts. Although satire is usually witty, and often very funny, the primary purpose of satire is not primarily humour but criticism of an event, an individual or a group in a witty manner."


Although people often comment on how filmy wiki is, you should be okay on this one. Happy reading.

[THiS ONE LOSER]

like in Scarlet Letter the story brings out the hypocrisy of the church - making fun of the church.... errr hopefully dat helps? sorry if it didn't

It kind of helps.. but now I have to think of something that has happened and was in the news too. ;/

[skoo_gurl]

WELL, I GUESS FROM THE DEFINITIONS OF SATIRE THAT ARE STATED ABOVE, YOU MAY GET THE GENERAL MEANING OF THEM!
...LET ME SUM IT UP....SATIRE POKES FUN AT SOMETHING, USUALLY BY CRITICIZING IT.
TWO VERY BIG SHOWS THAT ARE FULL OF SATIRES ARE:
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND MAD TV!!

[Poop-Shoop-A-Loop]

Well for me, i think of it as dry humor (because the satires I read always have subtle humor) that's used to criticize society, so we see what's going on and change our ways ^^?

[peachesncre4ms]

u want news? um... about bush saying 'sh*t' to some kind of high positioned guy... it was all over cnn and all other news... i dunno if its a sattire or not but to me, its sorta is b/c its making fun of how stupid americans r... the president doesn't kno the manner of talking when they're exchanging business.... so stupid.. cant he at least choose a different word?

[vanggirlie]

when i was in high school i had to write a short story, a satire on anything. i remember i did it on society's (majority's) view on beauty, i don't remember the details tho. my teacher said it was good.

[kwlaznpsycho]

watch the colbert report or the daily show with jon stewart
full of (political) satire

[kdclk313]

u want news? um... about bush saying 'sh*t' to some kind of high positioned guy... it was all over cnn and all other news... i dunno if its a sattire or not but to me, its sorta is b/c its making fun of how stupid americans r... the president doesn't kno the manner of talking when they're exchanging business.... so stupid.. cant he at least choose a different word?

uh no that's not satire. that's as$hole americans laughing at their president

satire to me is basically any form of media that is meant to be humorous politically or socially
try theonion.com
it's a good example of satire- a lot of liberals find it hilarious. it's basically a bunch of "news articles" that poke fun at everything
satire can be comics, t.v. shows, articles, essays, movies, anything you can think of

[THiS ONE LOSER]

Thanks everyone for the help. I think I got a few in mind.

[December23rd]

Thank You For Smoking is another example.

[xgotzzricex]

I KNOW!! I JUST DID THIS!!! It's like..if something if really outrageous and funny...

Like...my english teacher gave me this article saying that there will be 30 liter cokes that will go flat in 17 minutes once the cap is open. That is satire bcuz a 30 liter coke is an outrageous idea.

[Janice<3]

south park has satire. many comedy shows do, it's everywhere. the news doesn't contain satire because satire requires views on an issue and the news is unbias.

[[[Fallen--Star]]]

it was one of my spelling words and it got to me because i didn't understand it, so i basically looked it up in every dictionary possible.

well satire is basically attacking literature/literacy with sarcasm ect. something on the lines of that.

and yeah, tv shows have satire like Janice<3 said.

[Burning Chopstick]

It's just taking a jab at the short-comings of society in written form.

[SwtMsT]

Satire is a story or poem that is meant to be a completely ridiculous or sarcastic version of something in society or a person's culture.
example 1: "Candide" by Voltaire is about a man who is so pure of heart, but also ridiculously stupid and makes fun of the french culture of that time in a version of a story.

example 2: "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift was written as a solution about the famine of the Irish- the solution was eating babies.
He didn't actually want to eat babies at all, it was about how England had been so inhuman so far to their neighbors, letting Ireland starve.

[THiS ONE LOSER]

^ My English teacher actually did assign A Modest Proposal. At first I got really confused with it and I thought he really did want to eat the babies. xDDD I am oneeeee oblivious person when it comes to satire.

[daehanminguk1345]

THiS_ONE_LOSER: I'm not sure if this will help, and seeing as how some people have already tried explaining .. I'll put it in simple terms .. I think it's right ..

A satire is usually a form of literature that talks about a SERIOUS issue in a COMICAL way.

[edit]

Probably an example would be Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You should read it. It's a good book.

I hope that helps. =]

[iAM_Vindicated]

hmm... I did a whole section on satire last year.
Well its basically making fun of society using literary devices. not sure how to explain it... like we used Huckleberry Finn and Scarlet Letter have traces of satire. It comes in different forms....
like in Scarlet Letter the story brings out the hypocrisy of the church - making fun of the church.... errr hopefully dat helps? sorry if it didn't

i liked huckleberry finn but i HATED scarlet letter