The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

3. Purpose SATIRE • technique of writing • ridicules its subjects and shows you something: good, bad, political or pure amusement • funny and witty • used in film and television • to make a critical point • to make the audience laugh • Ex: Saturday Night Live • http://www.examplesofsatire.com/

4. exposes the follies of individuals, organizations, or states • to ridicule • to provoke intentionally for change • Uses sarcasm, irony, ridicule

5. Methods of Satire • satirical techniques are irony, sarcasm, burlesque, parody • Burlesque is an imitation of a person or subject by exaggeration or distortion. • a frivolous subject may be treated with mock dignity • a weighty subject might be handled in a trivial style • character who should use formal, intelligent language speaks like a fool or a character who is portrayed as uneducated uses highly sophisticated, intelligent language. Ex: Princess Bride – “Marriage, marriage”, giant who rhymes • Parody mocks not a person or subject, but a specific literary work or style, by imitating features and applying them to trivial or incongruous materials. Weird Al song, Beat it ---Eat it.

6. Examples of Satire in Pop Culture • Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update • The Daily Show • Scary Movie • Austin Powers • Political cartoons • This is Spinal Tap • Songs by Weird Al Yankovich (Eat It) • The Simpsons

7. Jonathan Swift (1729) A Modest Proposal For Preventing The Children of Poor People in IrelandFrom Being A burden to Their Parents or Country, andFor Making Them Beneficial to The Public

8. “I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...”

9. summary “to better combat the poverty and overpopulation of Ireland, the children of the poor be sold as food to the wealthy,” reducing the population and increasing the income of the poor

10. Adult-Proof Ringtone • Some teens are reportedly using a ringtone so high-pitched that most adults cannot hear it. What do you think? http://www.theonion.com/content/

11. Jerry Garver,Systems Analyst"What would really drive adults nuts is if they invented a silent ring option, like vibrate." • Nate Steadman,Lathe Operator"With this new technology, I worry that today's girls are losing critical note-passing skills."

12. Mugger Can't Believe Crap Victim Has On MP3 Player JUNE 16, 2004 BOSTON—Following the successful mugging of a jogger in Franklin Park, petty criminal Derek Mesker announced Monday that he cannot believe the s*** he's found on his victim's Philips 20GB MP3 player. "3 Doors Down? Maroon 5!" Mesker said, scrolling through the songs. "The new Counting Crows?! Man, I'm glad I *** that ***." Mesker added that the first thing he did was toss the device's “***" teal neoprene case.

13. Apple Hard At Work Making iPhone ObsoleteFEBRUARY 12, 2007 CUPERTINO, CA—Only a month after the much-heralded announcement of the iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed that his engineers were already working around-the-clock on the touchscreen smartphone's far-superior replacement. "We looked at [the iPhone's] innovative user interface, the paradigm-shifting voicemail, the best-in-class mobile browser, and we realized we could make all that seem ridiculously outdated by the time the product becomes available to customers in June," said Jobs, who described the project as "Apple reinventing the iPhone." "When the second-generation iPhone comes out this fall, we want iPhone users to feel not just jealous, but downright foolish for owning such laughably primitive technology." Jobs also hinted that the second iPhone device would not be compatible with existing Mac computers, third-party peripherals, or any future Apple products.

14. Factual Error Found On InternetMay 22, 2002 | LONGMONT, CO—The Information Age was dealt a stunning blow Monday, when a factual error was discovered on the Internet. The error was found on TedsUltimateBradyBunch.com, a Brady Bunch fan site that incorrectly listed the show's debut year as 1968, not 1969. Caryn Wisniewski, a Pueblo, CO, legal secretary and diehard Brady Bunch fan, came across the mistake while searching for information about the show's first-season cast.

15. Attempts to contact the webmaster of "Ted's Ultimate Brady Bunch Site," identified as Ted Crewes of Naugatuck, CT, were unsuccessful. The page has been taken offline by its host, Cheaphost.net, which released a statement Tuesday. "We at Cheaphost were deeply saddened and disturbed to learn that one of the millions of pages we host contained a factual discrepancy," the web-posted statement read. "Please be assured that we are doing everything within our power to ensure that nothing of the sort happens again. We will not rest until the Internet's once-sterling reputation as the world's leading source for 100 percent reliable information is restored." Paul Boutin, senior editor of Wired, said the error is likely to have a profound effect on how the Internet is perceived.

16. What is the tone? What methods being used? • "Will we ever fully trust the Web again?" Boutin asked. "We may well be witnessing the dawn of a new era of skepticism in which we no longer accept everything we read online at face value. But regardless of what the future holds, one thing is clear: The Internet's status as the world's definitive repository of incontrovertible fact has been jeopardized."

17. The Onion videos • http://www.hulu.com/watch/46689/the-simpsons-mypods-and-boomsticks • C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\controversial_tell_all_book.htm

18. The Simpson’s Mapple Episode • http://www.hulu.com/watch/46689/the-simpsons-mypods-and-boomsticks