1. Satire Christy Brown Leah Woodside

2. Definition In literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule and scorn

3. Pronunciation \sat-ahy uh r\ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satir ehttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satir e

4. Literary References “‘ As to her younger daughters, she could not take upon her to say—she could not positively answer—but she did not know of any prepossession;--her eldest daughter she must just mention—she felt incumbent on her to hint, was likely to be very soon engaged.’ Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth—and it was soon done—done while Mrs. Bennet was stirring the fire. Elizabeth, equally next to Jane in birth and beauty, succeeded her of course. Mrs. Bennet treasured up the hint, and trusted that she might soon have two daughters married; and the man whom she could not bear to speak of the day before was now high in her good graces.” (Pride and Prejudice, pg 72)

5. Literary Analysis The author’s purpose is to point out the ridiculousness of marriage in England during the 18 th century. Austen does this through satire through Mrs. Bennet, who is so obsessed with getting her daughters married that she doesn’t stop to think about whether they will be happy, who she is trying to get them married to, and will instantly change her opinion of a person willing to marry one of her daughters. Austen also demonstrates satire through Mr. Collins, who will only do what society dictates when searching for a wife, and transfers his affection from Jane to Elizabeth because Elizabeth is more convenient without remorse or any negative feelings.

6. Literary Reference “There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions, and that horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children, alas! too frequent among us! sacrificing the poor innocent babes I doubt more to avoid the expense than the shame, which would move tears and pity in the most savage and inhuman breast.” (“A Modest Proposal”)

7. Literary Analysis The author’s purpose is to show the great and ridiculous measures people will go to save money. Smith demonstrates this through satire by proposing the idea of eating children to save money and decrease the amount of people in poverty. Satire is especially used when he states that eating children will reduce the amount of abortions, and amount of “sacrificing the poor innocent babes”, when in reality he is proposing to sacrifice children anyway, and in a much more horrific way.

8. Literary Reference “Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later, and, above all, that the windmill would be a failure. They would meet in the public-houses and prove to one another by means of diagrams that the windmill was bound to fall down, or that if it did stand up, then that it would never work. And yet, against their will, they had developed a certain respect for the efficiency with which the animals were managing their own affairs.” (Animal Farm).

9. Literary Analysis The author’s purpose is to show how when people want something to happen they will convince themselves in many ways that the desired event will happen. Satire is used to show this in Animal Farm when Orwell talks about how the townspeople met and continually tried to prove to themselves through login that the windmill would be a failure. They did this because they were upset about the success of the farm and wanted it to fail, so they convinced themselves it would.

10. Work Cited Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1813.\ Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. Swift, Jonathan. “A Modest Proposal.” Great Literature Online. 1997-2010 http://swift.classicauthor.net/ModestProposal/ (October 10, 2010). http://swift.classicauthor.net/ModestProposal/ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire