Satire 3
So I had a really random thought today in class about satire. Basically it’s kind of irrelevant but it sparked inspiration for my last blog. There was an example in an article or book about satire in the ending of Huck Finn. It was talking about how the escape of Jim was mocking the famous escapes of real historical slaves. But after our discussion of the book, I thought that part of the ending was satire in relation to people romanticising slavery. Whether I agree with this or not wasn’t what stuck me. I realized that in almost any case, a person can look at writing and find satire. If you look into things deeply and analyze far enough, you can often find some example of satire. I feel like in the Huck Finn debate some people may actually be overanalyzing it. I’m not really sure, it’s just a thought.
