Huck Finn Inspired Satire Paper
Some Possible Targets of Satire
Politics
Human characteristics (foibles, personality traits)
Human behaviors (social attitudes, habits)
Institutions/Organizations
Individuals
Some Approaches:
The proposal
The narrative story or personal account
The dialogue
The ‘factual’ (more expository) report
Some Tools:
EXAGGERATION (taken to the extreme)
Humor
Irony
VOICE (Diction, syntax, allusions, etc.)
Point of view (outside observer or target of satire?)
Your paper must:
Select a target of satire (NO personal satire, religious, or racial satire
allowed for this exercise.)
Select an approach
Incorporate several tools of satire and develop an appropriate voice.
Be between 2-3 typed pages (double-spaced)
Starting Point: Remember satire is essentially criticism, so think of something you’d like to criticize (or find irritating) and develop it as satire.