How Does The Author Use Satire In The Great Gatsby

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Satire containing humor to target and entertain individuals. Many authors inherit this idea of giving out connection to the social and political, to give out an opposite exception out of the audience’s expectations. Primarily, in the Great Gatsby, the author, Fitzgerald uses satire to demonstrate to the audience the social connection between the relationship with wealth. Furthermore, the author achieves this by using a horatian satire to demonstrate the affluent use their money as an advantage to achieve their dreams. In the novel, Gatsby desired to get into a relationship with Daisy. In order to do so, he created massive parties so that Daisy would hope to visit one of his parties with his wealth, instead of hard work. Moreover, Myrtle has an affair with Tom and …show more content…

Charles Wentworh, a wealthy teen driving a luxury car, hit a family of four while drunk. As a result, Charles uses his money to escape the consequences. Furthermore, the author uses satire to create amusement from the audience's expectations. In the article, “He could have died or, worse, been held accountable for his actions (Staff 5)." This reveals that police officers and newsmen were glad that Charles wasn't held in custody or injured. Furthermore, the police officers praised him and the news considered his action as bravery. Ultimately, the author uses satire to emphasize how wealthy people use their money to avoid ramifications. Lastly, these two authors use horatian satire, while in the speech from Samuel Clemens approaches a juvenalian satire to target young audiences to give out expectations in the real world. He emphasizes that many young individuals should have a good reputation. In the text, he stated that youth should have quality of sleep, obey their parents, and be respectful to their superiors. Overall Samuel Clemens criticizes the social and expectation in society, In contrast,

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