Satire Essay Examples

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Satire is the art of ridiculing something that seems to be ridiculous or unacceptable. The satire attached is from cagelcartoons.com and deals with the various people or groups who claim to be doing, “God’s will”. The artist is most likely satirizing the fact that people use violence to fulfill, “God’s will”. For example, the pictures depicted are all seen doing either violent things or somewhat hateful things. The artist also seems to be satirizing the ambiguity of God’s identity and God’s will. For example, there are various religious affiliations depicted in the piece. The deviation about God’s will is also exemplified through the fact that God is supposed to be a loving God who does not encourage violence, yet they do violent things with the intention of pleasing God. …show more content…

The first thing a person sees is the five figures saying, “I am doing God’s will”. Next, the viewer has to determine the five different figures that have been depicted. The first figure is holding a gun and is wearing cowboy clothes; therefore, one may conclude that the picture is satirizing gun activists in Texas. The next figure is, most definitely, an anti-gay activist because of the sign, “God hates fags”. In addition to being anti-gay, the man is also depicted as an old white man and seems to satirize at presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for being anti-gay. The middle drawing is a white man holding kids and keeping them “safe”. The figure seems to be a depiction of the planned parenthood shooter, Robert Lewis Dear (Jr.), who shot down a planned parenthood building and claimed that his actions are done for God. The man next to him seems to be satirizing Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Nigeria, or it could be satirizing Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The last man depicted is, for sure, meant to satirize

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