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 This example makes a political statement that our government is run by our corporations. The picture shows someone crossing of the word “people” in the Declaration of Independence and changes it to corporation. I like this satire because it brings out an “ugly” truth in a comical way. The purpose of this comic is to get the reader, the general public, to think about how our government is run. One of the things that I like about this comic is that the message out in plain sight. I like this because it allowed me to spend less time finding what the message is and more time thinking about how the message applies to me and effects my life.
 * __Political Satire: __**



 I liked this satire because it uses animals instead of people. It made me think that I could substitute people for animals in my comic and still get my overall message across. I think that using animals made this satire more creative. The message in this satire, unlike the political satire, was more subtle. I think the purpose of this satire was to show the faults in our education system. It shows that standardized tests are not a good way of showing how smart you are because they only touch on certain skills. The audience could be teachers or the people that run the education system.
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 I found this comic and I thought it was really funny. The comic was based on the book, //The Scarlett Letter//, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The purpose of the comic was to show how ludicrous it is to put a letter on yourself based on an action you did. It made me think about the silly things that the government do. The one thing I really liked about this comic, and hope to incorporate in my satire, is that this comic took a serious topic and made it funny.
 * __Scarlet Letter Satire: __**

__**My Satire Draft: **__  I created a brochure that talked about gender roles. Its purpose was to show the readers how silly sexist comments about gender roles really are. I think the audience for this piece isn't really directed for one particular group. Gender stereotypes apply to everyone because everyone falls under on of the two categories, male or female.