Satire

Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.


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    Catch-22
    Slaughterhouse-Five
    Candide
    Gulliver’s Travels
    Cat’s Cradle
    Yellowface
    The Master and Margarita
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    A Modest Proposal
    1984
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