The Restoration pt. 2

2. Satire-human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement.

My Definition- a satire to me is when one or many flaws of a person are brought out in a funny way on a show or movie or any type of entertainment. Examples of this would be: Saturday Night Live, Scary Movie, Not another Teen Movie, or The Boondocks.



3. A Modest Proposal



While reading this it seemed like he was being very sarcastic to me on serious subjects. When he talked about the children being eaten and the families not being able to keep their children was just an example of something he's trying to make people pay close attention to now since they have read this. He is talking mostly of the poorness of his country and how people are starving along with their children, these are issues of his time which have never been talked of in this particular way. The matters in his story are true but made fun of, which constitutes as a satire to me.



4. A Journal of The Plague Year

In Defoe's Journal it seems like he's telling various story's of people who have illnesses or what he has encountered in the profession of being an examiner. During this time the plague was affecting everyone and was very contagious. In one story he told he was saying a man was ill and ended up running out the door,swam up and down the river, and back to bed and he was cured, which is very unbelievable to me. In this journal I feel as if some things were exaggerated to a certain extent to show maybe the seriousness of it or the humor in it. Defoe just shed light on the things happening in his world at that time whether it may be the full story or just half of it.

5. What do you think was most important to people living in this time?

In this world the most important things to people now is their health. I've noticed at a lot of restaurants (fast food included) that many foods have been made to have 0 grams trans fat or have 100 calories or as little calories as possible. More people want to see the dietary menu to show whats in it or how fattening it actually is. Years ago people wouldn't care what their bodies digested and what affect it would have later on their bodies.
In this day in time we are practicing a more healthier life style, and also more exercise. I have even noticed that now when I buy my son baby food there are more organic choices to choose from, where as a few months ago their wasn't, even when I was pregnant I didn't see many organic kinds of baby food. People are also trying to teach their children better eating habits to keep them from being obese. I even try to watch what my son eats because I now know whats good and bad for his body as a growing child and really because he's a young baby.