Essential Question - WHY is satire a more effective tool for criticizing society and improving society than a direct approach?
- SATIRE is a literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society. What sets SATIRE apart from other forms of social and political protest is HUMOR.
- HUMOR allows the writer or speaker the opportunity to connect with the reader despite possible differences in thoughts and ideologies - humor helps to break down the walls.
- Read "My Mother Never Worked" as a class - as we read, underline or circle anything within the essay that seems or sounds like "work"
- After reading, answer the reading analysis questions that go with the essay.
