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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Satire Reflection

The mental development for this piece began during my reading of the introduction, before I even began reading the actual poem. The author of the introduction made many references to the fact that many scholars believe that the relationship between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is symbolic of a paternal one. This got me thinking about how awful it would be to have a dad that promises to chop of your head and sends you boar’s heads to make sure you don’t forget. I then envisioned a modern-day, bitter literary blogger with some substantial daddy issues of his own reviewing the book angrily, which resulted in the book review format of the piece. In general, the concept of addressing unhealthy parental relationships is being satirized. I chose this because I realized that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, if the poet did indeed intend the paternal symbol, it is an extreme example of it already. I found humor in it initially, inspiring me to further satirize it. I believe Tess and I deserve a 29 out of 30 points. This piece completely addresses the satire genre in an interesting and, if I say so myself, comical way. I would perhaps take off a point because it is on the short side, and the idea could be potentially be further elaborated.