satire+by+Ghanash+V

Ghanash V Parody with Irony and incongruity Mr. Barra Period 7 It was a dark and chilling night, and Sir Gawain rode endlessly searching for the green chapel in order to face the menacing green giant. Sir Gawain was very serious and had heavily clad armor and sharp and sparkling sword in order to kill the green giant. He had approached the area and called out the green giant. After a minute or so, a little 4ft midget came and said that “I’m the green giant and I’m here to gain revenge after Sir Gawain chopped my head off.” Sir Gawain looked with awe, he could not fathom how such a menacing giant transformed into such a little harmless creature. Sir Gawain bent down however the midget could not even reach the bare neck of Sir Gawain. Sir Gawain laughed heavily and went on his knees. As the little midget tried to pick up the axe he couldn’t and fell backwards. Gawain was scared before the confrontation with the menacing giant, but actually felt that he wasted his time with this worthless and powerless individual. Gawain literally takes the ax and tries to hit himself on the neck but stops. Gawain takes out his sword and kills the midget warrior. Gawain laughs heavily and exclaims, “what a joke!”, and decides to ride back to Arthur’s court. After mounting his horse Gawain hears a strange creaking noise coming from above. He realizes it must be nothing and decides to mount his horse. Gawain then says to himself, “nothing can kill me” and as he is about to ride off a large branch from a tree within the green chapel lands on Sir Gawain. The branch nearly causes Gawain to lose his limbs and he dies of such an unfortunate event. This parody shows the irony between the midget and the menacing giant, and the incongruity at the way Sir Gawain died from a large branch. The fact that he just says “Nothing can Kill me” which signifies how incongruous it was that a random branch killed him right after the statement he just made.