Perry+Huang+Satire+Reflection

Perry Huang Mr. Barra AP Literature & Composition 11 April 2014 Satire Reflection I took multiple steps in developing my final satirical piece, many of them haphazard, and the most important of them happened completely randomly, a spur of the moment sort of ordeal. Watching the Colbert video and then analyzing the paper associated with it really helped build a foundation for this project. Going over the handouts, specifically the worksheet that defined four types of satirical modes really helped me develop a sort of direction I was going to take. But even with all this information I still couldn’t figure out what I was going to do, so I decided to do some additional research, which involved reading several onion articles. While I was doing this I happened to be video chatting with a friend of mine, Michael Usewick, and we decided to work together on this project. What ensued was perhaps an hour of corny jokes and laughter over some pretty terrible articles. As we were goofing off, and trying to mimic the onion of google docs, I ended up typing some material relating to the green knight, onion style. What I created, both Mike and I found rather humorous and our final product was just the natural progression of that train of thought.

The target of our satire was predominately the visual description and orc-like nature of the Green Knight, his enormous form. Our mode of satire involved both exaggeration and incongruity, overemphasizing the Green Knights physical appearance, and placing him in something akin to a 21st century media interview.

The piece Michael and I collaboratively created in my honest opinion deserves a score somewhere around the benchmark of 19/20, with perhaps a one or two point margin. The piece’s form and function both effectively mimic an onion styled article. The design of the project is incredibly similar to something you would see on the onion, and its function effectively delivers content in a humorous form. And perhaps my proudest facet of the project is the incredibly well edited image of “The Knight” himself. However, the content itself is perhaps a little lacking, and maybe we could have added a bit more, but otherwise, I’m satisfied with the way it turned out.