No. 5

The bells blare announcing the call for worship
The shuffle of feet and murmur of voices
The clang of locks and lockers
The Gathering of books an ancient ritual performed every morning;
Performed by the masses in an act to please the Gods
The Gods put the people to work everyday, guide the people and determine their grade
The Gods teach the people in the ways of Geography, English and Maths;
Skills that must be taught but are never used
But are only to taught because of tradition
Such are the ways, for the peoples' ancestors were taught, and their ancestors' ancestors
The skills of Shakespeare, coastal processing and poems are taught to never be used
The people sit all dressed in their worshipping dress, in an effort to please the Gods
Their hair all cut, shirts tucked in and fabric adorning their necks
The people sit attentive, more from fear than respect
Working for their lives

To please the Gods

Learning useless skills about past, present and future
In an effort to please the Gods
The same Gods who can create and destroy life

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From A-F

No. 6

Many subjects of history must stand as moments that must always be remembered, these moments must stand as testimonies of the destruction and death that had occurred. These subjects must never be tainted with humour for they must stay as a testament to the damage done in the past and the need to prevent such an event ever happening again.

Any event about the destruction of human life in no purpose such as the Holocaust which has become such a dark page in history and a pillar of death an ever ready reminder of cruelty human beings can possess against themselves. These events should never be made 'funny' with any form of satire. These events are needed to remind generations to come of the hatred humans can possess against themselves. Satire is used in events of history or politics to bring these events into a more funny light, satire is used to make fun of people, to make an event 'funny' and to tone down the news this should never be done for some subjects. These subjects such as the Holocaust where the deaths of millions should never be 'toned down' but should remain as the harsh truth of the extreme cruelty human beings possess. These events should never be satirised out of respect of the people effected and to the people fallen, to protect the future and the purity of the damage done upon each other and to protect the purity of the information.

As the generations after these dark pages in history we have the responsibility to protect the time before to deny the right to tone down the events by satire so future generations may learn from the past in an effort to protect the future. Satire can be used in events political events and current news but must never taint such subjects involving mass genocide or the deaths of millions in respect for the people effected. Satire is used to tone down current events but there are some subjects that must never be toned down but must remain the dark page of history as a testament to our dark history.

Analysis of Satirical Cartoons

1. The constant mass epidemics of diseases eg. Bird flu, Swine flu

2. A hypochondriac overreacting to a cold by comparing it to an unheard of disease

3. The use of tissues, thermometer, shaded nose represents general sickness

4. The cartoonist highlights the overreaction of hypochondriacs by having the character refer to an unusual disease.

5. I agree with the cartoonists opinion on hypochondriacs and the constant use of ever more 'deadlier' diseases, this is because of the constant overreactions on the constant new strands of diseases of swine flu and avian flu and the general response of people.

1. The constant issues with inspection of luggage and the amount of time taken up. Also the perception of time  experienced during the 'busy periods' when it seems every possible thing that could increase the time happens

2. The officers specifically training the dog to make the passenger's life as slow as possible during these busy periods.

3. The use of the plane in the background and uniforms of the characters implies the setting being in an airport and the characters being officers.

4. How the airport security is trained to make life as slow as possible for the passengers

5. I agree with the cartoonist's opinion about airport security being unnecessarily slow

Satire

8. The use of incongruity of the door labelled 'poofters' accompanied with the text "There's too much of this bloody political correctness these days, Norm." and the use of stereotypical Australian slang.
10. The use of incongruity and exaggeration of using report cards and examinations for prep schools and how unnecessary it truly is.
9. The use of incongruity and exaggeration highlighting the political debates on Australian's growing alliance with America
13. The use of exaggeration and replacement of a popular movie with political leaders to exaggerate how Australia has been taken over by America