Satire, The Perfect Literary Device Since the beginning of time, people have developed personal, opinions, beliefs,

and virtues leading to indifferences, injustices, and inequalities. Therefore, writing has always been a way out of their uptight atmosphere of complex societies and gave them a sense of freedom and expression. Issues and scandalous topics are often exposed in writing through stories and tales in a casual way; thus creating what we now call the satire literary device. Satire gives authors the ability and courage to cover touchy or controversial topics in a nonchalant way that is still easily grasped by the reader. George Orwell and Ray Bradbury delivered underlying messages of our haunting reality and corruption by using foreign settings, figurative characters, and times zones to shine light on the issues in their books Animal Farm (Orwell) and Fahrenheit 451(Bradbury). There are many reasons why authors use satire. For starters, satire allows the author to convey a message through writing that is both enjoyed by the reader and easily comprehended. Satire is an opinionated type of style. The point of view in which the author delivers their beliefs of societal affairs can be totally different than that of the reader. Thus, in addition to those reasons satire is used so the author will not be harshly ridiculed or slandered from it -- due to the fact that it supposed to be taken lightly. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell pairs many other literary devices along side with satire to intensify his political views. Metaphors and personification were used to bring the story alive. Irony; another great literary device Orwell used successfully, was also taking some parts in slandering the Russian government, he used comedy to lighten the mood of his book. An example of Orwell using tool of irony will be before Old Majors death when he made a very firm speech, And remember also that in fighting against Man we must not come to resemble him [] No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade. []No animal must ever kill any other animal. All animals are equal (Orwell 8). Orwell displayed irony by having the pigs, being the antithesis, completely disregard Old Majors principles. Bradburys use of satire was better than downright criticism; because of his impartial state-- the reader cannot tell whether or not if Bradbury was bias at all, and for that he was praised. However, I cannot say that Fahrenheit 451 was a good example of satire. Bradbury did paint a vivid picture of a society affluent in contradictions. In his novel, firemen start fires

instead of putting them out. The main character, Montag, decided to go against his government and read in which he was enlightened as he always assumed hed be in the darkness. The futuristic society that Montag lives in wants to keep the people oppressed and sit in front of television sets that take up the space of entire walls, so they basically wanted to control want is put into their minds. An effective use of satire would be if it is actually comical, if it has a purpose, and if the purpose is a purpose that people care about or are interested in; one being controversial. When reading this book, Orwell accomplished a controversial purpose and threw in comical components in as well. However, I believe Fahrenheit 451 was not an effective book of satire. In conclusion, satire is indeed an effective literary tool that an author may use to discuss controversial issues like politics or to uncover the truth of things that people may not want to accept. Orwell accomplished many things by writing the novel Animal Farm, he was able to educate readers about the cruelty of the Russian Communism and share some of his views. Animal Farm is indeed an expressive book and proves to be an effective use of satire. Ray Bradburys novel delivered to readers a tale of the destruction of ideas, and progression in a muted society as the result of censorship. Whether or not a reader agrees or disagrees with a satire piece they will always uncover an issue, the reasoning, and where the author stands on matters. Satire gives the powerless voice and a way to express effectively and peacefully.

Works Cited

Bradbury, Ray Place of Publication-- New York Title of Work-- Fahrenheit 451 Publisher-- Random House 1953 Orwell, George Place of Publication-- (New York) on 26 August 1946 Title of WorkAnimal Farm Publisher-- Harcourt, Brace and Company