Satire!!!

This week in class, we began our next book, we were introduced to the unit focusing on satire.  At first, I didn't really get it and I didn't see why it would be an effective style of writing, but after discussing and talking about it more, I am starting to understand it.  I think it is interesting how this style of writing is brought into literature and actual articles.  I give authors of satirical writing credit because it doesn't seem like it would be easy to do.  Since they are making fun of something and being sarcastic, some of the things that will be said or brought up might be found to be offensive to some people.  Because of this, the author must make sure that he/she has talked about the topic a lot, but also make sure that they didn't talk too much about the topic that they could offend someone.  One example of this is in the video from Saturday Night Live that we watched in class with the title Black Jeopardy.  Although most of us found it funny and entertaining, but some people could have easily taken it the wrong way and been hurt.  What I have found is that many satirical pieces focus on stereotypes and generalizations and many of the can be touchy subjects, especially when intentionally trying to make fun of them.  I think that satire is a cool way of writing, but I am not looking forward to having to write one myself.