POLITICAL SATIRE

POLITICAL SATIRE : 

POLITICAL SATIRE Humor that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics. Making fun of the political system and its people.

Satire Synonyms : 

Satire Synonyms Mocking Humorous Spoof Ironic Sardonic

Saturday Night Live : 

Saturday Night Live

Political Satire Cartoons : 

Political Satire Cartoons

Political Satire Books : 

Political Satire Books

Political Satire TV Shows : 

Political Satire TV Shows

Saturday Night LivePolitical Satire : 

Saturday Night LivePolitical Satire http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-palin-rap/773781/

One of the First Political Satire Books : 

One of the First Political Satire Books

TIMELINEJonathan Swift : 

TIMELINEJonathan Swift A timeline of events in the Travels, Swift's life, and his times. Highlights 1667 - Swift born 1699 - Gulliver's first voyage 1704 - Swift publishes Tale of a Tub and Battle of the Books 1715 - Gulliver's final return home 1726 - Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels 1729 - Swift publishes A Modest Proposal 1745 - death of J. Swift

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Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents: his ancestors had been Royalists, and all his life he would be a High-Churchman. His father, also Jonathan, died a few months before he was born, upon which his mother, Abigail, returned to England, leaving her son behind, in the care of relatives. In 1673, at the age of six, Swift began his education at Kilkenny Grammar School, which was, at the time, the best in Ireland. Between 1682 and 1686 he attended, and graduated from, Trinity College in Dublin, though he was not, apparently, an exemplary student.

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In 1720 he began work upon Gulliver's Travels, intended, as he says in a letter to Pope, "to vex the world, not to divert it." In 1726 he visited England once again, and stayed with Pope at Twickenham: in the same year Gulliver's Travels was published.

HAPPENINGS 1700’s : 

HAPPENINGS 1700’s 1701Charter of Delaware granted October 28. 1712North Carolina gets own governor, separates from South Carolina. 1720First settlements in Vermont.

1700’s Continued: : 

1700’s Continued: 1723Benjamin Franklin leaves Boston for Philadelphia 1729Jonathan Swift proposes extreme measures to make poor children useful in Ireland. 1733Georgia becomes 13th colony; founded by James Oglethorpe

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1738The Great Awakening in full swing reshaping religious policies everywhere. February 10, 1763:French and Indian War 1768British troops begin occupation of Boston. 1775American Revolution begins with battles at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts

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1776Road to Independence, a chronology of events leading to theDeclaration of Independence, July 4, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, with John Adams. 1700  The world is populated by between 600 and 680 million people, up from between 540 to 580 in 1600 - roughly calculated.

ENGLAND 1600-1700 : 

ENGLAND 1600-1700 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/england1660-1714/ GAMES http://www.historyonthenet.com/Chronology/Journey/journeybegin.htm

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Gulliver’s Travels  JONATHAN SWIFT   Plot Overview   Gulliver's Travels recounts the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. In a deadpan first-person narrative that rarely shows any signs of self-reflection or deep emotional response, Gulliver narrates the adventures that befall him on these travels.

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"Gulliver's Travels" (1939) Version Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands.

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He is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

GUILLIVER’STRAVELS! : 

GUILLIVER’STRAVELS! Great political satire novel You will know the plot and understand the meanings behind it Fun to read and talk about!