Week Five--Literary Feature Hunt (Alice)

literary feature hunt

Pg. 41

I was just flipping through the book... and found this panel, which I have mentioned already as ironic, to be a satire as well.

The definition of a satire in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is described as such:

satire
satire /ˈsæt.aɪəʳ/ US /-aɪr/
noun [C or U]
a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, or a piece of writing or play which uses this style.

I now believe this panel is not only ironic, but also satirical. It implies that the Shah was only pretending to be "trying out democracy"; he really didn't try at all. Surely, he didn't judge the prime ministers by their physique--but they were chosen by his standards.

I believe that there are many other political and non-political satires, as Satrapi, the author and the protagonist, was a rebel since she was ten years old.