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This write-up is nowhere near comparable to those works. A Modest Proposal discussed in a frank tone the idea of selling babies as food for money. 1984 showed
by Scriptor 17y ago
This write-up is nowhere near comparable to those works.
A Modest Proposal discussed in a frank tone the idea of selling babies as food for money.
1984 showed an ultra-totalitarian state through the eyes of someone used to it. Sure the torture scenes were ruthless, but not "shock" satire.
This is something that could've been written up by an angry fourteen year old and simply calls everyone either a dick or a whore. No eloquence, nothing subtle, nothing new.
- ptomato 17y ago1984 was certainly "shock" at the time it was written. Since then many of the concepts have simply become so commonplace as to be unremarkable. And I'm certainly not claiming that this is great literature, merely providing counterexamples to the idea that "shock is cheap".
- scott_s 17y agoThere's a distinction between the meaning behind what you say, and how you say it. Trying to shock people through your "how" is cheap.