A Satire: A Short Story

463 Words1 Page
bulb-icon

Recommended: After effects of divorce

"The truth is everyone knows, 'almost,' 'almost' is never enough," as the song goes.
"Almost," apparently, was never enough for a woman who was only an hour away from a happy ever after when the love of her life told her that he cannot marry him.

As posted by Mirror, Cyndi Maisonneuve, who said she was "dumped" by her groom-to-be while she stood in her long white gown and her, wrote a letter to share her heart-breaking experience.

In her letter which was shared by The Guardian, Maisonneuve said as the wedding guests waited on a beach in Hawaii, her then-future husband came into the bride's room and told her that they have to talk alone.

"He was crying. I assumed he was letting the emotion of the day get to him. Then he said it. 'I don't think I can do this.' I stood there – with the veil already in my hair. This man who was supposed to be the love of my life was telling me he was calling off the wedding less than an hour before we were due on the beach," she shared. …show more content…

Maisonneuve recalled how sure she was that nothing can stop the wedding: " On the afternoon I was due to be married, my sister was helping me get dressed when she asked me, 'Are you nervous?' I can honestly say I wasn’t. I was an hour away from the wedding I’d always dreamed of – on a beach in Hawaii – with the man who was my best friend. I shook my head, and I remember her exact reply: 'Well, why would you be? He’s such a great

Show More
Related

  • Use of Satire in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle

    496 Words  | 1 Pages

    Kurt Vonnegut said in The Vonnegut Statement (1973), in an interview with Robert Scholes, that one of his reasons for writing is "to poison minds with humanity…to encourage them to make a better world" (107). This idea works quite well in Vonnegut's book, Cat's Cradle. It is a satirical story of a man's quest to write a book about the day the world ended (refering to the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima), which he never finishes. What we get is a raw look at humans trying desperately to find a sense of purpose in their lives through different means such as religion, science, etc.

    Read More

  • Satires in We and Master and Margarita

    1480 Words  | 3 Pages

    During Russia’s transition to communism in the early 20th century, conflict and unease permeated every part of life. Nothing was stable and very little of what the Bolsheviks had fought for had come to fruition by the time the USSR disbanded in 1991. The “classless society”, which was to work together for the prosperity of everyone, never became a reality. In the end, the majority of Russia’s 20th century was an utter failure on a grand scale. However, there were many amazing products of the system do to the great importance of education in Russian culture. Priceless novels were written, timeless movies were made, and great scientific endeavors were realized despite the rigid control placed upon Russian persons by the government. In fact, some of the most memorable written works of the time were written protests to the creativity-stifling situation many writers found themselves in. Because of the danger to their lives should the wrong people be upset by their writings, Yevgeny Zamyatin and Mikhail Bulgakov wrote their most popular, Soviet-life condemning novels under the guise of satire. Even though they’re satirizing the same subject, in both We and The Master and Margarita respectively, they take very different paths to do so.

    Read More

  • An Analysis of Symbolism and Irony in Three Short Stories

    708 Words  | 2 Pages

    The usage of symbolism and irony to communicate theme is an imperative tool in short stories. These eloquent writing techniques clarify and embellish the reader’s interpretations while also keeping the story interesting and slightly mysterious. The authors of the short stories “August Heat,” “The Story of an Hour,” and “Through the Tunnel” all weave carefully constructed webs of these two techniques to assist in revealing theme to the reader.

    Read More

  • The Jelly-Bean Satire

    624 Words  | 2 Pages

    “The Jelly-Bean,” published in 1920, reveals Fitzgerald’s tendency to normalize excessive drinking as well as his understanding that alcohol leads to many problems in one’s personal life. We know that this story takes place after the prohibition because the club has turned its bar into a soft-drink stand (152). Even though the bar is closed there appears to be no shortage of alcohol at the party. Jim has at least two drinks of “good old corn,” Clark has at least one drink of corn and an unknown amount of the bottle that the crapshooters have been sharing. Nancy, who Fitzgerald presents as the popular and desirable wild-woman, has a minimum of three documented drinks, straight from the bottle, in addition to another whole bottle of corn that she shares between four others. Nancy shows the level of her intoxication when announces to the group, “my error…she stoops to—stoops to—anyways----we’ll drink to Jelly-bean…Mr. Jim Powell” (155).

    Read More

  • Dissecting the Ideology of Satire

    1297 Words  | 3 Pages

    John Marwood Cleese, an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer said, “If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth”. The point he brings up is the ideology of satire. Satire, by definition, is a technique utilized by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society. This can be done by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule ("Satire - Definition and Examples", para.1). Often times, the humor used opens the audiences’ minds to the underlying problem that the writer is trying to reveal. By examining the purpose and methods of satire, dissecting literary works, and displaying examples in the media, satire is shown to be a valuable tool.

    Read More

  • Use Of Satire In Cat's Cradle

    1313 Words  | 3 Pages

    Cat's Cradle is a novel that depicts the end of the world to a deadly compound known as ice-9. Throughout the course of the novel, various aspects of society are satirized based upon writer Kurt Vonnegut’s philosophy. One of the first characters introduced in the novel, Dr. Felix Hoenikker, is a satire of scientific neutrality. Another character that is introduced is H. Lowe Crosby, a satire of capitalism. In addition to this, John, the narrator of the story, is a satire of the common man.

    Read More

  • Satire, the Mirror of Reality

    1859 Words  | 4 Pages

    Satire is the most powerful democratical weapon in the arsenal of modern media. Sophia McClennen, the author of America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy, describes it as the modern form of public pedagogy, as it helps to educate the masses about current issues (73). In fact, ”a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey in 2004 found that 61 percent of people under the age of thirty got some of their political 'news' from late-night comedy shows” (McClennen 73). This statistic shows how influential satirical shows such as The Colbert Report or South Park can be. Satire invites critical self introspection from us in a way that no other media can. It also acts as an unbiased mirror that reflects the mirror image of the flaws of our society. This beautiful process, when unhindered and uncensored, is the epitome of western freedom of speech, which is the single most significant right that deserves to be cherished and defended.

    Read More

  • Satire: Enlightened Wit in the Age of Reason

    1466 Words  | 3 Pages

    Mad Magazine, The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live. In our society, satire is among the most prevalent of comedic forms. This was not always true, for before the 18th century, satire was not a fully developed form. Satire, however, rose out of necessity; writers and artists needed a way to ambiguously criticize their governments, their churches, and their aristocrats. By the 18th century, satire was hugely popular. Satire as an art form has its roots in the classics, especially in the Roman Horace's Satires. Satire as it was originally proposed was a form of literature using sarcasm, irony, and wit, to bring about a change in society, but in the eighteenth century Voltaire, Jonathan Swift and William Hogarth expanded satire to include politics, as well as art. The political climate of the time was one of tension. Any criticism of government would bring harsh punishments, sometimes exile or death. In order to voice opinions without fear of punishment, malcontented writers turned to Satire. Voltaire's Candide and Swift's Modest Proposal are two examples of this new genre. By creating a fictional world modeled after the world he hated, Voltaire was able to attack scientists, and theologians with impunity. Jonathan Swift created many fictional worlds in his great work, Gulliver's Travels, where he constantly drew parallels to the English government.

    Read More

  • The Condemned Satire

    740 Words  | 2 Pages

    Condemned isn't quite the movie that I was pitched. People trapped inside a condemned building with zombies seemed like a pretty generic idea for a zombie flick. But what the Condemned actually delivers is actually far greater, with significantly less zombie though in my opinion. The zombie genre is incredibly broad, and so I have a hard time to argue against these being zombies. But if I had to compare them to a zombie style thus far, I would compare them to the rage zombies from 28 weeks later.

    Read More

  • What Is The Use Of Satire In 'How Much Land Does A Man Need?'?

    1467 Words  | 3 Pages

    The unwritten standards of society can play a large role in shaping the content of a work, and that shows in “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, by Leo Tolstoy, and “The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin. Both authors explore and send criticism to their societies in late 19th century Russia, and United States, by using irony and hints of satire to demonstrate the negatives of the social order. In “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, Pakhom, a villager strives for a large amount of land and believes that if he has a lot of land he has nothing to fear, but while trying to obtain land he ends up dying, while never being satisfied. Through the use of irony in “The Story of an Hour” and “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, Kate Chopin and Leo Tolstoy display

    Read More

  • Satire in Brave New World

    1113 Words  | 3 Pages

    Satire is defined as “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues” (Oxford). The best satirical writers can make the readers believe that an idea is “logical and practical.” This is seen in great abundance in Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World. Through his writing, Huxley uses satire to effectively point out the flaws of society at the time. Even though Brave New World was written in 1931, the satirical points Huxley makes are still relevant in today’s world.

    Read More

  • A Satire

    1502 Words  | 4 Pages

    The narrator now calls for a “churchman who on God relies” (Rochester 30). With the attention on the churchmen, he airs their sins. The churchmen are with whom the narrator has his biggest problem. He reprimands them for chiding kings, railing at men of sense, and then begins his disgust at their sins against God, “None of that sensual tribe, whose talents lie / In avarice, pride, sloth, and gluttony.

    Read More

  • Satire Essay On Happy Holidays

    182 Words  | 1 Pages

    Too many a time have I heard the wrong term. I walk into a restaurant, they say it, a store, they say it, hell I've heard it on a Sunday morning before church. Happy Holidays. Give me a break. I'm just sick of people saying happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

    Read More

  • Jonathan Swift Satire

    1477 Words  | 3 Pages

    Using the virile and attractive satirical writing form to witfully illustrate the issues at hand, Swift presents a picture of Ireland struck by timeless issues poverty, political and economic corruption, exploitation and lacking empathy for human beings that are still felt today in different parts of the world. Along with authors like Alexander Pope and XX, Swift was a writer who dabbled in the literary genre of satire. Gaining reputation during the 17th century, a time in which uttering atypical opinons regarding the regime no longer had you instantly punished, satire was a medium through which the authors of the time (often well-endowed) could speak out against their own supposed group as well as speak towards and for the lower classes of

    Read More

  • My Wedding Essay: My Big Day

    1280 Words  | 3 Pages

    It’s about 7:45 P.M. April 15, 2015. Jasmine is calling my name asking if I’m ready to go. As I’m trying to put all the loose ends together, I think I’m ready. My hair is done in a curly up do with a thin white braided hair band, makeup rushed but it will do, and I’m wearing a knee length white dress. Just a simple white dress, form fitting, made from a linen type of material. My stomach is turning and twisting. As my mind is racing we make way to the park. Jasmine seems to be more eager than I am. As we arrive to the park my legs are a trembling mess. I feel like my mind is in a state of chaos. As I feel my chest pumping harder and harder, it feels tighter and tighter. This day will mark a very important day for the rest of my life. Today is the day I marry my husband. On this day my family becomes one.

    Read More

More about A Satire: A Short Story

Open Document