The Effectiveness of Satirical Pieces as Displayed in Brady's "Why I Want a Wife" and Baker's "School vs. Education"

Judy Brady's "why do I want a wife," Russell Baker's "School and Education" is two satirical pieces that criticize two different social areas, but attempts to come up with a strong argument. Brady is an active member of the women's movement and also an author of the feminist article, who wrote an article saying "Why do you want a wife?" This article is humorous about why you want humor. The requested female character is embedded in the social list. Meanwhile, Pulitzer Prize winner Baker said "school versus school

This work is not seriously taken, but rather ironic. Brady exaggerated his wife's responsibilities too much, so her view is easy to draw our attention. The way to express an ideal wife includes a perfect hostess that simultaneously concerns multiple tasks, husband's needs and happiness. But Brady's dramatic approach is very effective. At the beginning of this article, unless you know it is ironic it will be very uncomfortable. This is the exact effect that the author intends and she wants you to get frustrated with your extreme expectations of the wife.

Judy Brady's "why do I want a wife," Russell Baker's "School and Education" is two satirical pieces that criticize two different social areas, but attempts to come up with a strong argument. Brady is an active member of the women's movement and also an author of the feminist article, who wrote an article saying "Why do you want a wife?" This article is humorous about why you want humor. The requested female character is embedded in the social list. Meanwhile, Pulitzer Prize winner Baker said "school versus school

Delivery: By deliberately repeating the phrase "I want my wife", I will create a sentence structure parallel to the entire work. Brady explained a broad list of his wife's duties to show the miserable and troublesome reality of his wife and mother. This list states that "I want my working wife to go to school, take care of my child, take care of physical needs, keep my house clean, and have the necessary groceries shopping" I will. Brady has sorted out this list of six paragraphs to effectively show society's unrealistic expectations and the benefits her husband has for having a responsible wife.