That Was a Joke
That was a Joke
“Crust of Bread Found, Nation thrilled by Discovery of Yeasty Morsel” During the Great Depression many did not have enough food. Money and work were scarce before Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the first and second New Deal. During the Great Depression the poor were poorer and the rich were richer, which ties in the second article “Evil, Bloated Plutocrats Losing Favor with Some Americans” which depicts wealthy looking men in suits enjoying a banquet.
“Another Impossible Huge Dam Built,” pokes fun at the Grand Coulee Dam, which at the time was the largest man-made structure in the world’s history. While it did not produce the amount of hydroelectric power needed by an entire hidden colony of giant Sasquatch ape-men, it did produce nearly 40 percent of the nation’s hydroelectric power and it created thousands of jobs for those in need. The Onion takes a sarcastic and humorous spin with what actually happened, the amount of giant dams built. The Grand Coulee was not the only damn built. There were many built that produced abundant cheap power and provided jobs for many Americans that needed them.
This article also makes light of the sever drought and mechanized agriculture that together, helped destroy the topsoil and killed native green plants that prevented erosion and created giant dust storms. The article made it seem like a good thing, pointing out that American farmers had gathered all the dust the nation would ever need. In reality these dust storms blew much of the dust away and created the “Dust Bowl” as the areas affected of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Colorado were collectively called. The areas in which these storms raged had cattle dying on the range, 90 percent of the poultry dead and the milk cows drying up. It attempts to poke fun at a very sad, desperate time in which many American farmers lost what they had.
The Onion takes historical events and produces a satirical parody. It pokes fun at events that have happened
“Crust of Bread Found, Nation thrilled by Discovery of Yeasty Morsel” During the Great Depression many did not have enough food. Money and work were scarce before Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the first and second New Deal. During the Great Depression the poor were poorer and the rich were richer, which ties in the second article “Evil, Bloated Plutocrats Losing Favor with Some Americans” which depicts wealthy looking men in suits enjoying a banquet.
“Another Impossible Huge Dam Built,” pokes fun at the Grand Coulee Dam, which at the time was the largest man-made structure in the world’s history. While it did not produce the amount of hydroelectric power needed by an entire hidden colony of giant Sasquatch ape-men, it did produce nearly 40 percent of the nation’s hydroelectric power and it created thousands of jobs for those in need. The Onion takes a sarcastic and humorous spin with what actually happened, the amount of giant dams built. The Grand Coulee was not the only damn built. There were many built that produced abundant cheap power and provided jobs for many Americans that needed them.
This article also makes light of the sever drought and mechanized agriculture that together, helped destroy the topsoil and killed native green plants that prevented erosion and created giant dust storms. The article made it seem like a good thing, pointing out that American farmers had gathered all the dust the nation would ever need. In reality these dust storms blew much of the dust away and created the “Dust Bowl” as the areas affected of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Colorado were collectively called. The areas in which these storms raged had cattle dying on the range, 90 percent of the poultry dead and the milk cows drying up. It attempts to poke fun at a very sad, desperate time in which many American farmers lost what they had.
The Onion takes historical events and produces a satirical parody. It pokes fun at events that have happened