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__**Final Reflection**__ 1. Briefly state what you are satirizing in your Satirical Comic Project: I satirized people's obsession with celebrities.

2. Quote or explain how you used at least five of the seven following literary devices in your Satirical Comic Project: Allusion: "I love this game!!!!! it's like "World of Warcraft!"" Hyperbole (exaggeration): "I also have an IQ of 1900". Oxymoron: "Ah sweet sorrow..." Irony (sarcasm): Liza is killed by her addiction for something that she really loved Parody: None Understatement: None Juxtaposition: Comparison between life before/after Liza's addiction for the female singer

3. Reflection What have you learned from your study of satire, including Candide and the Satirical Comic Project?: I now understand how much Voltaire hated the idea of optimism and how he really put a lot of effort in writing the novel with so many literary devices! I also got to learn a lot about Comic Life.  __**Satirical Comic Project Proposal**__ What do you plan to satirize (idea, organization, person, etc.)? I plan to satirize people who are in the state of hyperreality. What is the conflict in your story? The conflict starts when the protagonist; a kind, intelligent girl falls in love with a widely popular female singer after watching TV for the first time in her life. She starts to dress like them, talk like them, and even act like them. Soon, her peers get very annoyed by what she’s doing and starts to talk behind her back. After the singer advertises for a online game, she soon begins to start playing it herself. Little did she know that this would change her whole life - it’s a violent game rated over 18, that involves the user to kill the opponent by a dagger. She then becomes addicted to it, just like her addiction with the singer, and starts to act like her game character. She begins to murder her friends and is finally murdered by another girl just like her. Right before she dies, she realizes what her addiction of the singer, spurred from the media had done to her, and how it resulted in the loss of another’s life.

Brieﬂy outline the plot events (bullet points okay)… -Introduction of Liza Liza becomes an avid fan of a female singer after seeing her on TV -She starts to imitate the singer -The singer makes a commercial on a violent online game -Liza starts playing the game -Liza becomes addicted to it -Liza starts to act like her character -Liza starts to kill her classmates Soon 10 students are killed one way or another, but the teacher assures the rest of the students that they are just lost and that there is nothing to worry about. - Liza is killed by one of her classmate, Penelope

Who are the characters? (a limited number is a good idea) Liza The female singer Victims Penelope, murderer of Liza

State how you will use the following devices (use at least five of the seven listed): Allusion: “I love this game! It's like World of Warcraft ” - Liza Hyperbole: "I also have an IQ of 1900" Oxymoron: "...sweet sorrow.." Irony: Liza is killed by her addiction for something that she really loved. Parody: none Understatement: none Juxtaposition: Comparison of life before/after her addiction of the singer.