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You Always Want What You Can't Have

As Robert Harris stated in “The Purpose and Method of Satire,” satire is "a literary manner which blends a critical attitude with humor and wit.” In order for a satirical piece to be successful it must contain a variety of characteristics. Among these include irony, sarcasm, ridicule, wit, criticism, and exaggeration. The literary works, “A Few Words About Breasts: Shaping Up Absurd,” by Nora Ephron and Real Women Have Curves by Josefina Lopez contain many of these characteristics. Both of these works are similar in the sense that they both criticize and ridicule different aspects of physical appearance, yet the situation and outcomes are slightly different.
Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American movie whose plot revolves around Ana Garcia, a Mexican-American teenager living in an East Los Angeles barrio. With encouragement from her teacher, Ana has dreams of attending Columbia University. However, before achieving her goal she must try to balance her mother’s......


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