... the flow of water so often referenced by the narrator it is uncontrolled and without check; "The News behaved somewhat oddly after the murder of two of its journalists. Wild excitement! Headlines or bank robber" (p. 13). Thus the text positions the reader to view the media unfavourably and resentfully for its sensationalism, distortion of the truth and victimisation of individuals. The work offers a warning against the ... loses the moral high-ground as an objective, consistently reliable reporter when he uses satire to position the reader to engage with his resentment of the authorities...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate