- Identify 5 political and social references and research their details online. Create a 1 paragraph summary of each reference, including as many facts, (place, time, people involved, political implications) as you can muster.
“Our greatest fear is that we die alone – which is why I intend to take quite a few people with me” is made with reference to mutually assured destruction. Each country involved in mutually assured destruction (MAD) is locked in a stalemate, as full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would ensue complete annihilation for both – a political reference to the cold war between the Soviet Union and the USA (1947 – 1991). Frankie Boyle has satirised the absurd idea of MAD, in that the only reason opposing sides do not fire their weapons is purely in the interest of their own self preservation. Therefore, if one side were to decide to unleash their complete nuclear arsenal, there would no absolutely no reason for the other side not to reciprocate. ‘If we die, then you are coming with us’.
- Identify 3 figurative language features that Frankie Boyle uses to strengthen his satire. (Options are: Hyperbole, Metaphor, Analogy etc)
- Select your controversial idea from yesterday and now develop a couple of paragraphs, where you build on to this sentence with some more elaborate metaphors and analogies.