Satire is the use of irony and sarcasm by a writer to draw attention to a particular issue. This style derived from Britain during the Enlightenment period where people focused on individualism and science. Many writers during this time period used satire to persuade the public to care about or dislike certain procedures to rectify the problem. This style is still prevalent today not only in Britain, but America too. I will focus on the similarities and differences between those two countries and to show their attitudes towards their respective governments. The Onion, an American satirical new site, and its British counterpoint The Daily Mush would be my primary resources for the paper. It would support my claim that British satire is more
