Satire: The Sympathizer
Focus on Satire, with an extract from The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Students need experience with texts that employ satire, irony and humour, not only because such texts can be very enjoyable to read and often convey important ideas, but also because the whole meaning and purpose of these texts depends on readers being attuned to such an approach. The course, and Paper 1 in particular, requires students to be...