Trident – Frankie Boyle

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

1. “And it would be funnier, I suppose, if it didn’t constitute Britain’s actual policy on defense”
2. “watching strangers bake”
3. “Which of our enemies would expect a Trident submarine to be bobbing around a Morrisons car park in York?”
4. “If we are wiped out in nuclear war, the planet will need to be repopulated by the staff of the submarines, so the fact that they now let women serve could actually be seen as a deeply pessimistic move.”
5. “

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.

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