Question

What type of literature uses humor to point out the flaws and foolishness of people and society?

Answer 1

Satire, such as that in George Orwell's Animal Farm, depicts the "Red Scare" or the upcoming of communist leaders. The setting of his novel revolves around an actual animal farm on which the animals, mainly the pigs, overthrow their humans. The pigs eventually become greedy tyrants and fill the shoes of their human counterparts, exposing the satirical reality of the idiocy of society.