Answer: when a writer points to a problem caused by social customs without explicitly challenging those customs.
A social commentary is the use of rhetorical devices in order to comment on the problems of society. This is usually a critique, and it is intended to promote change or to appeal to people's sense of justice. However, when this commentary is done subconsciously, the writer points towards the problem but does not explicitly challenge the customs.
<span>Both Edgar Allan Poe and the narrator of The Raven were orphaned at a very young age. The young orphan was taken in by John and Frances Allan.</span>
