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Political Satire in Ian McEwan's The Child in Time

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the fact that his daughter has been kidnapped. As he searches each day in the hopes of finding his daughter, he comes face to face with many social and political  realities, however, realities that give the reader a very powerful satirical look at the bureaucracy which surrounds us all. In the following paper we examine two specific excerpts, one from  the first chapter and one from the second chapter, as they illustrate how McEwan is providing us with, not only the story of one mans search for his daughter, but  a story that develops a very powerful satirical look at the ridiculous nature of politics and bureaucracy . The First Glimpse of Satire Considering that the story is about  a mans search for his daughter, it becomes interesting to note that the very first line of the excerpt, and the book, to be examined involves a very powerful introduction  to political satire as McEwan states, "Subsidizing public transport had long been associated in the minds of both government and the majority of its public with the denial of individual  liberty" (NA). In this we note the powerful mention of "individual liberty" a term that is used throughout the novel and a term that conjures up very powerful images. With  an understanding of the fact that individual liberty is an essential element of the story we present the following excerpt that follows this line, and then discuss its importance of  laying the ground work for the development of political satire: "The various services collapsed twice a day at rush hour when it was quicker....He strode to Vauxhall Bridge past double  and treble files of trapped, throbbing cars, each with its solitary driver. In tone the pursuit of liberty was more resigned than passionate. Ringed fingers drummed patiently on the sill