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Hi. I'm Josiah, and today, **I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL COMMENTARIES AND THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR.** I AM GOING TO DO THIS IN **ALL CAPS** BECAUSE **ALL CAPS** IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR **BEING COOL.**

**WHAT IS A SOCIAL COMMENTARY?** - //ANY// FORM OF **LITERATURE**, **ART** OR **MEDIA** THAT CRITICIZES A **GROUP** OR **INDIVIDUAL**. - USUALLY CRITICIZES THE CURRENT **SOCIAL** OR **POLITICAL** STATE OF A STATE.

- YOU **MIGHT HAVE** WORKED OUT TWO THINGS BY NOW: **1)** THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR IS A SOCIAL COMMENTARY **2) I REALLY LIKE TO BOLD,** //ITALIC,// __UNDERLINE__, OR IF I AM FEELING **BOLD, __//I WILL USE ALL THREE AT ONCE. YOUR MIND IS NOW BLOWN.//__**



**THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STATE OF RUSSIA:** - LOOKING AT THE STATE OF RUSSIA HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS HATING ON: - **CORRUPTION** **- BRIBERY** **- TSARIST AUTOCRACY**

**CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA** - THE STORY OF A SMALL **JEWISH** VILLAGE WITH AN **EXTREMELY CORRUPT** MAYOR. - THE MAYOR IS **CORRUPT** AND HE TREATS MANY PEOPLE **UNFAIRLY**. - **THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR** IS COMING AND THE MAYOR TRIES TO **HIDE** ALL THE TOWN'S //MISDEEDS//. - THIS **CORRUPTION** PLAGUED RUSSIA **THROUGHOUT** THE WHOLE **IMPERIALIST PERIOD**.



**BRIBERY AND INFIDELITY** - THE STORY DOCUMENTS HOW THE MAYOR TAKES "**//LOANS//**" FROM MERCHANTS. - THE **FALSE** INSPECTOR **TRICKS** THE MAYOR AND DEMANDS **MASSIVE BRIBES** FROM THE VILLAGE, AND THE VILLAGE **COMPLIES**. - THE **FALSE INSPECTOR** FLIRTS WITH **NOT ONLY** THE MAYOR'S **WIFE**, BUT ALSO HIS **DAUGHTER**.

**TSARIST AUTOCRACY** - THE **TSARIST AUTOCRACY** INSISTS THAT THE **TSAR** IS THE **ABSOLUTE MONARCH.** - THE **AUTOCRACY WAY** OF GOVERNING IS **DOCUMENTED** IN THE STORY. - THEY SEND **INSPECTORS** TO "INSPECT" THE TOWN. - NIKOLAI WAS **HIGHLY AGAINST** THIS POLITICAL THEORY, THUS THE STORY IS ABOUT HOW THIS **STYLE** OF RULING **DOES NOT WORK.**

**SO WHY IS THIS A SOCIAL COMMENTARY?** TO **UNDERSTAND** THIS, WE MUST FIRST **DELVE** INTO THE WORLD OF **SOCIAL COMMENTARIES**. SOCIAL COMMENTARIES CAN COME IN **MANY DIFFERENT FORMS.** USUALLY, IT IS EITHER:

- **NON-FICTIONAL** - SPEECH, RADIO BROADCAST, ESSAY, THESIS. - **A SATIRE** - USUALLY FICTIONAL, USES **HUMOR** AND **WIT** TO GET POINT ACROSS. - **AN IDEAL SCENARIO** - **FICTIONAL STORY** WHERE THE PLOT **EMPHASIZES** THE **VIEW OF THE AUTHOR**



OKAY, SO PRETTY SIMPLE STUFF RIGHT? **THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR** IS AN **"IDEAL SCENARIO"** TYPE OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY. TO FIND OUT **WHY** IT IS AN **"IDEAL SCENARIO"** SOCIAL COMMENTARY, WE MUST FIRST **ESTABLISH** THE OPINION OF THE **AUTHOR**. AND THAT IS:
 * SO WHICH ONE IS IT DAMN IT? **

// **"(G)****IMPERIALIST RUSSIA DOES NOT FUNCTION.** // // **IT IS CORRUPT AND INEFFICIENT."** //

NOW THAT **GOGOL'S VIEWPOINT** IS ESTABLISHED, WE CAN **(ANAL)YZE** HIM AND HIS BOOK. SO WHY IS **THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR** AN **"IDEAL SCENARIO"** SOCIAL COMMENTARY?
 * SO HOW DOES HE APPLY THIS TO THE PLAY? **



- **I**N THE BOOK, **THE PLOT EMPHASIZES** NICKOLAI'S **VIEWPOINT**. - HE **CREATES A PLOT** THAT IS AN I**DEAL SITUATION.** - **IDEAL** FOR THE POLITICAL THEORY OF **IMPERIALIST RUSSIA** TO **FAIL:**

**FOR EXAMPLE,** THE **PLOT** IS ABOUT HOW THE **PEOPLE ARE CORRUPT** AND **MALICIOUS** UNDER **TSARIST AUTOCRATIC RULE.** //YOU SEE?//

- HE IS **CREATING A STORY** WITH A **PLOT** THAT **EMPHASIZES** HIS **VIEWPOINT**. - AND BECAUSE THIS AN **"IDEAL SITUATION" COMMENTARY** THE **PLOT** IS **OF COURSE**, ABOUT HOW (G)IMPERIALISM **DOES NOT WORK.**