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After James I died his son Charles I took the throne but after 24 years he was beheaded. Charles II fled and hid in France afterwards. Fore eleven years the country was ruled by parliament then Charles II returned. After he died his brother James II took over he then had a catholic son so the people were worried to have another catholic king so they got William of Orange to try and take over England because he was married to James II protestant daughter Mary. So when William went to try and take the crown from James II, James fled to France. And William and Mary were accepted into England as King and Queen with out a fight.

Satire is like making fun of how people are in a sarcastic way so that people could think what you were saying you meant. A lot of popular comedy shows today us satire as their whole idea. Family Guy and The Simpson’s are the two biggest examples that come to my mind. As they make fun of all common people.

It throws you off at the beginning because he talks so serious as well as throws in a lot of facts as if it was real scientific study. When he finally says his idea of eating children it really does sound like he’s being serious but later you can tell he’s using satire. He is making fun of how the upright English people think of “lower” people.

In the diary of Samuel Pepys it is him just writing about cretin days of his life. Just through his eyes. It shows what it is like through a normal person eyes back then. Not just a fictionally story from someone else’s view. Like during a public execution he talked about how it was in the crowd like the great shouts of joy he said.

He then was part of the famous Great Fire of London. He apparently woke up at first and thought little of it and went back to sleep but then woke up again to find it spreading. So he then leaves and sees all the people leaving the fire and how it engulfed peoples homes.

During this time what was really important was that people liked to trust facts, instead of what people just think. That is very important because it changed a lot of the writing that people came up with. Also people questioned a lot more of what has been said for a long time.