Life — November 25, 1920 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **Top cartoon**: A Sunday school scene mocking religious education. The teacher asks children about Bible study; a student asks "Why not?" and another responds "They told me if I came here I would just have a good time"—satirizing how Sunday school has become entertainment rather than serious religious instruction. 2. **Left article "How to Solve the Irish Question"**: Satirizes American politicians' obsession with the Irish vote. It proposes sending Irish-American sympathizers on a boat with supplies, suggesting they should leave America rather than constantly agitate about Irish independence—mocking their political influence and nostalgia. 3. **Right piece "No Man Could!"**: A humorous anecdote about a hired man's competitive nature with farm work, illustrating working-class pride and stubbornness.