# What Satire of Institutions means in Erewhon Revisited

> The book satirizes academic, religious, and legal institutions, such as the Colleges of Unreason, the Deformatory for Boys, and the Musical Banks, mocking their absurdities and self-serving nature.

## Explanation

The book satirizes academic, religious, and legal institutions, such as the Colleges of Unreason, the Deformatory for Boys, and the Musical Banks, mocking their absurdities and self-serving nature.

The preface satirizes the predictable pattern of religious institutionalization following a supposed miracle.

The book continues to satirize societal institutions, as Erewhon's society has evolved in unexpected ways.

The absurdity of the Erewhonian legal system and the professors' academic pretensions are satirized through their interactions with my father.

The College of Spiritual Athletics and the advertisements for moral training mock institutionalized religion and self-help fads.

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