An Analysis Of 'Batting Clean-Up And Striking Out' By Dave Barry
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Kevin Arwan
Professor Jo-Anne Johnson
English 1301
November 4, 2014 Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out by Dave Barry
The subject of Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is the difference between men and women. Women’s thoroughness cannot be underestimated, in fact, most of housemaids are women. Have you ever cleaned a room that took you two hours to clean, then you ‘’think’’ the room was clean and in perfect condition, suddenly your mom came in and started to pointing out the dirty spots in the room? You just standing there stiffly and thinking “How is that even possible?” Women are ingenious, they could spot something that could not be seen by men with bare eyes.
This story was written in the 1980s. The creation of this essay is implied in the introduction, it says “This essay from Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits (1988)”. In addition, the author uses television and radio for depicting the situation, which could be considered as “old” electronics. The origin of this essay is in the America. It was stated that New York Times has called Barry “the funniest man in America.”
This essay’s target audience is men and women in relationships. Barry’s target is exhibited by showing his regular daily life tragedy with his family “She gives me this look that she has perfected, the same look she used on …show more content…
He uses a bunch of sarcasm towards the subject in “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out”. The sarcasm expressed when he says things such as, dirt at the level of molecules, heavyweight racquetball champion of someplace like Iowa, because I am a sensitive and caring kind of guy… He uses hyperbole to express the situation when he could not watch the World Series game. Barry uses jokes and humor as his main foundation to build the story, which makes the reader interested to continue read his
Kevin Arwan
Professor Jo-Anne Johnson
English 1301
November 4, 2014 Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out by Dave Barry
The subject of Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is the difference between men and women. Women’s thoroughness cannot be underestimated, in fact, most of housemaids are women. Have you ever cleaned a room that took you two hours to clean, then you ‘’think’’ the room was clean and in perfect condition, suddenly your mom came in and started to pointing out the dirty spots in the room? You just standing there stiffly and thinking “How is that even possible?” Women are ingenious, they could spot something that could not be seen by men with bare eyes.
This story was written in the 1980s. The creation of this essay is implied in the introduction, it says “This essay from Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits (1988)”. In addition, the author uses television and radio for depicting the situation, which could be considered as “old” electronics. The origin of this essay is in the America. It was stated that New York Times has called Barry “the funniest man in America.”
This essay’s target audience is men and women in relationships. Barry’s target is exhibited by showing his regular daily life tragedy with his family “She gives me this look that she has perfected, the same look she used on …show more content…
He uses a bunch of sarcasm towards the subject in “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out”. The sarcasm expressed when he says things such as, dirt at the level of molecules, heavyweight racquetball champion of someplace like Iowa, because I am a sensitive and caring kind of guy… He uses hyperbole to express the situation when he could not watch the World Series game. Barry uses jokes and humor as his main foundation to build the story, which makes the reader interested to continue read his