A Couple Of Really Neat Guys Dave Barry Analysis

Littering is like a cause and effect when its saw or done others will do the same. In the essay “A Couple Of Really Neat Guys” Dave Barry uses comedy to explain the point of not to litter. He uses hyperbole and one liners to explain his opinion on littering. Littering is something Dave Barry feels very strong for and does not appreciate. So, instead of starting a debate or argument he uses comedy to effectively show his point. Using hyperbole and one liners/puns to show his point that littering is bad and people should throw their trash away.

First off, Dave Barry uses hyperbole to describe what the litterer has and then what they throw on to the ground. For example, he uses hyperbole and explains the litters in a more exaggerated way“They

immediately transform themselves into a high-output litter machine, cranking out potato- chip bags and beer cans and sandwich wrappers and chicken bones and dirty diapers weighing more than the infant that generated them.”(Barry 325) The consistent use of items described by Dave Barry to emphasize how cruel and dirty the litters are. To add on, this is really giving readers a brief description of how much Dave Barry dislikes people who litter. Continuing on, Dave says “They have a large nuclear-powered radio and enough food to supply several Canadian provinces.”(Barry 325) Litters do not actually have enough food to feed multiple Canadian provinces. This hyperbole exaggerates the amount of food that litters bring to places. This then ties up to the amount of food that will end up on the ground of other places. To compare, both quotes are highly exaggerated by the author Dave Barry using hyperbole. Using hyperbole Dave Barry is able to show his point of what litters have and then continue on to throw on the ground of places instead of throwing it into a garbage can or recycling the item.
Furthermore, the author Dave Barry one liners to describe other people's reaction towards the characters in the essay.

The two characters are Captain Tidy which is Dave. The other character is Neatness Man which is Dave’s optometrist. These two “heroes” go out on the street in a car telling people not to litter. For instance in the text Dave Barry uses a one liner “ If you had senn us wearing our outfits and standing in our superhero stance- hand on hips, chest thrust out, garbage bags blowing out dramatically behind-your only response would have to been to say with genuine emotion in your voice, What a pair of dorks.” Dave Barry uses one liners to describe the emotions going through other people's head when they see Captain Tidy and Neatness Man roaming the street. In addition the author used wordplay to keep a humours affect to the situation. Lastly, the author says “ One possible explanation for this, of course, is that they thought we were dangerous escaped perverted tights - wearing lunatics.” To add on , the author is saying that people are basically looking at Dave and his doctor as if they are crazy. Summing up, the reaction of the characters when they see Dave and his doctor dressed up that creates the humorous tone to the

essay.
In conclusion the author using hyperbole helps readers understand what the litters are doing. If this was not used it would just be Dave Barry complaining in a non humours way. The use of one liners also help readers understand what Dave and his doctor are doing to stop people from littering. If not used in the essay it would not be really enjoyable. If Dave Barry said that him and his doctor went out and told people to stop picking up trash that would not be anywhere as humours as Dave and his doctor dressing up as superheroes in tights and in a van telling people to pick up trash. The Universal truth of the story is to not litter because it is affecting the community in a bad way. Littering is just like a cause and effect when one person does it another will follow.