Neat People Vs Sloppy People By Suzanne Britt Summary

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Summary One: Suzanne Britt, in her essay “Neat People vs. Sloppy People,” attempts to prove her opinion on the difference between sloppy people and neat people. Britt utilizes parallelism, repetition, and humor, to convince the readers sloppy people are, in reality, not sloppy and neat people are unkind. She claims sloppy people live by planning for someday. Someday they will accomplish set tasks on their to-do list. Britt then explains how sloppy people have precise plans, and they do them eventually, one by one, but never all at once. By providing examples of these unrealistic goals, Britt concludes that sloppy people will never become uncluttered. She also describes sloppy people’s tendencies to never get rid of everything, which provides …show more content…

Using his talent of keeping readers entertained through exaggerated humor, Barry creates an essay proving his opinions. In his piece, Barry stretches the truth by continually emphasizing the importance of certain topics for men and women, which resemble stereotypes in modern society. Based on his opinions, he claims women can notice smaller quantities of dirt compared to men. By adding hints to agriculture, Barry inserts a joke, allowing the reader to enjoy the essay. Barry then explains how men are less conscientious in keeping their possessions and home clean than women. Using another exaggerated statement, Barry claims that when women are growing they produce hormones allowing them to see the minuscule dirt, while men, who lack this hormone, are unable to notice. On the contrary, Barry claims most women have yet to understand the importance of sports that men habitually study. Barry states that men are unable to focus on any other activities when a sporting event is on. According to Barry, sports is an area where men are very passionate, contrary to women, who do not care. Throughout the essay, Barry stays consistent with his common writing style: humorous and exaggerated. However, while his essay was made up of very stereotypical images, as not all women and men fit his descriptions, Barry’s exaggerations entertain the

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