The Influence Of Life Lessons In Dave Barry's 'Moving On'

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In life every child gets advice from an adult no matter if their related or if it’s just a stranger they met out in public. In the letter, Dave Barry teaches his grandson life lessons beginning with the ketchup the author Dave Barry himself wrote a letter to his grandson to teach him some life lessons he learned throughout his lifetime that he thought was the most important. Furthermore, advice can be a positive or a negative affect on a person depending on if they decide to take it or not. Everyone has their own life so they can control the way others look at them instead of the way people want to see them as. In the friendly letter, Dave Berry teaches his grandson life lessons beginning with the ketchup, Dave Berry uses high comedy in the …show more content…

Barry let’s his grandson know that, bullying is wrong so he tells him, “Don’t bully, and don’t hit people, unless they are bullying you, in which case go ahead and belt them,” (Barry page 2). The grandfather is telling his grandson that he is all anti-bullying, but that if someone is bullying him to turn around and be a bully himself. However, this causes to make the reader smile or snicker because he is mocking what he just said a few words earlier in the sentence. Barry also adds in another humorous line when he is mocking the citizens in the world that have all of these beliefs. Individuals have their own beliefs about different topics, but sometimes they could be taken as someone else based on their belief, “Am I saying that all of these people are stupid? Of course not. Some of them are insane,” (Barry page 2). This sarcastic line makes us the readers to end up showing a grin or smile because Dave is mocking the idea that one can not be stupid but way more than that. In conclusion, The sarcasm Dave Barry used in the letter helped emphasize the comedic

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