Keeping Up By David Sedaris Analysis

In the article “Keeping up” by David Sedaris, Sedaris is a successful author that has written many readings and has also been featured in New Yorker. However, Sedaris most famous work is not just “Keeping Up” but “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” is a famous piece of his too. In “Keeping Up” Sedaris discusses the clash that couples have against each other but for the most part, Sedaris goes into the arguments that tend to happen with couples when traveling. He even goes into further detail about life with his partner and how they both deal with each others relationship problems. Overall Sedaris believes that there is a connection that occurs between both couples in a relationship and that connection is what places both couples together in a …show more content…
Sedaris then gets into the trip they took to the zoo and the main point Sedaris wanted to make was between him and his partner, the problem they have is pace. Sedaris starts to talk about whether it was really worth going to the zoo at all because the entire time Hughs back was facing Sedaris due to the fact that Sedaris was walking slow and Hugh was walking at a much faster pace. This upsets Sedaris just because the original plan was to hangout with his partner, Hugh, and the point was to experience the zoo together. Even though Hugh was way ahead Sedaris stated that Hugh had a natural talent for finding his own way in unknown areas and the zoo was one of them. This made Sedaris even more frustrated because Hugh was flying by all the exhibits. Eventually, Sedaris caught up to Hugh and finally witnessed the dingo yet, there really isn't anything special about the dingo so Sedaris was bewildered at the idea that the dingo looked exactly like a dog. After realizing that, the dingo was pointless and just really silly. He looked over to Hugh to ask if that was really the dingo but to his surprise he was talking to a little asian lady. This made Sedaris livid just because of the thought that Hugh had just left Sedaris without waiting for him. This makes Sedaris so upset that he mentally starts planning on what he is gonna do as soon as he gets to the hotel. He even goes as …show more content…
The point that Sedaris got out of it was that each couple knows their partner the most and the fact that they know them the best makes it easier for them to figure out their problems because that also leads into another subject. It's about how couples respond to one another and that they deal with their problems in their own way this shows they know each other best and some couples, in this case Sedaris, deal with it in certain ways where perhaps they think of different outcomes on how the relationship would end. Some also think about how their future would look without their significant other and it can cause some to rethink about what they were going to do. Overall, Sedaris does make a point that each and every couple is different which it's true due to the fact that couples are into different things and this can cause them to act differently. The point of this article was to reach out to those who struggle with relationships due to arguments and overall it seems that the experience that came out of this for Sedaris was that you should never take your partner for granted and that everyone should sit and rethink about what they are going to say or do with their partner whenever in a