Poem Analysis: 'The Other Girl Or The Other Boy'

At the beginning, the author briefly explains his situation of buying and selling his cars. The author has the situation that everyone might experience at least once in a lifetime. The ways he describes his car makes the reader feel like cars are their lovely friend, “realizing that the familiar friend would be gone from our lives forever” (Stanley Fish, line 5). The title is a play on words, the author is torn in between a relationship of the cars they traded in and the new cars they got. “The Other Car” is a play on the phrase “The Other Girl” or “The Other Boy”. The tone that author is using in this article is sarcastic, the author describes the situation humorously even though it’s not a pleasant situation. “Twice in a few weeks, one of us drove an old car up a ramp to the cavernous second floor of the dealership and just left it there” (Stanley Fish, line 2). Using cavernous to describe the floor of the dealership is funny imagery. …show more content…
Meanwhile, the author does in fact give a more detail background story and/or summary at the beginning of the passage. Also the writer gives bits and pieces of summary throughout the passage. By giving examples of different commercials and etc. To be more specific is when he gives the example of how Avis commercials attract clients. The author praises Avis commercial have done a great job to advertise their product. I don't think the audience or the reader will understand his analysis without the summary and/or the background story. I the reader would find it confusing and irrelevant, because I wont be able to relate without his