When the warm weather hits like a punch in the gut, people flock to closest beach with enough food to feed an entire zoo. During the sunny day, beach goers participate in common activities such as picnics, feeding seagulls, and enjoying the refreshing feeling of the cold, salty water of the ocean against their sun kissed skin. However, at the end of the day, the beach is covered in crud that was left behind. David Barry finds situations like these infuriating. To empathise his hatred of littering, Barry wrote the short story “A Couple of Really Neat Guys”, which uses hyperbole and eccentric characters to convey that littering is wrong. In “A Couple of Really Neat Guys”, Barry uses hyperbole to describe “The Picnic People from Hell”. By using
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“red tights.., plus red Superman boots, plus blue shorts and shirts with out superhero names. During the short story “A Couple Of Really Neat Guys”, Barry writes about his super hero, “Captain Tidy” and his sidekick, “Neatness man”. First, Barry describes the looks of Captain Tidy, professionally lettered on them, plus white gloves, plus capes made from garbage bags, plus utility belts.” (2). When Barry describes the looks of his and Dr. Jeruss’s costumes, it not only amuses the readers, but also makes a statement on how passionate Barry and Dr. Jeruss are about not littering. The costumes show that the two grown men hated litter enough to wear outlandish costumes, go out in public with said costumes, and correct each litter bug that they saw. Next, Barry describes the actions of Captain Tidy and Neatness man when he writes, “...We spent the day cruising the streets, when we saw people litter, we’d leap out…. And say say, … “Sir, you don’t want to litter, DO YOU?” (2). When Barry states that they “cruised the streets” all day, it once again shows their dedication to the anti-littering movement. All the while, the Barry and Dr. Jeruss remain polite while they correct the litter bugs. However, Barry demonstrates that comic characters do have a purpose. In his passage, Barry writes “...They’d look ashamed, take their litter back and dispose of it properly” (2). By commenting that litter bugs would indeed pick up their trash and looked ashamed while doing so, it proves that people know litter is wrong, and that they have the ability to dispose of their trash the proper way. They are just choosing not to.Ultimately, the silly costumes did serve their purpose: correcting litter bugs around the
“red tights.., plus red Superman boots, plus blue shorts and shirts with out superhero names. During the short story “A Couple Of Really Neat Guys”, Barry writes about his super hero, “Captain Tidy” and his sidekick, “Neatness man”. First, Barry describes the looks of Captain Tidy, professionally lettered on them, plus white gloves, plus capes made from garbage bags, plus utility belts.” (2). When Barry describes the looks of his and Dr. Jeruss’s costumes, it not only amuses the readers, but also makes a statement on how passionate Barry and Dr. Jeruss are about not littering. The costumes show that the two grown men hated litter enough to wear outlandish costumes, go out in public with said costumes, and correct each litter bug that they saw. Next, Barry describes the actions of Captain Tidy and Neatness man when he writes, “...We spent the day cruising the streets, when we saw people litter, we’d leap out…. And say say, … “Sir, you don’t want to litter, DO YOU?” (2). When Barry states that they “cruised the streets” all day, it once again shows their dedication to the anti-littering movement. All the while, the Barry and Dr. Jeruss remain polite while they correct the litter bugs. However, Barry demonstrates that comic characters do have a purpose. In his passage, Barry writes “...They’d look ashamed, take their litter back and dispose of it properly” (2). By commenting that litter bugs would indeed pick up their trash and looked ashamed while doing so, it proves that people know litter is wrong, and that they have the ability to dispose of their trash the proper way. They are just choosing not to.Ultimately, the silly costumes did serve their purpose: correcting litter bugs around the