Secret to Happiness Men and women have different mentalities which often causes disputes in an otherwise perfect relationship. The best way to overcome these challenges is to accept and respect the others point of view. In “Beauty and the Beast”, Barry argues that men and women view themselves and each other through different perspectives. Women spend countless hours and dollars trying to change and improve their appearance to achieve satisfaction in their beauty. Men, on the other hand, feel presentable by doing some simple grooming in the morning. In “What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage”, Sutherland narrates her experience of when she experimented, using techniques she learned from animal trainers, on her husband to correct undesirable
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This method of writing makes the essay enjoyable for the reader, and enables them to relate to the topic on a personal level. For example, when Barry is describing how men perceive themselves, he uses phrases like “giant forehead-dwelling tropical caterpillar” (341) and “their faces cause heart failure in cattle at a range of 300” (341). When he is explaining how women see themselves, he says that, to themselves, they look like dogs that are on the brink of getting picked up by animal control.
Sutherman’s humor is subtler than Barry’s humor. She compares her husband to an exotic animal, and describes how she “trains” him. At the end, when she says that she received some training of her own, she gives the essay a friendly tone, instead of coming off as someone who was just manipulating her husband. In using humor, both authors are able to maintain the reader’s interest. Although the essays are similar, they also have several differences. Sutherland chooses to write her essay as a narrative of her experience. She tells the story from her own point of view. Her essay is structured as an informational analysis. It begins with her unhappiness in her marriage, followed by her taking the training she learned from the animal trainers and using them on her husband, and finishes off, much to her satisfaction, with her husband’s flaws going away. Her story ends with her acknowledging how her own flaws improved when her husband used
This method of writing makes the essay enjoyable for the reader, and enables them to relate to the topic on a personal level. For example, when Barry is describing how men perceive themselves, he uses phrases like “giant forehead-dwelling tropical caterpillar” (341) and “their faces cause heart failure in cattle at a range of 300” (341). When he is explaining how women see themselves, he says that, to themselves, they look like dogs that are on the brink of getting picked up by animal control.
Sutherman’s humor is subtler than Barry’s humor. She compares her husband to an exotic animal, and describes how she “trains” him. At the end, when she says that she received some training of her own, she gives the essay a friendly tone, instead of coming off as someone who was just manipulating her husband. In using humor, both authors are able to maintain the reader’s interest. Although the essays are similar, they also have several differences. Sutherland chooses to write her essay as a narrative of her experience. She tells the story from her own point of view. Her essay is structured as an informational analysis. It begins with her unhappiness in her marriage, followed by her taking the training she learned from the animal trainers and using them on her husband, and finishes off, much to her satisfaction, with her husband’s flaws going away. Her story ends with her acknowledging how her own flaws improved when her husband used