"Red, White, And Beer"

       "Red, White, and Beer", is a satire piece, written by Dave Barry. He is the speaker of this piece of literature. Througout the entire piece, the tone is patriotic, yet sarcastic. He shows the reader, who is the audience, how beer commercials are "patriotic". He also adds humor, because he says the idea of patriotism is sweaty men, shaking hands. Also, when the men are building and pushing a wall in a commercial, after they stop shooting, they continue pushing and the wall crashes and hits a truck. Then the owner comes and shakes his hand.I believe he is trying to prove, that theses commercials have nothing to do with patriotism. People follow what the television offers. He also emphasizes famous people in his piece, and because they are icons, everyone wants to be like them.
       In my opinion, this was one of my most favorite piece we have read. Everyone can relate to it, because even today, some commercials are very unrealistic and symbolize nothing. Media does control the world, and commercials do affect peoples idea of things. The humor is very obvious in this piece. He is making fun of the "patriotic" beer commercials,  and whoever drinks that beer is many and a "great" American.

"Man Finally Put In Charge of Struggling Feminist Movement"

       This article was issued on December 3, 2007. The author is anonymous. The article explains how Peter "Buck" McGowan took over as the new chief of worldwide initiative for women's rights. He oversees the day to day operations. He made eliminating sexual harassment his first priority before working on securing many other things. He says, "All the feminist movement needed to do was bring on someone who had the balls to do something about this glass ceiling business." Throughout the whole article, he had used phrases like "You cant wast time pussyfooting around protests and getting all emotional about a bunch or irrelevant details" Even the women, are praising him, saying how he is a self assured guy and now the feminist movement gains respect. Do they not see what just happened? It is supposed to be a FEMINIST movement , and they put a guy in charge? They just lost the whole concept of what they were working for. The movement is supposed to show, how women are independent and can do anything just as well as men. I believe that this is where the sarcasm and humor kicks in. It shows, how women can be so blinded by men's power, and the author uses great phrases that Mr. McGowan has said, to show that he is also sexist. He says, "If you want to enjoy equal rights you have to have a real man-to-man chat with the people in charge." He is using other men to help the women movement.
       I think this article gives women much to think about. Why would they put a man in charge? Women can do the same things as men, even sometimes better. The humor and sarcasm is all in this ironic situation.