Neat People vs. Sloppy People Essay

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    Suzanne Britt’s essay, “Neat People vs. Sloppy People”, invoked a mixed reaction for me since I could easily fall on either side of the spectrum. As stated so well by Britt, “They save everything, planning someday to file, order, and straighten out the world” (322). Her examples of cleaning out the closet, and organizing family photos are task that always take backseat to everything else, with great hope that someday I’ll get it done. As to Britt’s analogy of a neat person, “They will get their

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    The essays, “Neat People vs Sloppy People” by English teacher and writer, Suzanne Britt and “Batting Clean-Up and Striking out” by humorist and reporter, David Barry take a whole new look on the dreaded aspects of cleaning. Britt and Barry chose to utilize humor in order to convey to the audience that everyone has a different way of living. Britt expresses the different lifestyles of sloppy people to the notorious neat people. Oppositely, Barry compares gender roles in order to see the differences

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    with Barry and Britt The act of being habitually and carefully neat and clean can make for an interesting topic in a comparison and contrast essay. Dave Barry compares the differences of how women and men clean in his compare and contrast essay, Batting Clean- Up and Striking out. In Suzanne Britt's compare and contrast essay, Neat People vs. Sloppy People she compares the differences of personalities between Sloppy people and neat people. Both essays compare cleanliness in one way or another however

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    The People

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    ENC1101 22 April 2013 Neat Vs. Sloppy In Suzanne Britt's "Neat People Vs. Sloppy People" and Dave Barry's " Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" both author's examine just complicated human relationships can be considering how many types of personalities are out there. They both share certain literary elements

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    object or action but no literally, is just a way so the reader can better comprehend, and simile that differs from metaphor because of the use of the words ''like'' or ''as'' when comparing, for example: my internet today is slow like a snail. Neat People vs. Sloppy

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    Are Sloppy People truly lazier than Neat people? Suzanne Britt, the English literature and writing professor in Raleigh North Carolina, proposed in her essay "Neat People vs Sloppy People", with joyous humor, that at the foundation of all that is Humanity, we as people are categorized into the two groups. This can be more fully understood by recognizing messy people as essentially optimistic dreamers with only the best of intentions. Neat people as basically cruel, indifferent, reptilian-brained

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    Let Your Sloppy Insanity

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    You may be neat to some people and sloppy to others. You also may be insane but, to me, you’re just a normal human being. The world like to put categories and labels on people. Though at this point of time. What matters is how yourself so when people ask you “What are you?”, you simply say “Does it matter to you I’m undefined”. In neat people vs. people, Suzanne Britt says “Sloppy people never get neat. They aim too high and wide.” With this said little brother you could never be neat. Your dreams

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    “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” and “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” Each individual assesses situations in their own unique way. Whether it be cleaning a bathroom, or organizing a desk--there are always different opinions on how a task can be completed. Suzanne Britt and Dave Barry made different attempts to prove their opinions on how certain people dealt with chores. In her essay “Neat People vs. Sloppy People,” Britt used repetition and a simple manner to show her favoritism of sloppy lifestyles

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    Styles of writing differ from writer to writer. It is clear that many writers have their own style which make them unique in their own way. However, there are many similar components in writing that authors practice in order to make their writing as effective as possible. In Suzanne Britt and Dave Berry’s essays, they reveal their opinions on the same topics but differing subjects, and in these essays, it is clear that both writers make use of many similar techniques. Yet, within these similarities

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    2. The style of production is a comedy film. 3. The major themes of the production is man vs. himself because there is a lot of self love for people like oscar, there is also man vs. man because there is a lot of comedy in the show. 4. A message that the story is trying to give is what Oscar madison said, Life goes on, even for those of us who are divorced, broke, and sloppy. 5. The Film

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