Dave Barry The Ugly Truth About Beauty Analysis

In "The Ugly Truth About Beauty,  Dave Barry suggests that men and women view themselves differently. People have known for many years that men and women have their differences. These differences often mean that there may be confusion between the sexes. In Dave Barry's essay, he uses three literary devices to determine how males and females feel about themselves. Dave Barry's essay not only suggests how men and women feel about themselves, but also how men feel about women. On this occasion, Dave Barry’s purpose is to enlighten men and women to show them what beauty means to each gender using allusions,hyperboles and ethos.
An example of this would be “ If, at the end of his four-minute daily beauty regimen… devotes his mind to more critical issues, such as the Super Bowl.” (Barry,5). He is alluding to the very famous football event that happens every year known as the Super Bowl, where men all around the country gather around their televisions and watch this final game go down. More specifically he says that women could care less about football and the Super Bowl and would rather go and do something else. Another example of his use of allusion is “There are many complex psychological and societal reasons, by which I mean “Barbie””(Barry,7). In this example he is alluding to the popular children's toy “Barbie” which are more prominently bought among young females. He is saying that because of these unrealistically beautiful dolls that young females grow up with it sets the norm for what they should look like if they want to appear as pretty or