SOAPST Dave Barry

 The subject of Dave Barry's "Batting Clean Up and Striking out" is that men and women are sensitive about things that the other sex may not care about. Ignorance of the others 'obsession' with the given subject is illustrated when the lady invites people to her house to talk when the men want to watch the World Series game.

 "Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" was written during 1988. The essays time of creation is displayed underneath the title. The probable place of the essay's creation is somewhere in suburbs of the United States. You can tell that from the tone and voice of the author, and when he mentions the World Series. The time and place of the essay's creation influenced the essay by the sarcasm and humor he put in the essay.

 Dave Barry's specific audience for "Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" is men all across America. The author's target audience is revealed through his sarcasm of what the women think are important, and the urgency he shows when he wants to watch the World Series game. The author's general audience for the essay is men and women across the U.S. The author's general audience is shown by his comparison of what women care about and what men care about.

 Dave Barry's purpose in "Batting Clean Up and Striking Out" is to show that men care about sports a lot more than women do while women care about cleanliness a lot more than men do. Men and women's sensitivities to different things is revealed with the quote "...women that enables them to see dirt that men cannot see, whereas men don't usually notice dirt until it forms clumps large enough to support agriculture." The quote proves my claim by saying that women notice dirt when men cannot, so they are sensitive to things that men aren't.

 Dave Barry, the author, believes that women will not get the importance of sports. This value is illustrated by when he says that women are very callous about sports and that his friend, Maddy, invited him over during a World Series game to have a stimulating conversation. Then all the men went to watch the World Series and the women kept on talking.

 Dave Barry exhibits a humorous and happy attitude about the differences in sensitivities that men and women display. The attitudes are expressed with jokes such as "The men hadn't even noticed the ash until it had for most part covered their children." That shows that he is taking a light hearted and humorous stance on his opinion. The tone serves the essay's purpose because it makes you laugh and chuckle while agreeing with him.