Red, White, and Beer

     The essay Red, White, and Beer is sarcastic and meant to be a parody. The speaker of this essay is Dave Barry and the occasion the purpose is to discuss the ridiculous commercials we see on television and how it always something to do with the United States of America. The tone of the essay is obviously sarcastic and satirical, and the audience is the reader. The subject is mainly on the commercials that are constantly being shown as patriotic and American. Barry talks about one commercial that is advertising Miller, which is a very well-known American beer. He is making fun of how it shows men as sweaty, shaking each others hands, and how this supposedly what American men are supposed to be like. Another commercial he talk about is when a group of men are building a house while drinking beer. He also mentions how after the commercial was shot, they probably kept pushing up a wall until it fell on to somebody's truck and the owner of that truck shook their hands. It it very obvious that Barry is being sarcastic because no person would want their house built by a bunch of drunk people, but because it is shown as being American people would actually do it. This essay also shows the affect patriotism has on products.