excercise 1

Lynda Barry's straight forward literal connotation makes her work and tone abrupt as it skips over the repeated "cruddys". The bold blurting of the word "cruddy" in every line portrays an angry speaking character."Cruddy time on a cruddy street" paints a gloomy even crusty town. Roberta is a "cruddy girl ..on a cruddy bed" and her repulsed attitude to the vile world is emphasized in capitalized letters, "I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU TOUCH THIS JULIE". Cruddy sounds like a broken CD as it skips over the inserted and unnecessary additions of her mildly vulgar term. Her pessimistic account of the speakers anger, makes her main character strong and upset.