Exercise 1

Lynda Barry's "Cruddy" portrays a harsh and immature tone which evokes a sense of rage and rebellion. Taking place on a "cruddy street on the side of a cruddy hill in the cruddiest part of a crudded-out town," the repetition of the the word "cruddy" stresses the narrator's bitterness towards the current situation she is placed into. The excessive capitalization within the passage emphasizes the childish diction and fosters the thought that the author is perhaps an adolescent. The bold tone of this passage screams with emotion to enhance the author's overall distress and alludes to an omen of future vengeance.