For years, husbands and wives have played different roles; the husband works and earns money and the wife works in the house and takes care of children. Judy Syfers in “ I Want a Wife” talks about the kind of stuff she has to do. In her essay she talks about all the chores, the wives have to do around the house while the husbands sit around and do nothing. She says that wives need help …showed first 75 words of 1193 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1193 total…message but they both use the devices differently. Their styles have similarities and differences. They use different tones. They set up the structure somewhat differently. And they use different figures of speech. Syfers and Goodman are trying to tell the same things but they both write the essay differently. They want the wives to stand up for themselves and the husbands to help the wives. In both essays, husbands and wives were the main audiences.