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Summary: A Couple Of Really Neat Guys

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Almost everyone has done something small but felt like they made a big difference in the world, such as enforcing people not to litter. In the hilarious essay, “A Couple of Really Neat Guys,” Dave Barry and his optometrist, Jeff, dress up as superheroes. Their mission is to keep people from littering in Miami. They do not completely clean the city, but they feel accomplished at the end of the day by making some litterers pick up their trash. Dave Barry’s short story, “A Couple of Really Neat Guys,” is a low level of comedy that uses hyperbole and comedic situations to convey the idea that the universal truth of littering needs to stop and helping it stop can make someone feel a sense of accomplishment. To begin, Barry uses hyperbole to show

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