"Red, White, And Beer"

       This piece of satire is written by Dave Barry. He is the speaker of the the story. The tone of this story is very patriotic and sarcastic. Barry shows the intended audience, which is the future readers or the readers of the time how they could be patriotic in commercials. With the use of sarcasm, Barry shows the reader how every commercial fools you by telling you that you are patriotic and supportive of the country if you buy their product. Barry sais that the real patrotism comes in the beer commersials. He is being sarcastic here. There is nothing patriotic in drinking beer, but sadly beer is an icon of America so people follow what the power of the telivision has to offer. He emphasizes how if infuences gangsters because they think that is the way of being patriotic.
       Patriotism is a very big deal because it shows how much you love your country. However, with the use of the television, it is obviously interpreted in the wrong way. Being patriotic does not mean that you have to buy every American product. Barry is sarcastic because he sees small things in commercials that have nothing to do with patriotism. He laughs at commercials that just include the Statue of Liberty in order to make the commercial patriotic. He mocks the stupidity that is places into "patriotic" commercials.