English 132 Online
Assignment 2-3
Summary, Paraphrase, Quote Practice
Yestiny Williams
January 30th 2016

Dave Barry's essay “Guys vs. Men” was about how “Men” has more negative qualities unlike “Guy” which shows that a guy can be indulge in stereotypical characterization. He mentions different mindsets between a male “Guy” and “Men”. He talks about how moral battles between women and men. How male “Men” introduced a new stupidity like war, violence, dangerous sports ect. He said that there this book is not about men and manhood, there are too many books already about men, that his book was what its like to be a guy. He states how guys tend to not have deep intimate conversations about their feelings. Also, how guys are simple creatures and not feel the need to live up to this higher expectation of what a man needs to be. His essay basically explained how a guys do things together and then upgrade just to follow the same pattern. “So i'm saying that there is another way to look at males: not as aggressive mach dominators; not sensitive, liberated, hugging drummers; but as guys”(915) I chose this quote because I felt that it was more of a thesis and that it drags the reader to keep reading.

Passage #1: “When they are being just plain guys, 1.they aren't so much actively evil as they are lost”(Barry 907)

Guys aren't so much actively evil as they are lost, when they are being just plain guys. When guys are being themselves they aren't evil but they are mostly confused as they come off to be.

Passage #2 “[…] 1.guys who consider themselves to be committed to their marriages will stray if they are confronted with overwhelming temptation, defined as 'virtually any “temptation” (Barry 908).

Guys who are confronted with overwhelming temptation will stray even if they consider themselves to be committed to their marriages.