Brian Doyle, author of Irreconcilable Dissonance, often uses the second person as a way to build trust with his audience. At first, Doyle uses the second person humorously: ensuring that his readers are a part of the joke he says, “[t]hat particular woman refused to speak to reporters about the reasons for divorce, but you wonder what the iceberg was under that surface, you know?”(Doyle pp2). Being the first appearance of the second person in this essay, Doyle begins to build trust by making sure the readers feel as though they are a part of the satire rather than just someone reading it. Doyle uses the second person more seriously when he writes, “[t]he second you finish reading this essay…[your spouse] might end your marriage in a moment,