The author of “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” Jennifer Price has very implicit views on the united states that is reflected in her essay. The author sees the U.S. to be very pretentious. They are worried about how the rest of the world sees them. Price uses diction, metaphor, and tone to reveal her view of the United States culture. Price’s essay mocks the U.S.’ ideals of the fifties and has a lot of irony. It shows the greed and corruption in the United states.
Jennifer Price uses bold words such as “flamboyant, splashed, strikingly, flashy, passion pink, sunset pink, and Bermuda pink.” in order to mock how flamboyant the flamingos were. Price uses playful words in order to show she is making fun of the American culture. She makes it clear that the flamingo …show more content…
Her sarcastic tone mocks America and how they used a unique animal to better themselves. Price describes the flamingo to have “two major claims to boldness.”(Price) The first claim shows how greedy America was with the Flamingos and the second claim shows how the flamingos pink color exemplified how unique and special it was made out to be. Price the mocks the fact that the plastic flamingos were called “Pink Flamingos”. She does this by asking what other color they could be. “Why, after all, call the birds “pink flamingos” — as if they could be blue or green? The plastic flamingo is a hotter pink than a real flamingo, and even a real flamingo is brighter than anything else around it.”(Price) Price being sarcastic points out the fact that America tries so hard to exemplify the fact that the flamingo is pink. For an animal to be such a bright hue is unique. And America wants to be seen as unique and wealthy. Price points out the plastic pink flamingos are made even brighter than real flamingos are. And real flamingos are already brighter than anything else near it. It shows how much America wanted to shine, and outshine any other