No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch-Rodriguez

David Rodriguez

Mr. Bruno

Hislish

23 October 2009

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No Wonder They Call Me A Bitch

In this essay, by Ann Hodgman, the author uses satire to subliminally criticize pet food products. An example of satire appears when Hodgman talks about Gaines-burgers. She says that the can was accurate when it said no meat by-products. She also says that the ingredients on the can did mention, however, poultry by-products- “right there next to preserved animal fat.” There are many other forms of satire throughout the essay and, while hard to believe that Hodgman actually ate pet food, I do not doubt the validity of home of her validity of some of her descriptions of pet foods.