What's in "I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady?
In her piece "I Want a Wife," Judy Brady satirizes society's view about the role of wifes by using repetition, and organization throughout her writing. Coming on to repetition first, Brady repeats the phrase "I want a wife" throughout her piece, and lists all the expectations from the wifes. She begins listing expectations by first saying that " I want a wife who will work and send me to school." As she lists her first couple expectations, it does not seem a lot, due to (what it seems like) looking like a normal role of wife in a household. And in the following couple sentences, the article continues to list domestic expectations from a wife, and it does not seem very satirical. But when the piece continues to list what seems incessant duties of a wife, it seems kind of annoying for the reader. That frustration comes from the endless repetition of the phrase "I want a wife." And expectations listed in the article become more extreme as the ar...