In the opening paragraphs of Lynda Barry's Cruddy, words are filled with simplistic humor that suggests the authors young and rebelious personality. The low diction and literal words make the passage easy to read. The repeating use of the word 'cruddy' exaggerates the tone of the author and depicts her 'cruddy' life. The character that writes a 'Cruddy' book is "the cruddy girl named Roberta." Roberta's story is going to be about "the cruddy time on a cruddy street on the side of a cruddy hill in the cruddiest part of a crudded-out town in a cruddy state, country, world, solar system, universe." The conflicting words with Roberta's sister suggest the natural state of bickering with siblings. The frustration is implied through the cruddy words and poured out to "her little sister [who] will NOT shut up she will NOT shut up SHE WILL NOT SHUT UP." Roberta's story, during the rest of her cruddy time grounded, uses personal language to depict the growth and maturity of a teenage girl.
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