Stages Of Beauty By Andrea Borghini

Erased Faces by Graciela Limon identifies three main characters in the novel; The stories of Adriana Mora, Juana Galvan, and Orlando Flores are narrated as we are taken through the lives of each character and how they surpassed their struggles and continue with their journeys; Each character surpassing struggles of their own. Adriana who suffered through out most her life, a photojournalist, comes across Juana whom expresses the need for her in being part of the movement in rising against the Mexican government, to capture the events in photos and journalism for the whole world to see. Juana, a strong, courageous, and independent woman who also went through much burden in her life comes to become a powerful leader in the Zapatista movement whom is praised by Orlando, the leader of the Lacandones. Though, Adriana and Juana become deal with their emotions in having a strong attraction towards each other, together they all ultimately move forward in the same journey. Even before the characters convoluted together, the themes of acceptance, race/ethnicity, equality, and isolation fixated around all three of them. It seems as though all characters at some point in their life went through a period where they felt completely isolated, as though nobody cared for them. Even though Erased Faces narrates the stories of multiple characters and the issues they faced, the character Juana exemplifies the theme of inequality,

Men do have different ways to respond to different situations than women, and it is

In the article Skin Deep written by Nina Jablonski and George Chaplin, they discuss and look deeper into the diverse differences in skin color. Our skin color has developed over the years to be dark enough to prevent the damaging sunlight that has been harming our skin and the nutrient folate that it carries. At the same time out skin is light enough to receive vitamin D.

“Last Sunday the host of a popular news show asked me what it meant to lose my body”(Coates 5). The phrase “lose my body” is reiterated numerous times in Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The topic/theme of this piece of literature may be discernable as innocence as Ta-Nehisi profusely speaks of how his upbringing changed and affected his perspective on life. Coates uses a multitude of examples to portray this from how he witnessed another boy almost being shot at a young age to him learning and understanding the laws and “culture of the streets”(Coates 24) as who and even more who not to mess with(Coates 23). Coates effectively uses these examples as perfect representations of living in an American ghetto as well as how since birth blacks do not “own” their body and are susceptible to lose it.

Throughout his novel, Perfect Peace, Daniel Black focuses on the idea of feminine beauty and what it means to be a beautiful black woman or a pretty black girl. Black highlights the problematic nature that rigid internalized beauty standards can have on women well into their elderly years. Black uses both Emma Jean and Perfect’s characters, as well as addition characters such as Caroline and Eva Mae, to show the negativity associated with black beauty standards.

Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal is a strangely riveting play so filled with unlikable characters that it makes one want to scream and throttle which ever one is closest to hand without prejudice as to which persona it might be as they are all equally detestable in their own way. Unfortunately, the infuriating characters are exactly what make the play so fascinating. Each of the characters in the play, originally intended to display that life is an inescapable machine, exhibits many disturbing psychological qualities, and the main character suffers a slew of near textbook psychological misfortune. Whether Sophie Treadwell created her play with this facet intentionally or not is unknown, but the examples are so perfect it is difficult to think

Beauty is seen as something different and wanted. There are two types of beauty found in children. The first type of beauty is inner beauty. It is the purest type of beauty. (Try: The first type of beauty is inner beauty, which is the purest type of beauty, and it stems from the innocence of being young. (reference)?). It stems from innocence of being young. Vikram Jaswal, and Leslie Neely stated in the source, ‘Adults Don’t Always Know Best’, that “adults have created a false idea of beauty” (Reference. Always cite quotes, even if in the middle of a sentence. If you’re using a quote from a source, you need to use quotation marks and have the reference behind the quote being used. Then back up your quote or explain what it means). The standard of beauty is defined by social media and other representations of what humans should look like, think, and strive for. This systematic perception is flawed and creates destruction in the community. It is unattainable because of the unhealthy habits in weight and perfectionism of the outer self that is a broken idea of beauty, creating a restraining concept that adults face in society today.

Many women consider modesty to be an outdated principle founded on legalistic ideas and a promotion of chauvinism. Although this is the prevailing thought within society, it could not be farther from the truth. In “The Look,” a book written by Nancy leigh Demoss, she explains the misconceptions people have about modesty and explains what it truly is: an intentional representation of Christ through every aspect of our lives. I have had a fairly decent view of modesty growing up, and I have always held it in high regards when it comes to clothing, yet I failed to realize that it is a matter of the heart and not just about the clothes that I wear. Demoss’ book has provided me with a new understanding of modesty, as well as how to apply it. Through my reading, the most influential piece of information that I have learned is that God does care about a woman’s modesty in the areas of dress, intent, and appearance.

Tally had grown up like a normal person in her community, everyone is told that they are ugly and that when they grow up, everything will be perfect because they will be pretty. Tally makes a

The book Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosany shows a theme of determination. When Sarah’s family is taken away by French police in the middle of the night, she locks her younger brother in her bedroom cupboard in a desperate attempt to hide him from the police and save his life. Sarah makes a promise to her little brother that she would come back and save him. Throughout this story Sarah is determined to keep this promise in the internment camp, and when she escapes. Although much of her determination brings her joy, it also brings her sadness and despair.

Scott Wersterfeld’s character, Tally Youngblood, has such a diverse personality to accommodate with the society she grew up in. Tally grows up in a futuristic society with a government that trains you to hate yourself, because of this society she grew up immature, selfish, and self-absorbed. All the “uglies” are not supposed to want to stay ugly because the one life goal they are intended to have is to become a “Pretty” and that is it. Tally’s diversity kicks in when she is challenged and has to put her dream to

Adversity can be seen in many different ways. Some people look at adversity as a learning experience, while others view adversity as a situation marked with misfortune. When a person is faced with adversity, rather than viewing it as something to hate, they should see it as a opportunity to grow. In the stories by Doris Lessing, W.D Wetherell and Alice Walker, they all show different types of challenges each character had to over come and their journey to do so. These stories all shared similar outcomes, they demonstrate how each character used an obstacle they were faced with, and turned it into a beneficial experience and how it shaped them into the person they are today.

I feel like there has been a change since Susan Bordo’s “Beauty (re)discovers the male body” when it comes to acceptance for men to care about their appearance. Bordo is claiming that for a long time it has been okay for men to view revealing pictures of women, but that it’s new for women to view revealing pictures of men. She talks about men showing themselves naked in pictures as a taboo. Men aren’t simply comfortable watching other men without clothes. I believe it is more accepted now, than it was when Bordo wrote the essay. I believe this is because of the homosexual-community, and that it’s more accepted in today’s society, but

Being pretty is a strange thing; some love you, and others will despise you. Being ugly is an even stranger thing; most days you probably go unnoticed. Many people may like the privacy of being ugly and do not mind being ugly. Tally Youngblood, from the novel Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, is definitely not okay with being ugly. She will do anything to be pretty, even betray her friends. “‘But I can’t help them,’ Tally said. ‘I promised Shay I wouldn't tell her plans’” (Westerfeld 113). Once she finds out the truth, will she change her mind or regret her decisions?

Finding the 100% perfect girl can be hard, some can even argue that such girls do not exist at all, but this is not the case for renowned author, Haruki Murakami. Through his short story "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning", Murakami tackles the untouched possibility of making storylines about love at first sight effective no matter how cheesy and shallow they seem at first glance. The story follows the ironic choices made by the persona as he's given the opportunity to approach the woman of her dreams. The character encounters an internal struggle of having to question his reasons for choosing the woman as the 100% perfect girl for him and proceeds to let go of the said opportunity to get to know her. In the end, our