Stereotypes and Stereotyping - Programmed and Labeled for Life

the self-esteem issues as she had in school, and in her personal life. Even things like

She is self-conscious about her appearance. She constantly compares herself with other girls and even expresses envy. She suffers while says, “‘If I had that cooper hair,’ ‘If I had that skin….’” (Olsen 294).

She was this peppy, happy girl who wanted to visit her boyfriend, Mark Fossie. She would not want to learn how to shoot or wear a necklace with tongues when she first visits. Then, she started changing her appearance, attitude when she began to hang out more with Greenies and learned how to fight and shoot. She lost her innocence and herself because she is not the same girl as she was when she first visited

Humans need social interaction to flourish and they tend to select a few people to become closest with. They share secrets, gossip about others, and support each other in times of need, but how well can someone really know another person? In Nineteen Minutes the reader watches Josie Cormier get ready for school, hiding her private personality away for the day. “Either Josie was someone she didn’t want to be, or she was someone who nobody wanted” (Picoult 8). To all of Josie‘s classmates, friends, teachers, and even her own mother she seems like the perfect child. Josie hangs out with the right crowd, gets great grades, and follows all of society's rules perfectly, but no one really knows who she is. Behind the mask perfection Josie is just another teenager struggling with depression and identity issues. The author chooses to make the most popular girl in school also one of the most depressed to show that although things may seem beautiful on the outside, they can be rotting from the inside. Picoult is proving how that easy it is for people to hide their personalities to the world.

Stereotyping and discrimination are very deeply ingrained in American culture. Even though there have been movements taken to combat stereotyping and discrimination such as the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights movement, and the Black Lives Matter Movement, it still exists. This raises the question of, how do we end it? While there is no definite answer there is a way to avoid stereotyping and discrimination. The three essayists Bharati Mukherjee, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Brent Staples and show that by learning about stereotyping, people can also learn how to change themselves to avoid discrimination based on stereotypes. By comparing and contrasting these essayists experiences as well as outside research to show the theme of why people

Right outside a corner store, next to a stoplight, or at a park, there may be a homeless person asking for some sort of help; it can either be for a place to stay, money, or food. Many people are used to categorizing a group of people by a solo characteristic, known as a stereotype. Misconception, on the other hand, is a conclusion of someone or something that is wrong because it is based on faulty thinking or facts. Stereotypes and misconceptions appear to be similar, however, these two are not. A misconception is formed from having a stereotype. Stereotypes and misconceptions are built because many try, but are unable to understand a person or a group, or are just simply unwilling to understand the person or group. There are over a million

Sam from before i fall is insecure about many things about herself. “Tomorrow I will be different” (56 Oliver). She always wants to change and she always thinks that tomorrow she will change in a big way. She wants to change overnight and have people look at her differently from what they do. She also thinks that it is more important to care what others think rather than what she thinks about herself. “She would think I was crazy” (89 Oliver). She thinks if she tells people what she is thinking that they will not like her and that she is crazy for thinking that way. She also wants people to like her and she doesn’t want her friends to leave her because she is different.

Adolescence, for Bonnie was not a tumultuous time. Rather, confusion was not overwhelming for her. She developed a clear sense of who she is and, as she says, “I’m comfortable with it” (B. Yost, personal communication, July 19, 2016). Having a stronger sense of herself, peer pressure did not weigh heavily during this time of life. She was active in gymnastics and developed numerous friends, however, she resisted the “in crowd” because the manipulation and social climbing that was involved in that group was not attractive to her. Although, she recalls one of her peers commenting to her that he felt like she was “stuck up” since she rather ignored them. She had not realized how others perceived her and tried not to be so dismissive thereafter.

She was terrible at so many things, the greatest offender being...understanding herself. She knew the feelings she had swirling in her mind, and she knew she had a decision that would have to be made at some point or another. It made her angry. She didn't *like* being controlled by her emotions...she didn't want to be like her mother, claiming that the only things that she believed in were true love and constant forward motion. She liked concrete ideas, finished products, *winning.* Being a socialite meant putting on a fake face and becoming someone you weren't, the kind of someone that people actually liked. She was obviously fantastic at it, given her title, but that didn't mean she enjoyed it. For once in her life, she had gotten to just be herself: Fumihito Yoshida, the...absolutely *pathetic* excuse for a daughter. She grits her teeth. The taste of real, genuine freedom was incredibly sweet. Yet, the situation was becoming bitter and gruesome with each passing day, their numbers dropping at a horribly fast rate. How long would it be until someone came for her?

 Her attitude changes threw out the play, she’s very confident in the beginning, she doesn’t really talk back to anyone, but as it goes on her attitude changes and she’s very upset all the time and depressed.

Imagine a sixteen year old, in highschool with a few friends. Basically a typical outcast. No one really liked her.

She is rash, and often doesn't properly think about what she is saying before she says it. Her father's money has earned her a place in the "Rich Girls," a sorority despised by all the sensible people in town. Although she is one of the "Rich Girls", she has never really fit in. She just wants to be herself around her friends, and not hide behind something achieved by someone

As the girl continues on to grow up she is continually facing challenges with her confidence and thus affecting her emotionally and physically. For instance, one of the line states that “ she went to

She wasn’t ever afraid of what other people thought of her, one of her most admirable traits. She simply does what she believes is best for her and truly brings the most meaning to what it means to live one’s life to the fullest.