The Fat Girl By Andre Dubus

Andre Dubus was a very creative writer. His parents, Andre Dubus and Katherine Dubus, took a very big role in his life. They took care of him and helped him get through college, and college is where his writing career had begun. He had two sisters growing up as well that supported him. He had a lot of great works in his life, and “The Fat Girl” was one of his most famous works he had ever written. He had a lot of awards throughout his writing career and had many influences on a lot of different

meaning than the surface that brings importance to the story. “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus, “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, and “An Ounce of Cure” by Alice Munro are stories that contain most of the components of analyzing short stories. The short story “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus teaches readers about a real life struggle that is commonly faced by others. The main character of the story is Louise, a young teenage girl who deals with the issues of being overweight. Her mother worries

ourselves like we are fat or skinny the appearance is not connected with your character. Nowadays the appearance has a big impact on the society around, but in my opinion is not good to judge the people by their appearance. Today's standards are too high and people who don't fit in them are getting rejected about the appearance and they feel sad about their body. In the short story "The Fat Girl" by Andre Dubus shows the negative aspects associated with eating disorders, fat people, and the way society

The Fat Girl Her name was Louise. Once when she was sixteen a boy kissed her at a barbacue; he was drunk and he jammed his tongue into her mouth and ran his hands up and down her hips. Her father kissed her often. He was thin and kind and she could see in his eyes when he looked at her the lights of love and pity. It started when Louise was nine. You must start watching what you eat, her mother would say. I can see you have my metabolism. Louise also had her mother’s pale blond hair

“I Am Spirit being 1st Human being 2nd Man / Woman 3rd Black /White 4th Christian/ Muslim 5th Fat/ Pretty/Bald 6th ...When I see...I can only see YOU. Why can 't you see me?” -Erykah Badu I believe Louise wanted to be viewed like this her whole life. Sadly the only time she ever noticed that she was “loved” was when she was starving and 150 pounds lighter. The views of Society man and reality standards of beauty have conflicted over a vast period of time, there 's always a certain stigma that sticks

struggle to find themselves within society’s ideals. Society places a great emphasis on the way women should look to be considered beautiful and many women fail to live up to those standards. In the short story “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus, the reader sees how the main character Louise, a fat girl, struggles to fit in with pressure society places on her that to be considered beautiful, one must be thin. Louise, for the majority of her life, outwardly appears as if she's trying to conform to society's standards

In the short story “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubis, the main character Louise is followed from the time she is nine years old up until she has her own child. Her mother ruins her self-confidence at a young age saying to her “you must start watching what you eat” (Dubus 320) when she was only nine years old. Her father is just about the only character in the story who accepts Louise for herself. “She’s a growing girl” (Dubus 321) he would say to her mother when she would limit Louise on what she could

transitions are initially restricted by those surrounding him. Likewise the “Fat Girl” written by Andre Dubus depicts an obese girl whose

“The Fat Girl” In American culture, the obese body is represented very negatively. One factor that contributes to this negative representation is the abundance of negative reactions that people display towards overweight people. It is a stigma that often taints and belittles the person, leading others to judge the individual negatively, rejecting, hating, or ridiculing him or her. That can often lead the obese person to develop sever psychological problems. In the story "The

Andre Dubus’s The Fat Girl chronicles the hardships that a self-described “fat girl” goes through. Stemming from a deprivation of food from her mother, Louise takes to devouring candies and other treats from her closet, a destructive habit which continues to haunt her for seventeen years. Even as she enters college, her habit follows her like a shadow. Her college roommate encourages her to diet, and she successfully does so until she is married. However, her habit comes back from the grave after

Beauty has different meanings in different people, different cultures and different countries. It also changes throughout time. However, many of us judge beauty only in terms of physical appearance. We can see similar scenarios in the stories “Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus, and “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Judging beauty in terms of physical appearance is not the best way to describe beauty. Without looking perfect, a person still can be wonderful with his or her great virtues. So, a human being

HSC Subject Guide Belonging 2009 HSC: Area of Study – English - related material English HSC 2009 - 2012 is Belonging. What does belonging mean? From the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus: belong, verb, 1) to be rightly put into a particular position or class; 2) fit or be acceptable in a particular place or environment; 3) belong to be a member of; 4) belong to be the property or possession of. Belonging, noun, affiliation, acceptance, association, attachment, integration, closeness, rapport,