The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History by Jennifer Price

In The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History (1999), Jennifer Price implies that the pink flamingo had a boost of popularity in the 1950’s. Price showcases the increase of popularity by discussing the new uses of the flamingo, such as that in Florida for hotels, and makes clear her view of the United States culture which is now prosperity and wealth through the flamingo. She focuses on new unique uses of the pink flamingo in order to call attention to the sudden interest of the flamingo, which

In the essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” by Jennifer price; the author shows implicitly her idea and point of view on the topic on the United States culture. The idea is that the U.S.A‘s culture is very overbearing, this is shown by her view on how Americans are so worried with their image that is seen by society. Price uses many writing techniques to express her view on United States culture, by the usage of diction, tone, and symbolism Price is able to convey her analysis on

the United States, the pink flamingo is an American icon. We all know, and probably don’t love them. But how do people who are living outside of the United States or who are new to life in the United States view them? Jennifer Price has just the answer. In her essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, Jennifer Price uses diction, cultural allusions, and organization to reveal her view of the American Population as superficial, materialistic, and trivial. Price begins her essay by explaining

an era of kitchens and bathrooms decorated in a monochrome of Hot Pink, just like the plastic pink lawn flamingos. In her essay, Jenniffer Price discusses the history of the flamingos in the United States and uses them as a symbol of America’s culture. Through her use of diction and imagery in the essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, Jennifer Price characterizes American Culture as materialistic. Jennifer Price uses diction to characterize American Culture as materialistic and

The author, Jennifer Price used similes, imagery and satire throughout the passage “The Plastic Pink Flamingo:A Natural History”. Each device is used for a particular reason and helps bring the purpose of the passage together. The purpose of this passage is to depict how we as individuals are basically immature with our money and waste our money on things that aren’t as necessary and that we could do without. We have to keep in mind when we are reading her passage, that she grew up in the Great Depression

Jennifer Price, author of “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, analyzes the imminent- yet strange- popularity of the accessory that could be found on just about every lawn in America during the 1950’s. While discussing the history of the plastic pink flamingo and generally the color pink, Price reveals her view that American culture is both ignorant and frivolous; she does so by incorporating stylistic elements such as selection of detail, juxtaposition, and sarcasm. From the outset

Analysis Essay Jennifer Price’s essay, “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, details the history of the plastic pink figure that could be seen in the yards of Americans in the mid 1900’s and can still be seen today. Through her use of irony and various rhetorical devices, she criticizes American decadence and materialism while also highlighting an inability to observe genuine beauty. The second paragraph begins with alliteration when price says, “And the flamingo was pink-a second and commensurate

How can a simple pink plastic decoration effectively symbolize the collective culture of the U.S.? In her essay “The Pink Plastic Flamingo: A Natural History”, Jennifer Price explains both the impact that the iconic decoration had on American and what it says about American culture as a whole. Price expertly crafts the text using powerful diction to explain the significance of the pink flamingo, allusions to cultural icons to demonstrate the easily influenced nature of Americans, and sarcasm and

And no other time period so properly exemplifies this than the fifties. The economy was booming, consumer goods were selling like hot cakes and housing prices were at an all-time low. It was the perfect time to be a blue-collar family man, resting cozy in a picket fence neighborhood with plastic pink flamingos scattered across his lawn, like plastic seeds grown from the depths of a factory. Yes sir, it seemed like this was the epitome of the American Dream; we lived in a world of the Optimism, and

factor in the end. John.F.Kennedy makes this very clear in his statement on lowering the prices of steel, all the way Jennifer Price's take on people being obsessed with a money, even Scott Russell’s article on the status quo Americans believe determines one's happiness and success. All of these passages tie together to show just how money influences our very own society. In John.F.Kennedy’s commentary on the prices of steel, he asserts his point with a very invective, serious tone but as the commentary