Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold By C. S. Lewis

Jane has gotten used to cruelty and biased behavior towards her average looks, and develops a miserable self-esteem that believes the only possible way to describe her exterior is “plain”. This self-esteem prevents her from even beginning to recognize that anyone could appreciate her or find her beautiful in any manner. The society’s typical reactions and judgments shaped Jane’s self-esteem, and prevented her from receiving equal treatment as that of a beautiful woman.

The Beauty Myth’s central argument is the growing standards of physical beauty of women as they grow stronger. This standard has affected women in many ways, such as in the workplace, culture, and religion. The standard has taken over the work of social harassment. The beauty myth expands the belief an unbiased measurement of beauty exists and that women want to express it and men would want that women. The author, Naomi Wolf, states that the beauty myth is not about women themselves, it is about the power of men and their society. The myth supplies power to multibillion dollar cosmetics industries and it keeps women from rising too high in the workplace. Within this book, Wolf shows how the beauty myth functions and affects women in the workplace, media, sex, religion, culture, violence against women by men, and by women themselves in the configuration of cosmetic surgery and eating disorders.

As of recently, the media has been flooded with positive interpretations of beauty standards all over the world. According to various sources, beauty ideals, in women especially, are socially constructed in order to judge a person’s value based on physical attractiveness; therefore, it is highly encouraged that people pay attention to their looks and take care of themselves, in order for others to create a positive first impression of one’s character. It is no secret that beauty standards vary from one culture to the next and it is difficult to establish a universal principle of what is considered beautiful. Many countries’ ideals contrast one another and, as a result, allow for stereotypes to emerge. This is the case between American

There is a cliché quote that people say, “Beauty is in the eye of beholder.” But in the essay “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” (1998) Dave Barry argues about how women who spend countless hours on their so called “beauty” whereas men seem not to care. Barry uses juxtaposition and exaggeration to poke fun at men and women behavior and shed light on the harm that the beauty industry is doing. When Barry argues his point of his essay he addresses both genders, but more specifically teenage to middle age men and women, but he writes about it in a humorous and light-hearted manner.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

He has made it his life’s mission to serve and protect the royal palace and the royal family. One member of this family in particular that he cares for is Orual. Orual is the King’s eldest daughter and is cursed with being rather ugly. Whereas this curse would turn most away from her, including her own father, Bardia looks past her physical appearance and sees much more in her. While training her to fight, Bardia defends Orual when another soldier mocks her looks. “’Why, yes, it’s a pity about her face. But she’s a brave girl and honest. If a man was blind and she weren’t the King’s daughter, she’d make him a good wife’”(92). Through this it is made clear the Bardia cares for Orual more than any other guard would. Bardia also crosses the boundaries of his professional duty many times to help Orual. Firstly, Bardia allows Orual to enter the room where Psyche is being held, even though he was ordered to not allow anyone entry. “’Curse it,’ said Bardia. ‘I can’t bear this.” There were tears in his own eyes now; he was a very tinder man. ‘I wouldn’t mind so much if the one weren’t so brave and the other so beautiful. Here! Lady! Stop it. I’ll risk my life, and Ungit’s wrath too’”(65). Bardia would risk not only

I was pleased to have attended a lecture cosponsored by the Ethics Center, the Fresno State office of the president, the Fresno Bee and Valley PBS. The lecture began with Dr. Castro recognizing a few leaders on campus, including a past Fresno State president, Dr. John D. Welty and campus volunteer Mary Castro. Dr. Castro then mentioned a few things about Mr. Brooks stating that he is a columnist for the New York Times and an analyst for the PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, one the finest university in the country. Dr. Castro continued by saying that he learned that Mr. Brooks office hours are from 9am to 1pm and how “cool” it sounded to him. I was surprised how many people attended the event. I was fortunate to find a seat. David Brooks mentioned how he has some remote roots in the Central Valley because his father grew in Chowchilla, CA but Mr. Brooks grew in New York.

We live in the year 2017, yet we still see a major gap in the treatment and outlooks towards men and women. This however is not a newly implemented construct but has been prevalent since the beginning of time, as demonstrated in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In this novel we see many examples in which the protagonist of the novel, Janie, is shamed and outcasted due to her identity and actions. Janie in many ways experiences racism, sexism, and stereotyping in which corresponds and propezies the treatment of women in the 21st century.

The central message of this work is that society is obsessed with appearances. The point the author is trying to make is beauty should not be the most important trait of a person. In today’s society everything is based on looks, people are more concerned about a person’s outward appearance. People strive to

Everyone looks different from each other . Some are considered more attractive than others . This has caused many problems in our human race . This is because of the judgment of people based on their outward appearance . This actions caused many problems and are shown by the characters in the stories read this semester . Those characters were victims of been judged because of their outward appearance . This result in different types of effects such as being Stereotyped as a criminal , Also not been accepted because of who they want to be . Another effect is that some have lost their self-confidence .

Given that a woman’s face was her ultimate beauty, seen mostly by other women or her family, and as such, both hair and face were subjects of criticism and complement in many of the works of literature written at the time.

Women are not superficial, women have goals and dreams they want to achieve more than just finding the right man. The next text is Ourika by Claire de Duras. This text is about a girl who is raised in a family who did not look like her physically. Her adoptive mother said, “She’s become a charming girl and her mind is mature. Soon she’ll be able to converse as well as you.” (12). Ourika was smart and talented. She was not conscious about the difference until she attended a dance, and she noticed everyone was looking at her for being different. Women are often expected to be dress up, to look good, and to have their make up done. Women are often characterized as either “pretty” or “ugly”. Women are more than just a pretty face or a skin color. Throughout the story, Ourika falls in love with Charles. Charles is already engaged with another woman. Ourika cannot get over the fact that Charles does not love her back. Once again the authors bring up this common stereotype about women being

In Sontag’s “A Woman’s Beauty” the structure the author uses for the story has a dramatic impact on the readers. In the story, Sontag structures the essay base on many historical events and other religious ideas to support her idea, how a woman sometime is only judge by her appearance. Specifically, Sontag uses three ideas in the story to support her argument. First is in history what the Greeks believe in a woman’s beauty. Second, Sontag discuss about how the Christian religion plays a major role in shaping how a woman is judge only base on her beauty. In the end, Sontag talks about in today’s society how woman are still judge by her beauty. However, in the end Sontag mentions how the society should stop judging a woman only base on her beauty.

Therefore, by being associated to the more under-appreciated character which in parallel is believed to be a compliment, women, too, get under-valued as outer beauty is culturally set as their only concern of pursuit. Susan Sontag is right when she accuses the crime of turning the gift of beauty into a burden and a life-long sentence that women are born to carry. “There should be a way of saving beauty from women – and for them” (389).

                 As a method of slowly prying himself from the culture and his race he became involved in a relationship with another women who obviously had similar views of her culture, there ways of life and the fact that they thought black people were primitive. This is implied in his mistresses appearance which is described by Lawino. Somewhere in the process of getting educated at the University, Orcol not only changed his perception of how black people should behave and live, but he apparently somehow had altered his opinion in a what beautiful black women looked like, instead of the dark skinned women he chose to marry, as of now he thinks that his mistress is the real definition of beauty. Orcol’s mistress, Clementine is described by Lawino as a so called modern woman