Summary Of Chicken Hips By Anne Mcclelland
Would you want to be the “Pignott” or the “McClelland”?
The essays I picked were, “Chicken Hips” by Catherine Pigott and “Distorted Images” by Susan McClelland. In both essays, they discuss different sides of the topic and show the negatives surrounding it. In Pigott essay, she shares her experience of being skinny and not fitting in the culture. In the other, Susan shares her perspective of all the struggles women go through to look skinny and beautiful like the media portrays them to be. This essay will show how Pigott proved her point and how Susan established hers and show a comparison of how both writers justified their thoughts in their essays.
Catherine Pigott shares her personal story to help the readers understand her thought and
understanding from a first person perspective. This really helps unlike stats which just prove a point, but do not take you by the heart and make you feel what she felt. Personal stories always have their way of stealing someones attention even if it's biased or not. “Chicken Hips” is a great piece of writing and helps us all understand what Pigott went through. It gives us a first hand view of how women are seen and how they want to be seen. Pigott’s story helps make her point in which women will always have beauty standards, especially when they go to places where they were not brought up in. Different countries portray a different type of beauty. Similar to fashion and style which changes from time to time. In some countries, being big is more attractive than being skinny, but it others it is not. Every country is different and every country has its own way of beauty. It shares the negatives put on a woman's natural beauty which is changed by the media and different lifestyles to adapt to their community.
Susan McClelland makes her essay effective and informative with the support of her stats. She uses stats to support her argument and opinions. Stats like: “More than 80 percent said that watching TV affected the way they felt about their bodies”she expands on how the media wants everyone to look as pretty and beautiful as the hosts. skinny people were seen as healthy but some go through hell to keep their weight there and matin their diets. Susan maintains the consistency of throwing stats from different angles and different subjects to support her argument. This essay also expands on how from a young age, everyone is affected by the physical appearance. Kids even go on diets to get skinnier and parents support and even make them. some parents know the feeling of being fat and being made fun of so they force or help their kids stay skinny. physical appearance is a big deal of growing up. some may say “ Don't judge a book by its cover,” but the truth is everyone does it. Some hosts are even fired after gaining weight or after getting a bad rating. From the colour of our skin to what we wear is what we get judged on everyday. Susan proves her point through her opinions with a big support from real stats. She uses original stories from different people lives and put it in to her essay. Susan did a great job of making her essay an informative and her way of striking with points throughout the essay to validate her argument was fascinating.
The essays I picked were, “Chicken Hips” by Catherine Pigott and “Distorted Images” by Susan McClelland. In both essays, they discuss different sides of the topic and show the negatives surrounding it. In Pigott essay, she shares her experience of being skinny and not fitting in the culture. In the other, Susan shares her perspective of all the struggles women go through to look skinny and beautiful like the media portrays them to be. This essay will show how Pigott proved her point and how Susan established hers and show a comparison of how both writers justified their thoughts in their essays.
Catherine Pigott shares her personal story to help the readers understand her thought and
understanding from a first person perspective. This really helps unlike stats which just prove a point, but do not take you by the heart and make you feel what she felt. Personal stories always have their way of stealing someones attention even if it's biased or not. “Chicken Hips” is a great piece of writing and helps us all understand what Pigott went through. It gives us a first hand view of how women are seen and how they want to be seen. Pigott’s story helps make her point in which women will always have beauty standards, especially when they go to places where they were not brought up in. Different countries portray a different type of beauty. Similar to fashion and style which changes from time to time. In some countries, being big is more attractive than being skinny, but it others it is not. Every country is different and every country has its own way of beauty. It shares the negatives put on a woman's natural beauty which is changed by the media and different lifestyles to adapt to their community.
Susan McClelland makes her essay effective and informative with the support of her stats. She uses stats to support her argument and opinions. Stats like: “More than 80 percent said that watching TV affected the way they felt about their bodies”she expands on how the media wants everyone to look as pretty and beautiful as the hosts. skinny people were seen as healthy but some go through hell to keep their weight there and matin their diets. Susan maintains the consistency of throwing stats from different angles and different subjects to support her argument. This essay also expands on how from a young age, everyone is affected by the physical appearance. Kids even go on diets to get skinnier and parents support and even make them. some parents know the feeling of being fat and being made fun of so they force or help their kids stay skinny. physical appearance is a big deal of growing up. some may say “ Don't judge a book by its cover,” but the truth is everyone does it. Some hosts are even fired after gaining weight or after getting a bad rating. From the colour of our skin to what we wear is what we get judged on everyday. Susan proves her point through her opinions with a big support from real stats. She uses original stories from different people lives and put it in to her essay. Susan did a great job of making her essay an informative and her way of striking with points throughout the essay to validate her argument was fascinating.