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    Racialized Beauty

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    first novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ was published in 1970. “In the novel‚ Morrison challenges Western standards of beauty and demonstrates that the concept of beauty is socially constructed. Morrison also recognises that if whiteness is used as a standard of beauty or anything else‚ then the value of blackness is diminished and this novel works to subvert that tendency.” (Sugiharti‚ “Racialized Beauty: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”). Her goal in writing the novel was to make a statement about how “something

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    Beauty Pageants

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    Should child beauty pageants be banned in the United States? What better “sport” for girls who are afraid to break a nail than Beauty Pageants? According to the “Journal of the American Academy of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry” in 2006‚ 40% of children who took part in beauty pageants have psychologic problems while the remaining 60% agree that they are unhappy during the pageant itself. With this statistic in mind do you believe that Child Beauty Pageants should be outlawed in the United

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    Beauty and Beast: The women as the true Beast of the classic fairytale” Beauty is a very controversial topic in our world‚ since not everyone thinks of it in the same terms. Here‚ I will discuss how beauty is‚ in actuality‚ the true beast of this classic story. If we think about the word “beast” we might also find unaccountable opinions about the topic. Although there are different concepts of what a ‘beauty’ is and what a ‘beast’ is‚ we will look at the different variations of this fairy tale

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    Beauty and the Beast

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    something go thump in the night? Do you believe in monsters? In the movies "Beauty and the Beast" and "E.T."‚ the monster like characters the captured the hearts of viewers of all ages. They both involve two characters that are thrusted into lifestyles that they are not used to. The beast and E.T were both unique creatures‚ had close relationships with humans‚ and were great works of fiction. In both stories‚ "Beauty and the Beast" and "E.T."‚ the main characters are unique creatures are forced

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    November 17‚ 2010   American Beauty: An Analysis of Lester Burnham and Ricky Fitts   American Beauty‚ written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes‚ invites the viewer to do one thing: look closer. Look closer at life‚ look closer at your surroundings‚ look closer at your possessions‚ and finally look closer at your loved ones. What is integral about the subject matter of the film is how applicable it is to almost anyone who watches it. The film’s grotesque depiction of American middle-class society

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    The Price of Beauty

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    The Price of Beauty In today’s society it is believed that being of a certain color‚ a certain weight‚ and having specific characteristics is what makes someone beautiful. The movie “Little Miss Sunshine” directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris‚ is about a young girl named Olive who dreams of being in beauty pageants. In the first scenes of the movie it shows Olive mimicking the winner of the Miss America pageant in ah and amazement. Olive is invited to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant

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    Beauty Contests

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    Beauty contests have been in the American society since the 1920’s (Kareen Nussbaum). Just like football and dancing‚ beauty contests are also a hobby. Beauty contests are not harmful in anyway‚ and are just a unique interest to women all over the world. The unique thing about beauty contests is the fact that it is strictly for women. Through hobbies such as football‚ there are women teams; in beauty contests though‚ there are no men. So‚ beauty contests a very unique piece of American culture

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    Care and Belonging

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    Jessica Downie Professor Troy McGinnis Reading Journal Entry #1 October 4‚ 2012 "Care and Belonging in the Market" by Allison J. Pugh Allison J. Pugh took the words right out of my mouth when writing her article on parents spending too much money on material items for their children. Commodity consumption for children has exploded to $670 billion spent annually on or by children in the United states in 2004 and there is a good chance its only getting higher. She branches off

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    Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast Sandra Stewart There seems to be a trend in movies recently: more interest in the human element‚ less in hi-tech spectacle. Ironically‚ two of the best movies I’ve seen in the last couple of years that explore the area of human relationships are cartoons. Both are Disney productions exemplifying the highest standards of artwork‚ complex musical scores‚ and a strong storyline. Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin are alike in these ways‚ but Beauty and the Beast‚ unlike

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    Sacrifice and the American Dream are closely linked in Death of a Salesman and American Beauty. Discuss. Sacrifice and the American Dream are inextricably linked in the play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller‚ and the film‚ American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes. The pursuit of achieving the American Dream ultimately leads to the sacrifice of individual values and morals to achieve the societal expectations of the 1940s urban context and the 1990s suburban context. The American Dream is a social

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