A Look Worth Dying For The theme of the poem‚ “Barbie Doll‚” by Marge Piercy is the overwhelming pressure society exerts on females to be stereotypically attractive and the willingness to go to great lengths in order to achieve “perfection.” Many females‚ especially teenagers‚ are faced with this feeling every day. Growing up during the age of advanced computer technology and social media only exacerbates this problem. Many adolescent girls can relate to the fear of being bullied because they do
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forming lies one’s life becomes a lie. The plot that lies can change whom a person is becomes a heavily displayed in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucibles‚ by creating Abigail Williams he demonstrates how her decisions build up and result in her destruction. He does this by creating a domino effect causing her loose her home‚ her morals‚ and her name. With the intention to save her own life‚ Abigail forms a lie that escalates and thrusts the community in paranoia. Abigail’s lie spawns more lies. She
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The Crucible is a great example of how even the slightest of lies can have great and everlasting consequences. Often time a simple white lie expands as the creator has to cover it up with more lies and deceit until this little white lie has turned into a gargantuan monster that can cause chaos and destruction in the lives of those around them. This is shown in The Crucible when
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and the facets of Barbie and his characteristic of the doll included long‚ blonde hair‚ blue eyes‚ white skin‚ curvaceous‚ white-pearly smile‚ long legs‚ and a “unhuman-like hole in between the legs” or the thigh gap that so many girls strive for. Girls are the targeted groups that from a very young age acclimate to the idea that not having similar attributes to Barbie implicates imperfect. This gives
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Koestler once said‚ “Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion” (Koestler). This quote represents The Benzini Brothers in full force. The hard truth is that the bright and unique shows many pay to see is nothing but a devious scandal‚ full of lies. The Benzini Brothers’ circus appears glamorous and exciting‚ even magical at times‚ but in reality the enchantment of the circus is all a fabrication for what the workers actually live through. Lying and deceitfulness is a skill that The Benzini Brothers’
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deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.” However‚ while the intent of a lie is to deceive‚ that deceit is not always intended to cause detriment to others. Lies can be told for justifiable reasons such as to protect the feelings of others‚ but more often lies are told for the wrong reasons. For example‚ lies are mostly told to avoid the consequences of one’s actions such as with criminal activities and academic misconduct. When comparing acceptable and unacceptable reasons to lie
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reading the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy you can already get a good sense of what the poem going to be about by just reading the title. The title of the poem gives off the idea that it is about someone who is expected to appear like a Barbie doll. This means that they are expected to be pretty and perfect in almost every aspect of their lives. That poem is pretty much about how a young girl grew up and was expected to hold up an image‚ which ultimately made her extremely self-conscious and cost her
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After the first time reading the poem “Doll Eyes”‚ it took me a while to comprehend the real meaning of the message presented in the text. The first stanza of the poem‚ was filled with a sense of scorn‚ as the narrator described the boy as being “scrawny.” However‚ he continues with the selection of detail as he goes on to describe the young boys beautiful “amber” eyes. At this point‚ I was not completely sure of what the author was trying to portray‚ until I identified the shift in tone through
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Lies and Deceit “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires‚ but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively” (Marley). In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is said to be a great man‚ but he is not as great as the title says. The novel is about Gatsby‚ a conniving business man‚ who lies in order to fit in with the wealthy. Gatsby starts out as a poor young man from the mid-west. Everyone knew him by James Gatz before he met Dan Cody.
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Empire of Illusion and the Lies of the Life Throughout the ages‚ we have been constantly deluded by our society. Moreover‚ even love‚ relationship‚ wisdom or happiness could all be just an illusion. The way that people perceive things can be heavily influenced by many outside factors such as the media‚ entertainment‚ literature‚ and so on. In Empire of Illusion‚ the author Hedges uncovers the truth of how humans’ points of views about media‚ entertainment‚ love‚ relationship‚ and wisdom has been
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