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    Well made advertisements will make them memorable with humor or emotion‚ the one that is used the most is humor. Humor also have negative aspects that viewers can take from watching it. Some people may say that humor advertisements are inappropriate in the way that the products shown are shown in a negative. Humorous advertisements can have negative effects with the violence that could be shown‚ the stereotypes that are in most advertisements and with sexual content that is shown now a days.

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    In Jean Kilbourne’s essay‚ “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence‚ she paints a picture of repression‚ abuse‚ and objectification of women. Kilbourne gives an eye-opening view to the way American advertisers portray women and girls. Throughout the essay she has images that depict women in compromising poses. These images are examples of how often we see women in dehumanizing positions in advertisements and how desensitized we have become. Kilbourne implores us to take the media

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    The Power of Media In the text “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence”‚ Jean Kilbourne‚ an award winning author and educator who is internationally recognized for her innovative work on images of woman in advertising‚ argues how media images influence our interactions and shape our social reality. Kilbourne’s sensible analysis of these powerful and harmful advertisements lacks a simplistic cause and effect relationship between the way we act and the images presented to us

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    English 112 5/17/2013 According to the article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne advertising is dehumanizing to women and men which portrays sexually explicit material. It is all about the marketing of products. In today’s society‚ women are being exploited and degraded by men. In the world of advertising‚ it is all about making money in addition‚ promoting a product. Jean Kilbourne stated that”the poses and postures of advertising are often borrowed from pornography” (page

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    Ahmed Geensh Ann Mitchel ENG 122-002 10/4/2011 Summary/Evaluation Essay In the article “Tow Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne‚ which was published in 1999‚ describes how women are shown in today advertisements. Sex in advertising has taken a completely bizarre way to advertise about a certain product. Women are usually shown in inappropriate matter to attract consumer’s attention. Most of the advertisements today are based on pornography features. In addition‚ the use of sex content

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    Graff‚E.J. “What Makes a Family.” Rereading America. 5th Ed. Gary Colombo‚ Robert Cullen‚ Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2004. 26-38. Print. E.J. Graff explores the history of the term “family” in its Roman origin “familia”. She explains that in early Roman times‚ a family was not defined by bloodlines‚ but by the choice of the head of the family. Soto‚ Gary. “Looking for Work.” Rereading America. 5th Ed.Gary Colombo‚ Robert Cullen‚ and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s

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    Response to Rereading America Introduction The introduction to the text‚ Rereading America‚ challenges us to look beyond the common misconceptions of the “myth” the American dream and to think critically. As far as what I think it means to be an American citizen‚ there are many things to consider. I believe that to be an American can imply freedom‚ security‚ and prosperity to some. To others however‚ it can mean a struggle to survive. The ideal American dream‚ no matter your interpretation of the

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    The story that I chose to write about was “One Big Happy Family‚” by Anndee Hochman. The story is about a young woman whose family life seemed to be the American dream‚ for those of us looking in from the outside. Her family owned a house in the city like most of us and a house on the beach. The house on the beach was unique with its architecture anomalies‚ which made the house more a mix and match of parts than like her normal home in the city. The whole family‚ including relatives

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    even though one sister fell into the “America Dream” she never lost who she was. She never lost her Indian background. Two sisters went to America‚ so that they can get a great education and also a great job. Even though they had the same idea coming to America‚ they both went different ways. These two sisters‚ they are exactly the same. They have some differences but then it starts happening when they get married. Mira gets married to an Indian man and Bharati gets married to an American man. Mira worked

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    BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first appeared

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