The Pressure to be Perfect In today’s competitive society‚ a person strives for perfection‚ due to the fact that so much emphasis is placed on one’s outer appearance. No matter who we are or where we live‚ society puts this pressure upon us. We are typically faced with this pressure by models on television and in magazines. Companies seem to have targeted women more so than men. They usually use women with good looks and nice figures to advertise and market their product. When companies use these
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Perfect Dress The poem I chose to write this final reaction paper on is the poem entitled “Perfect Dress” by Marisa de los Santos. I chose this poem because the meaning of it seemed to just jump out at me and it was one of the few poems I thought I actually had a good grasp on. The poem is basically about a woman trying to find the ‘perfect dress.’ All throughout the poem‚ the author depicts the desire to hunt for this dress as being brought on by the want and desire to be like one of the gorgeous
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The woman I am in my Dreams Lexi MacConnell 1.) What we can infer about the narrator based on the contrasts she reveals is that she is a short woman‚ who wears sensible average clothing‚ she is unconfident with lack of sex appeal. 2.) The woman in the narrator’s dreams is a tall well-dressed woman who is very social; she is concerned with her own needs. This woman in her dreams is very confident‚ she is able to overcome obstacles and it’s her way or no way. We know this from the poem
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“Perfect” Life The way people envision the “perfect” life has changed over time with new advances in technology to improve health for longer life and more acceptances on social issues such as homosexuality‚ race‚ and sex to name a few. Even with these changes‚ the basics of the “perfect” life people strive for has not changed. The big picture is still to find someone to share your life with‚ have a career you enjoy‚ and live in a place where people have a similar mentality. But how many people
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3 October 2011 Marisa de los Santos Perfect Dress Page 504 * Looking at a student’s journal‚ maybe written in blue ink or is a blue journal‚ they see that the writing is written in ink but is erasable because they see smudges. * The student thinks they are not beautiful and hopes that beauty is just going to come to her over night. * It’s strange how badly we want things to just come to us‚ when we know that things do not just come‚ we have to work at it. * We all want to be like
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Jose L. Alvarado English 61 K‚ Dahi June 22‚ 2009 The Perfect Wife My wife would have to take care of the children when I’m not around. I don’t have children right now‚ but I’m planning on having two kids. That’s why I would want that characteristic on my wife. Being faithful to your partner is a major role on a relationship especially if you’re planning on marring him or her. Not cheating on your wife or husband is going to bring trust to one another. Another characteristic I want
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Women in India have attained greatness through the ages – in political‚ academic and spiritual spheres. They enjoyed freedom and equal participation in public life in ancient India. In the Rig Veda‚ women are placed at the highest pedestal – ‘Yatr nariyastu poojayante ramante tatr devah’ or where women are worshipped‚ Gods preside there. The Taittriya Upanishad teaches us ‘Matridevo bhava’ or ‘Let your mother be God to you’. Swami Vivekananda rightly said‚ “All nations have attained greatness
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The Perfect Day When I was a little girl I would dream about my wedding day. I would pick out what colors I wanted. I had to have almost everything be pink because it was my favorite color. I used to even play dress up with all of my younger sisters. I would always have to be the princess‚ and they could dress up as anything else. I had a special white fluffy dress that my mother had made me for Halloween. No one was allowed to wear it but me. I would always say my wedding day would be the happiest
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The Perfect Mate What is the perfect mate? Many people look for different qualities when searching for their perfect mate. Depending on what the individual is looking for in life will help determine who their so-called “perfect mate” will be. Three characteristics I look for in finding a perfect mate are chemistry‚ trust‚ and sharing the same spiritual beliefs. The first thing I look for in finding the perfect mate is chemistry. Chemistry is that romantic spark between a man and a woman. It can
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problems. In the book‚ Disclaimer‚ Catherine Ravenscroft hides her secret for 20 years‚ after which a self-published book The Perfect Stranger appears on her nightstand and it is about her and her long kept secret. The secret itself is an emotional problem for Catherine as she carries the burden for 20 years and when it is almost reviled she is unable to handle it. The Perfect Stranger recounts events that happened twenty years earlier -- the gist soon revealed in Disclaimer‚ though the details are
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