Ms. Sladky 10th Grade Liteature and Composition 4 September 2012 Rehtorical Analsysis of “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” There is a cliché quote that people say‚ “Beauty is in the eye of beholder.” But in the essay “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” (1998) Dave Barry argues about how women who spend countless hours on their so called “beauty” whereas men seem not to care. Barry uses juxtaposition and exaggeration to poke fun at men and women behavior and shed light on the harm that the beauty industry
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Brief Summary Staples began to realize he had the ability to “alter public space in ugly ways” (Staples‚ 135). He was walking during nighttime in Chicago when a woman noticed him behind her. She quickened her pace‚ eventually running off onto another street to avoid him. He didn’t realize he had that type of negative effect on people until the woman fled in fear. After that incident he began to notice it happened more often than not. People would lock their cars as he passed by. They would walk
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“Father‚ why did you join the war?” *** The sun rose proudly as the morning clouds parted revealing the stairs to what seemed like heaven as I glanced through my office window. The light slowly uncovered the field outside as the men marched uniformly while I saluted to my countries flag that stood high above foreign soil. *** My father focused on the horizon through the morning dew that covered the kitchen window. His hands fidgeting with the cross that hanged from his neck. With a small glimpse
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It has been a year since I moved out of home to attend a prestigious school. I have met new people‚ made new friends‚ and gotten use to moving around this town since when I first arrived. Although I am extremely happy about where I stand today‚ I’ve started to get this uneasy feeling‚ is it because I haven’t been feeling well or is it because I’ve started to dream more about those back at my home town. I’m running late to school again‚ if mum was here I wouldn’t hear the end of how I’m going to
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‘Please take a seat‚ I will be back in a second’ Said Mr. Alford‚ as he pointed his hand towards the lounge. I nodded gently as I walked pass my parent’s old bedroom. As I looked around‚ the bedroom itself hadn’t changed much since I was a little kid; I haven’t seen it in a while thought. I remember how I came in here a lot in the middle of a thunderstorm at night to wake my mother up‚ as I was too scared to sleep by myself. My father hated that! However‚ my mother always laughed her head off as
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If I Stay is a novel about the life‚ love‚ and loss of a dying girl. Skinny love is a song written about love in a dying relationship. Although if I stay and skinny love differ in the story they’re more importantly similar in exposition‚ over-all feeling and theme. In a rural town near Portland‚ Oregon lives Mia; a skillful cellist who aspires to attend Juilliard‚ a music college in New York‚ and have a successful future as a musician. She has a boyfriend‚ Adam‚ who’s in the band and an intriguing
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The juxtaposition between Darling’s “leaving” Zimbabwe and her old villagers‚ having been forced to leave after their homes were bulldozed by the Zimbabwean government‚ simply “appearing” to their new home reveals Darling’s loss of her identity in the U.S. (Bulawayo 75). The villagers’ reluctance to leave their homes and continued fight for “change” contrasts with Darling’s willingness to leave Zimbabwe for a better‚ more comfortable life in America‚ neglecting the civil conflicts and poverty her
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I was disappearing again. I could feel it. I could feel the sterile white walls slowly sucking all the colour out of my skin. I could tell that the iron bars covering my window were slathering at the curve of my body. They were tired of always having to stand up straight; they too were slowly taking a part of me. They were taking my outline. The fluorescent light was burning the colour from my hair and the whispers were carrying it away strand by strand. I screamed and screamed for them to stop
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The day arrived. The day I have been dreading for weeks. I knew that today I would have to deal with unwanted tears and emotions of sadness and emptiness running freely throughout my body. Today was the day that everything changed and the whole world around me would collapse. This was the day that I would have to travel 6209.2km across the world. To a place that is foreign and unknown to me but was once a place I used to call home. It was 6:09am in Bahrain. I watched as the large glowing sphere
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Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative
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