Society has a specific view on beauty that plays into the lives of children and adults that captivates society every day. Those who do not fall into these ideas of beauty are shunned out and chastised for their differences. First, Natalie Angier looks into the world of toys, and how the way these toys are being represented is shaping the minds of the children of tomorrow. Adding to this, in Andre Dubus’s short story, “The Fat Girl”, Louise, the female protagonist, is chastised and condemned as a result of her being overwhelmed which ultimately extinguishes her self-esteem. To close, in Marge Piercy’s poem, “Barbie Doll”, the central character must accommodate her entire life in to fit into society’s view of beauty. Throughout all three of
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In Natalie Angier’s text she explains how modern toys give an impossible view of beauty and cause children to reach for unnatural heights that these toys glorify. In her text Dr.Pope gives insight to these points and he states, ”the dolls might be planting in boys’ minds a template for a he-man’s body that cannot be attained without engaging in obsessive behaviors to build muscle and strip off fat, and then augmenting those efforts through the consumption of drugs…”(Angier 486). This excerpt amplifies the point that toys give young men in society false ideas into what it is to be handsome or beautiful. Society gives children a sense of beauty, “that cannot be attained” without dangerous method. The excerpt also show the reader that because of society children may take drastic measures in order to attain the levels of beauty set by society such as “drugs” and other harmful …show more content…
On the opening page of “Fat Girl”, the narrator gives an insight into the home life of the protagonist, Louise, and the struggles of her everyday life. The author tells the reader that,” You must start watching what you eat, her mother would say. I can see you have my metabolism… In five years you’ll be in high school and if you’re fat the boys won’t like you; they won’t ask you out” (Dubus 125). In this piece of text the reader sees how women in society must complete extreme activity such as not eating in order to be beautiful in the social order. Also this text allows the reader to understand that girls who are not skinny will not find love or be looked at positively from boys. Also the text amplifies that men are the rulers of relationships and take dominance while women must waint and change themselves in order to be chosen and these ideas are passed down through
In Natalie Angier’s text she explains how modern toys give an impossible view of beauty and cause children to reach for unnatural heights that these toys glorify. In her text Dr.Pope gives insight to these points and he states, ”the dolls might be planting in boys’ minds a template for a he-man’s body that cannot be attained without engaging in obsessive behaviors to build muscle and strip off fat, and then augmenting those efforts through the consumption of drugs…”(Angier 486). This excerpt amplifies the point that toys give young men in society false ideas into what it is to be handsome or beautiful. Society gives children a sense of beauty, “that cannot be attained” without dangerous method. The excerpt also show the reader that because of society children may take drastic measures in order to attain the levels of beauty set by society such as “drugs” and other harmful …show more content…
On the opening page of “Fat Girl”, the narrator gives an insight into the home life of the protagonist, Louise, and the struggles of her everyday life. The author tells the reader that,” You must start watching what you eat, her mother would say. I can see you have my metabolism… In five years you’ll be in high school and if you’re fat the boys won’t like you; they won’t ask you out” (Dubus 125). In this piece of text the reader sees how women in society must complete extreme activity such as not eating in order to be beautiful in the social order. Also this text allows the reader to understand that girls who are not skinny will not find love or be looked at positively from boys. Also the text amplifies that men are the rulers of relationships and take dominance while women must waint and change themselves in order to be chosen and these ideas are passed down through