During Olive’s phase of development one struggle is self-image and society and Richard influences that. Society influences her self-image with beauty pageants. Richard influences her self-image by indicating she is a loser and she shouldn’t eat ice cream because it will make her fat. I think Olive’s self-image is perfect at her age, I don’t think she is overweight or ugly; but at a young age, I think every girl goes through insecurities. I think Olive’s response to her self-image is confidence, I don’t think she understands her self-image issue, but I think she realizes people are expecting a lot from her image. During the pageant, she was confident and never gave up, even after her family suggested to stop. A relevant environmental factor
