Watkins And Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Ad From The Saturday Evening Post

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The Watkins and Cocoanut Oil Shampoo ad from the Saturday Evening Post in fact an example of the article we were to read for homework last night. The first thing your eyes is brought to is the phrase “How Famous Movie Stars keep their Hair Beautiful”. This brings back the idea that any average person can be like the richest people. If the lower class sees this shampoo advertisement they’re automatically going to want the shampoo because of a certain movie stars hair.

The Coca-Cola ad from the Saturday Evening Post does not full fill what the “The Parable of the Democracy of Goods” article states. Although there is “higher class” people in the advertisement, they do not state or infer anything that would make the reader think if they purchase

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