Human and Physical Geography Thematic Essay

Behind the Curtain As said best by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This empowering quote basically says that you hold the power to decide for yourself what you think beauty is. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of beauty is the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses of pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. Beauty is not the only thing people value in them. It is not defined by the way you look, clothes…

is being portrayed is that society has driven the girl away from seeing her true beauty because she’s so focused on trying to fit in society’s image of beauty. The world has created an unrealistic image and has blinded us from what real beauty is. Physical appearance is not the only thing that makes a person beautiful and charming. Arguably, it is a person’s personality, confidence, and actions that bring out a glow of beauty that outer beauty cannot compete with. Beauty comes in an infinite…

Christina Aguilerra's "Beautiful" and Beyonce's "Pretty Hurts" videos have many similarities. For example, one of the similarities that they both have been both dealing with an issue in society today. The issue in society in insecurity. These two songs and the videos are spot on with this issue. They both talk about how they feel about people changing themselves for other people. In Beyonce's "Pretty Hurts" video, it talks about all of the things people so to please other people and the…

ARGUMENT 1: herself Topic sentence /argum’t 1: I. Oates introduces Connie as a typical teenager who is searching for her place which grants her wishes for independence and acknowledgement. Supporting Evidence: A. From the lack of acknowledgement in her family, she faces the trouble of wanting boy’s’s attention upon her. Due to her good looks, people pay more attention to her mature outer appearance. In a similar situation, teenagers create a facade to get acknowledged using…

When I think of professionalism in a work-related setting, the first thing that comes to mind is appearance and demeanor. The first impression is the most important one, it’s where you sell yourself and make a good impression. In an office, all therapists are dressed appropriately with men usually in shirts and ties while the women wear dress pants with a blouse. The very first thing a patient sees when they enter the facility, is what the therapists are wearing. Although it’s sad we judge…

but as society evolved these issues plaguing our society has also evolved into different forms. For example, in the modeling career there is diversity among campaigns like Aerie and as Emily experienced first-hand, beauty touches today are with physical makeup instead of edits for a perfect beauty image. However, the pressure for beauty is still a problem, as Jamie said, when you search Google the first images that show up are white women and as Christina said, actors like Beyonce, a confident…

In Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano is a brave and smart man. He has an overwhelming cup of confidence. Is this confidence physical or mental? As it says here, “A question: why do five-score enemies Seek to stick five-score daggers in the back of one poor poet? Answer: it’s because They know this poor defenseless rhymer is A friend of Cyrano de Bergerac! (Burgess 44), it is partly…

When you think about appearance and identity they have a close relationship. For example your external appearance can depict you in a society. Which leads to it following you through your childhood to your adulthood. As in Hassan Blasim’s “Crosswords” and Daniel Alarcon’s “City of Clowns” both authors talk about how your appearance and identity change from your childhood to adulthood. In “Crosswords” Hassan Blasim talks about a reporter named Marwan going through a trauma and it ends up…

In todays society, most women try so hard to live up to peoples expectations on how we are suppose to look on an everyday basis. When we get dolled up, we get more compliments. When we put on a nice dress with heels or just something nice in general and our makeup looks amazing, the first thing our peers comment on is our image. When we do not wear makeup we end up having to hear “wow, you look tired!” or “you are very brave for not wearing any makeup out in public!” Beauty comes in different…

According to Ted Polhemus in “Appearance Equals Identity” the way that appearance is perceived determines a social tactic in which we choose to approach a person. Polhemus observed that giving verbal labels has not worked in the past. Physical appearances were once an easy way to identify a person, but now a slight distinction in one's appearance is enough to identify someone. That has not worked because of a large variety of differences that people face. While appearances provide a sense of…