Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

Surgery Risks vs. Rewards The definition of beauty is different for each individual. Each person’s definition of beauty is shaped by that person’s surroundings and culture and can even change throughout their life. Despite the billions of different ideas surrounding what a beautiful person is, everyone wants to make themselves into their definition of beauty. Throughout the course of history, many different cultures have resorted to numerous methods of beauty enhancement. Some of these…

No, no!" Steven shouted. He flung the covers off in a frenzy, sitting up in bed, cold sweat running down his skin. His panting echoed in the dark room, and eventually died in the silence. Tears silently raced down the boy's cheeks and he whimpered, trying to settle back into his covers. The gems had left on a night mission, leaving Steven to sleep, but a vivid nightmare had woken the boy and he hiccuped softly. He squeezed his eyes shut, silently willing the nightmares to go away, until he felt…

speaker adores. Her virtues and perfected physical characteristics are compared to beautiful elements of nature and she becomes worshipped by her admirer. In these lines, however, Shakespeare allows his speaker to begin to insinuate this physical beauty is…

celebrities in search of embodying the 'ideal figure'. Whether this technique is commendable or condemnable, one thing is certain: it is rising in popularity on a daily basis. Maybe we believe that it is possible to make things look perfect, so to speak. Deep inside we know that the manipulated…

Deep sadness overwhelmed Minimus as grief and guilt settled in him over the death of his older brother. All throughout his childhood he looked up to Maximus. He had always admired his strength and beauty and truly believed that one day he would become like him. Memories flooded his mind of the years they spent together. Even though Minimis never got much attention from any of his brothers, the few special moments he had with Maximus he had grasped onto. He recalled one of his earliest and…

that are flowing to the right of the advertisement. The last important visual aspect that anchors the ad is the copy that states “Quattro for Women, Trimstyle. Whatever your style. The only four-blade razor and waterproof bikini trimmer in one. Shave, trim and transform with just the flip of a handle. FREE YOUR SKIN”. This copy is located on the bottom left of the ad, and is placed in a white space. In addition, there is a bright pink packaged product located on the left of the copy, and light…

whose name I had only recently learned to be Cira, slowly run her finger over a small white flower. She drew her finger away and sighed quietly. She must’ve sensed me watching her, as her beautiful eyes flitted up to meet mine. Her eyes were dark green with prominent, sparkling…

culture is pretty normal for me and my family. I was born in Wurzburg, Germany in its military hospital, on the military base there. I came to the U.S when I was one years old, thus I consider myself, and legally I am, to be an American. My primary, and only, language is English. It was very difficult to interact with my classmates because I was always the one that did not stay long enough to make friends, due to moving around so much. I believe that was a big barrier for me because it made me…

Beyond Skin Deep Racism and bigotry are behaviors evidently learned through submersion within a society polarized by ones difference in skin pigmentation. Abundant throughout our history and highly prevalent in our current society, conflicts between different cultural and ethnic groups have created a divide amongst citizens in the United States. Ironically speaking, from a scientific perspective, race amongst the human species is invalid and merely a construct of the human imagination. The role…

True Beauty? What makes someone or something beautiful? One day while doing research in the library I came across an image that would forever change my aspect on art. It happened to be a sculpture of half a face, which belonged to a woman. Later on that day I did some research of my own and found out the name of that piece was entitled Fragment of the face of a queen. The sculpture spoke on so many things at once, that it was more than amazing. What made that creations hold so much beauty is…