Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

looking at a rainbow, but-they-were-flowers. Suddenly this amazing sweet smell entered my nose, the smell turned into a taste that made my mouth water, what is that? Kiwi, my scented hand lotion, it is Kiwi hand lotion, the smell is adding to the beauty that surrounds me. Why are all these mosquitoes and gnats landing on me and biting me, I don't understand it. My hand is waving everywhere, slapping myself, there's red bumps all over me, I'm itching so much. Why-am-I-huge-mosquito-bite?…

cleaning, and taking care of the white children. That was life in Mississippi. I was young and assumed that’s how most of America lived” (Lundquist). I was blind from struggles and hardship faced and the stereotypes created about people because of their skin color. Half of my hometown was black and “I didn’t have a single black friend or a black neighbor or even a black person in my…

knitting or gardening. This craft is not a hobby, nor is the product physical such as a flower garden or a scarf. It is something physicians eventually give back to patients and their families. There is eventually a time in every surgeon's career when only science cannot subside suffering or renew life: Surgeries may go wrong, or a prescription drug may have fatal side effects. In such cases, “the strict practitioner of medical science has nothing more to offer” (Kirkpatrick). But a…

qualities is the subconscious association between whiteness and goodness that many children are raised to believe in. He worries that black children who are raised by wealthy families who aspire to personify white ideals lose the opportunities to see the beauty in themselves and their people. Hughes challenges the young black poets of his time to overcome the “racial mountain” previously mentioned by keeping sight of their roots and not being misled by the appeal of assimilation. He says, “it is…

The speaker in Theodore Roethke’s poem “I knew a woman” is a passionate lover who experiences the different levels of deep love, joy, and pain that comes throughout his journey as a beloved love. In this poem, the woman is first described as an object which every man desire, but also as beautiful as a “shape a bright container can contain.”(5) From the title of the poem, the word “knew” which is a past tense, symbolizes that the woman is no more with him or she is alive. This poem provides well…

“Evolution of Women” When reading the title “Sleeping Beauty in the Wood”, one would assume that it would be a fairytale that allowed the characters to live happily ever after, however, this story is not as such. Charles Perrault published his version of “Sleeping Beauty” in 1697. “Sleeping Beauty” started off as more of an entertainment story for adults that was filled with cruelty and filthy sexual behaviors. Back in those times, telling stories was the only way to keep people entertained.…

ancient Greeks used fine marble and some other materials were because there was an abundance of it in the surrounding territories. Even marbles such as, Parian and Pentelic marble which were some of the most highly prized marble in all the land. Not only was marble an abundant material but bronze was also a very common to obtain, which made it popular to sculpt things from. Marble and bronze are both very easy to mold and sculpt and was also very durable unlike some of the other materials. With…

with trying to forget her callous past despite the fact that it is branded upon her. Trying to escape her past has only made her more aware that trying to fleet her past will only resurface her subconscious emotions. After years of being out of place within herself, she has come to realize that no place is her true home. Trees for Sethe surface simultaneous emotions of pain, veiled beauty and reminiscence of the good days lightly dispersed throughout the horrible ones of her past. The imagery of…

cosmetics on the skin. Journalists went to Venezuela and reported ‘hair must always be completely clean, make-up should look natural, and you should always, always wears high-heels; I don 't have the attributes to be a contender for Miss Venezuela. I 'm 1.60m tall and you need to be at least 1.70m (5 feet 7 inches),’ says Andrea Reyes who teaches catwalk skills in a beauty school in Venezuela (Grainger, 2012). Mental problems seem to cause by the tightness schedule of the beauty contests.…

daughter Barbara, Barbie hit the shelves in 1959 and a new form of American female beauty was inscribed into history. History, just like so many times before, would be drastically…