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A lot of times, people look forward to the next time they celebrate the day of their birth. Typically, there's cake, presents, people and all kinds of fun during a birthday celebration. Sometimes people are really excited and other times they are not. It depends on what kind of person they are. In the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros, we meet a young girl by the name of Rachel on her eleventh birthday. In the short story "Eleven," Cisneros uses literary techniques; simile, language, and…

Beauty and Racism in The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison presents ideas of racism, and how that affects those of color in the society at the time. The idea of anger from the set ideals is expressed in different ways is clear and comes up many times within the novel, as well as the idea of ugliness, and what that’s perceived to be. On page 174 in the novel, one of the main characters in the novel, Pecola, goes to Soaphead, a psychic of sorts in the community, to try and get blue…

have drastic results on the way they perceive themselves later on life. In Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” she shows how a perfectly fine young woman can be torn down by society, and society can ultimately ruin a person (Piercy 522). From eating disorders to Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Piercy in “Barbie Doll” shows that Barbie still has a harmful effect on young women today. In Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” she writes, “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back, abundant…

Cultural Identity Project Reflection What did I learn about myself in each part of the project? In the Funds of Knowledge section of the project, I learned quite a bit about how I grew up compared to what I believe now. My household growing up had a slightly different set of rules that what I believe my current household has as norms. One major change is who is in my household. Growing up it was my parents and sister who were considered part of my household family. Now, it is just me and my…

In “Doc McStuffins” the focus is an African American girl who wants to be a doctor like her mother. She is a nurturing six year old girl who cares for stuffed animals and toys in her playhouse clinic. Aimed at preschoolers, “Doc McStuffins” appeals to black and brown young girls. Part of the appeal for these young girls is allowing them to see themselves represented as an aspiring intellectual professional. “Doc McStuffins” is mostly designed to entertain, a minus for parents of preschoolers,…

Barbies were first introduced in the late 1950’s and immediately pressed down on the way society views girls and how girls view themselves. negatively shape girls self-body image. Barbies have been a huge staple in children, mostly girls, childhood and this causes many girls to struggle with bad body images, also affect the way society sees women, and develop serious health issues. These affect the way women see themselves in the future. The Barbies so-called “perfect body” is unrealistic and…

Recently, Star Wars movie number seven came to theaters all around the United States. With great movies like this one, come many toys and merchandise for the movie. You’d think they would make toys out of all the main characters right? Well they did not. One of the main characters from the movie Rey, was the only main character who did not have that many toys made of her, even though she was the most demanded. The creators claimed that they had plenty of toys planned for Rey, but many believe…

There are many people that working so hard just to get what they need to pay for the product and the life living styles. It is the same as they are using their physical work to solve their daily problem. Their daily are incredibly busy. This involves with capitalism and society. There are also people that are fighting and excited of the new products and the fake nature, instead of thinking and feeling of what they had done so far. In capitalism, it is all about money or money is the only choice…

We cannot avoid advertisement it is everywhere we go. Company and corruption are trying to prompt their products getting their consumer attention resulting to them buying their product. They can do this through mass media. According to Henslin(2014), mass media is a “form of communication, such as radio,newspapers, and television that are directed to mass audiences”(p.84). Ever since we were toddlers, we are exposed to the television and as a result, we are consuming commercial ads. In the…

Sneha Dasgupta Dr. Sheryl Stevenson TRN190 October 26, 2015 Interdependency between Humans and Machines in The Turing Test In the words of Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, the creator of Kismet, one of the first social robots, “Robots are really intriguing social technologies. They touch something deeply human within us.” Yet, in Chris Beckett’s The Turing Test, Jess feels “uneasy” around her new personal assistant, Ellie. Her constant request “to copy myself from time to time to others in your address…