Dresses

view on what happens in the world. Scout neither knows nor understands the way of life for the people of Maycomb. She believes that the world should make sense to her own ways. She is especially not compliant with the fact that girls are to wear dresses for everyday activities. On her first day of school, Scout encounters Walter Reed, the son of a farming family that was on the brink of poverty and often was not used to the way of normal dining. Scout gets confused as shown in the text, “Walter…

more frequently and sandals became an extra popular shoe, both in the daytime and during the night. Like previously stated, the dresses of the 30’s celebrated the female figure, by having more focus on the shoulders with butterfly sleeves to give the illusion of a smaller waist (1930’s Fashion 1). Once the time came where the women wanted to wear shorter skirts and dresses, nylon tights became an important part of a woman's wardrobe in the late…

my eighth year after three years of non-stop bullying I found myself at Ridgeview Middle Schools formal (a.k.a Junior High Prom!!!) My thoughts on the formal was, I can’t stand dresses, other students make fun of me because I'm on the heavy side of the scale, but what was I supposed to do, I disliked the fact that dresses existed. Second,…

In the 1950s the nurses had different uniforms than what they do today. Many of the nurses were mostly female and they would have to wear dresses along with stockings and also a pillbox hat. Now today's nurses are both male and female and they wear scrubs. (In the 1960s, nurses still wore dresses and stocking as their uniforms. It was during this decade that things began to be a little more “buttoned down” and less formal for nurses. The uniforms also take a turn in the direction of more…

The Struggle of Women In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the women in Gilead appear to have diminished rights and a limited amount of freedom. These women have lives that resemble a lifestyle similar to the women who lived prior to women’s suffrage, even though this novel takes place in a futuristic time. Some of these women, like Offred, remember the past and long for a time when they can be free again. However, for many of the women, they will never understand what it is…

beings are greedy in general, wether it be intentional or intentional. Madam Loisel was so obsess with her status, as well as her image, that instead of working for it, she just made it worse. She was so unhappy for not having beautiful jewelries or dresses, that she turned her life into a slump. She wanted to fit in with the rich so bad, forgetting the things she has now; being thankful to what's given to her. If she wanted more, she should've helped her husband, support him, so that their…

dress is different unless they order it from a catalog, and don’t get it customized to suit their style. I got my dress custom made just for me in Tulare, California which is around three hours away from where I live, Salinas, California. Quince dresses can range from around one hundred dollars to around one thousand dollars, and I got mine for one thousand two hundred fifty dollars. My dress was a light, turquoise blue that changed into a light, purple in the light. It had a heart shaped top…

characters look alike when inspected, the hair, makeup, and wardrobe provides a distinct style to each character that allows different perspectives. Sarah’s character resembles the underworld, as her first scene symbolically occurs underground. She dresses in mostly black with heavy use of leather that creates a feeling of darkness and suspicion. Her style foreshadows the death of her first clone, Beth, as her black clothing symbolizes the upcoming death. Her gothic punk style is typically…

Rita used dresses as an example regarding the working class. To entertain themselves they would splurge on materialistic items such as dresses to distract themselves to the repetitiveness of their lives. Rita decided to not buy any dresses until she had a staple point within her educational journey “I haven’t had a new dress in twelve months. An’ I’m not gonna get one either…

deacon’s wife, invited my mother and me to visit their mission’s closet. My mother told me I could pick out two dresses. However, when I could not decide which two of the three beautiful dresses I wanted, she let me get all three. As we were leaving the closet, we thanked the woman, took our items to our car and returned to the potluck dinner. I was so happy and excited about the beautiful dresses that I told my mother I wanted to go thank the women…