Indigo Girls

that can be replaced as easily as the kitchen mat that represents the insignificance of Mrs. Willard (Bonds 54). Esther only manages to free herself temporarily. She feels better at the moment, but The Bell Jar is still hanging over her head. She has not succeeded in fulfilling her aspirations but instead learned how to live in the world of her time, gained control and confidence in her decisions and came to terms with her complicated personality. This outcome can be considered an important…

desire not to be black that she is willing the imagine harm to her black body. In addition to thinking about Morrison’s presentation of this theme, I also thought about the documentary Dark Girls and thought back to the way that the way that the manifestation of colorism was shown by the director. The little black girls' choice of dolls was one way that this was shown, therefore, inspiring me to incorporate details about Pecola’s creation of a doll that emulates white beauty standards. I took…

Beauty Pageants are a way girls can learn important life skills while also having fun. It’s a way to learn the difference between winning and losing and also gaining friendships, not even just in beauty pageants, all other different types of pageants such as rodeo queen pageants and “natural pageants” girls are able to learn more about themselves. Beauty pageants give girls additional skills that they can use in their life growing up. From competing it gives them more confidence, develops social…

cancer and stunted growth. Moreover, wearing heels from a very young age can cause lower back pain. Indeed, heels push the weight forward, and result to pain in the lower back and also and the disruption of feet growth. For this particular reason, girls should wear their heels even outside the pageants because the development of their feet has be done in a way that doesn’t enable them to wear other shoes because it became uncomfortable for them.(Anonymous, 5 reasons pageants are bad for kids)…

Beauty pageants teach girls and boys to act inappropriately for attention. Marie O’Halloran, a lead writer for Irish times, declares “‘Catapulting young girls and young boys into a sexuality for which they are neither physically or cognitively ready is a form of theft’” (O'Halloran). As used in this quote, catapulting means to throw or submerge kids into situations they are not ready for. This quote explains how beauty pageants introduce boys and girls to extreme levels of sexuality and…

controversial issue as it gives young girls an unrealistic sense of what a woman should look like. Whereas Batman insights and sends a message to boys to be strong and tough. The toys a child plays with can shape their skills and the roles they will participate in later on in life. The marketing of toys is aimed at children because they are easily influenced and do not have the cognitive skills to understand the underlying message.…

Caitlin Romanowski Darcy Gagnon English 101 23 January 2018 Grown Before Their Time The monochrome portrait showcasing the girl is far too real; with her tiny hands concealed from the photographer. The child tucks one hand snugly in her apron pocket. She folds the other hand under, just above her left hip. The girl's shirt displays tattered ruffles that lay upon one shoulder and the print shows dull, faded polka dots. Likewise, her apron has no hem. The expression she wears says she…

Girl” written by Jamaica Kincaid is essentially a set of instructions given by an adult, who is assumed to be the mother of the girl, who is laying out the rules of womanhood, in Caribbean society, as expected by the daughter’s gender. These instructions set out by the mother are related to topics including household chores, manners, cooking, social conduct, and relationships. The reader may see these instructions as demanding, but these are a mother’s attempt, out of care for the daughter, to…

Bellfire is a girl that live in a small town.In a small yellow house. but her real name is rose. She love to go by bellfire . she has two younger brothers name jack and josh.that she has to watch because she as no dad he died in the arm when she was 13 years old and her mom works 23 hours a day so bellfire has to come home from school .So bellfire has no friends because she don't want to make friends .she is shy and not all out there like other kids at school.So bellfire love to watch her…

her eyes closed submissively but made up so that she is still attractive. In her apron and monotone clothing like a cheap uniform, she loses her identity, she is ready to serve. In contrast her high heels, bare legs and short skirt suggest sexuality. So does her full lips and make-up. This immediately relates to gender issues, as an object the mother must be sexually arousing and still be able to perform household duties. This also alerts the viewer to stereotyping and voyeurism, it must also…