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    In the exposition "The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History" by Jennifer Price; the author is extremely certain on her thought and perspective on the point on the United States society. The thought is that the U.S.A 's way of life is extremely self important, this is appeared by her perspective on how Americans are so stress with their picture that is been seen by society. Value utilizes numerous written work strategies to express her perspective on United States society, by the utilization of word usage, imagery, and tone Price can pass on her investigation on the ravenousness and the defilement happening in the American society. Simply taking a gander at the title the peruser as of now gets the point over that the writer will be utilizing…

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    Jennifer Price’s view of American culture in her essay, “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, is communicated through quite sarcastic and accusing tones with how she crafts her text. As you read through the piece, Price delivers many facts about the influence of the “pink sensation”, or the flamingo image, in American culture during the 1950s. The way she delivers this, however, gives the impression that she doesn’t particularly favor American culture and her views of the topic aren’t…

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    “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, written by Jennifer Price, talks frequently about the bright and daring colors that represented America’s culture in the 1950’s. Most industries and products all included flashy shades and vibrant hues, designed to impel light on the past for those that lived in the dreadful era of the Great Depression. It did fulfill its purpose; or at least it seemed to. The way she truly felt about the actual American culture, wasn’t necessarily expressed…

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    “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, Jennifer Price examines the implication s of the pink flamingos’ ascension in American culture. The image of a bold pink flamingo seemed to appear on lawns across the nation seemingly overnight. Price’s consideration of the flamingo’s role in American history and in contemporary times, alongside its flashy colors paints a clear picture of the American mindset. Price initiates her essay by bringing attention to the significance of America’s…

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    The Plastic Pink Flamingo by Jennifer Price In her essay, Price’s emphasis on the plastic pink flamingo and the symbol it has of wealth and style in the 1950’s, along with the irony of the importance of the pink flamingo to the United States culture implies that Price views United States culture as fake and bold, as a way of ridiculous or strange. Price uses the plastic pink flamingo as a symbol of wealth and style throughout the passage to prove her view of American culture being fake. Fake as…

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    “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” Price uses examples of how flamingos changed America’s culture to create a jocular tone that satirizes the culture within United States. Flamingos were creatures that had little significance in American lifestyles. However, as Price describes, people were “flocking” to Florida just to bring a flamingo back home. A hotel and casino had been built using the concept of the flamingo and soon after that more hotels were open that were that were “replete…

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    “The Plastic Pink Flamingo” A new trend for the 1950’s was idolizing pink flamingos. The claims of boldness consisted of rich families vacationing in Florida and the distinct color of the flamingo. American’s were in desperate search of something new, but the author questions the reasons behind the pink flamingo’s popularity when he/she inquires about why the birds were called pink flamingos, why American’s were intrigued by the flashy color, and why flamingos were such a popular trend. Why…

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    Price’s “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, Price shapes the text into her view of the American culture. Through her use of words and context, we see that Price does not have a good deal of respect towards it. First of all, if a writer reveals how they feel about the United States through talk about pink, plastic flamingos, I’d have to say they don’t think too highly about our culture. Flamingos started growing in popularity ever since Miami Beach’s first grand hotel was named “The…

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    Jennifer Price in her recent essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” alludes her view of the United States culture which is that in the 1950’s the American culture was ignorant. The author’s purpose is to illustrate her point of view so that the reader gets to see another perspective of culture in the U.S. Price appeals to her audience by giving facts about the flamingo and how it has and still is seen through eyes across the world. When starting her essay, Price exclaims that…

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    Price in the essay, “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” explains how she views the United States culture. Price supports her explanation by providing sarcasm and then following up with a fact about the plastic pink flamingo which is ironic. The author’s purpose is to reveal her view on the United States culture by examining the popularity of the plastic pink flamingo. Price appeals to the United States by providing sarcasm and logos to show how she really views our culture. Just by…

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