A girl could like boy toys more, where a boy could like girl toys. This is a never ending cycle but it does raise worry on parents when they see that their child wants to play with something like a toy gun that pops smoke or a tow sword which promotes only aggression and violence. Whereas girl toys in commercials show Ponies, barbies or jewelry making. These show skills on how to share and gain a social behavior skills. But for boys they have commercials of hot rods on a track which crash, or bad guys being tossed into a Lego prison.
Running head: MEDIA INFLUENCE ON CHLDREN EATING DISORDERS Media Influence on Children Eating Disorders Media Influence on Children: Body Image and Eating Disorders Media is many things; media is education, knowledge, news, culture, corruption. This has been used as a form of pursing or influencing young children into believing that what they see is real. Commercials are used to tell children what to buy or what is “in”. There are several messages that that the media sends out to young children, some of them beneficial and some fraudulent. Women in particular have been portrayed to be flawless and tremendously thin, and if you are not then you must become flawless and thin.
“Young children are often confused about sexual differences,” (Berger 221) with toys the way that they are packaged now it is not too surprising. A child sees a toy that sings, talks, dances, or lights up it is almost natural for the child to want that toy, rather than the one that just moves with the assistance of the child they are going to want the one that makes noises. “In recent years, sex and gender issues have become increasingly complex,” (Berger 221) this may be because parents are more open for their children playing with opposite genders toys; where now it is not uncommon for boys to play with some girl toys and girls to play with dump trucks, play guns, or hot wheel cars. However,
Society Creates a Monster Throughout our lives, as we grow from a child to an adult, we develop a sense of who we are through socialization and the way people assume the way we are supposed to act. For example; men are supposed to like cars, sports, play outside, get dirty, and all of that crazy stuff, but are men allowed to wear dresses, heels, play with Barbie Dolls? It is noticeable everywhere you go, children get brought up depending on what gender they are. Little girls get princesses, doll houses, and help mom clean while little boys are outside playing with Hot Wheels, helping dad with yard work, and playing sports with their friends. Why is it that when a boy gets hurt he is taught that boys do not cry and to rub dirt on it, while little girls get comforted and loved?
The beginning of the story highlights Paul’s uniqueness when the author gives the reader a very precise description about him précising on his eyes being, “remarkable for a certain hysterical brilliancy, and he continually used them in a conscious, theatrical sort of way...but there was a glassy glitter about them which that drug does not produce”(Pg . 1). The glitter in the young boy’s eyes shows that he is different than the usual teenage boy, that he has something in his eyes that others do not, and this is the dream of wanting to do something with his life. The author uses symbolism to portray his personality; his attitude is “symbolized by his shrug and his flippantly red carnation flower”, whereas the flowers mirror what he would want to be, living in color, happiness and luxury (Pg.1). However the conformity of a middle-class teenager is not to dream about living in luxury of some sort, it is to play soccer, and do homework like the stereotypes.
Maybe we didn’t have parallel stories but after reading a while I could understand the lives of the character a bit more. Darry, being the oldest, had to step up into the "adult world" and began with responsibilities that Sodapop and Ponyboy thought were no longer fun like he used to be. Soda pop being the middle one, had a bit of a more stable relation with both extremes of the family both the youngest and oldest, and even though he dropped out of school to help his family he still had that spark of youth that attracted lots of ladies which I personally admire. Lastly Pony boy, this kid, the youngest of the three, was in a few words naïve innocent and had a long way ahead in life. The relationship between these three was rocky, like most are in families with
This novel is well known for many things, but possibly the most well-noted is its rites-of-passage portrayal and throughout many phrases and paragraphs can be extracted that add to this. At the beginning of the book, it is clear that Jim has been well-protected from the outside world by his parents and knows fairly little of it, as any 11 year-old would. On the second page in Ballard writes: “like all children, Jim was intrigued by alcohol but vaguely disapproved of it,” the fact that Jim was ‘intrigued’ by alcohol exhibits that he was curious of it, it was something he had never really understood. This highlights his youthfulness and innocence. A page after this, it is clear he has great interest in childish things: “Yang enjoyed impressing his eleven-year-old passenger with tall tales of film stunts and trick effects.” Young children, generally, enjoy stories told with great exaggeration and ‘tall tales’ implies that these stories were only partly true, most likely exaggerated to please and ‘impress’ Jim.
In ‘You’re’, the fact that the foetus is described as ‘clownlike’ reminds us of how it has not yet developed its features and therefore may look odd. However, the word clownlike also lends itself to childishness and playfulness which relates to the innocence of the child. In ‘Morning Song’, it could be suggested that the opening line does not possess the same connotations as in ‘You’re’. For example, the baby is compared to ‘a fat gold watch’ which is an unusual comparison. Unlike the word clown which is a soft word, ‘fat’ is sharp.
Gender Stereotypes and Inequality Gender roles are taught at an early age. Toy stores across the world advertise baby dolls to be more appealing towards young girls than to boys. The media always shows these dolls only being used by girls. Why aren’t these marketed towards boys? It would most definitely be frowned upon if a boy was seen playing and caring for a baby doll, this is where the misconceptions of gender roles take place.
The purpose of chapter one, Fitzgerald introduces the reader the key theme of the novel, which will become prevalent throughout: the division between gender and social class. Furthermore, Fitzgerald introduces us to the major characters through Nick’s narration and perception. The first character we are introduced to is Nick Carraway, the narrator. The reader immediately knows that they are reading from his observation and perspective and so the novel is written through Nick’s memory. Fitzgerald aims to build a sense of trust and so portrays characters as well educated and enlightened, as such that Nick is ‘inclined to reserve all judgments’ and being ‘privy to the secret grief of wild, unknown men’.