Ana is a young woman who is at the beginning of experiencing life. She has strong family values, wants a good future… and is a little overweight. Her mom Carmen, throughout the movie, tells her to lose weight because if she did, she would look good. Ana does not listen to her mom, she loves the way she is, and this is a myth she proved wrong. Her mom continues to remind her how overweight she is and says things like “Look at you!
She mentions the example of Patrica Saldarriaga, a professor whose daughter had to celebrate her quinceanera even when she did not want to just because of her father’s status(62). People who cannot affod these lavish celebrations then go in debt which later causes problems. She asks herself “Why cannot they do both?’(62). Why can’t they celebrate their daughters quinceanera and also not go in debt. She feels the need for their culture to be revised to work better for them in the new realities they are facing right now.
Merritt’s persona is of a goal driven successful college student and mother. She argues to convince other young mothers that they can graduate high school and go on to college and get a degree. The example she gives of herself as successful high school as well as drum major, Advanced Placement (AP), and voted most likely to succeed is a very impressive repertoire. However, this may influence her audience in a negative way. Most of the audience probably doesn’t measure up to those standards.
Although somewhat unrealistic, this is stereotypical of a young girl in America of this age, she is loving and adorable and unable to understand how unsuccessful she will be in winning the beauty pageant. “I won! I won! I get to go to the championships!” Olive screams when she gets the phone call to announce her making the finals. “I think I can win ‘cause a lot of the new girls - don’t have the experience” this portrays a young American girl in a huge way and so supports it strongly, as American girls of this age haven’t had a huge amount of life experience which leads to her elaborate aspirations.
Debbie also has trouble in her personal life, like finding time for friends and a new Afghan husband. Towards the end, when her classes are graduating and the girls are getting jobs, Debbie realizes the troubles she went through to get them to this point were really worth it. In Kabul Beauty School, by Deborah Rodriguez, Debbie thought up the plans for a beauty school, went through hell and back to accomplish the goal, and then realized the great things she contributed to the girls and the community. Between the fears Debbie has about starting a new school in a foreign country and the excitement she has about donations, there is a lot going on in the beginning of the book. She gets a hold of some very famous, in her case very important, people like John Paul DeJoria who happens to be the owner of Paul Mitchell.
Because her teacher gave her a bad grade, that she couldn’t argue her way out of, she and her friend Dionne match him up with another teacher to make him happier. When a girl named Tai transfers to Cher's school, she and Dionne give her a makeover and attempt to find her a boyfriend. Cher soon realizes that she wants a
What were the issues and challenges faced by the main characters regarding the choices they had to make regarding college education, marriage, relationships, and family? The main characters of the film faced many difficult challenges during their time at Wellesley. There were many burdens placed upon the young women of the school, particularly Joan and Betty. They each had to face issues that women today wouldn't dream of dealing with. Joan was a very smart girl who was taking pre-law courses and thought about going to Yale and becoming a lawyer.
Joni is an eighteen year old that graduated first in her class and is heading off to college in the fall. Fifteen year old Laser was curious about their sperm donor and convinced Joni to inquire about him now that she was eighteen. Joni is coping with Erikson’s stage of identity versus role diffusion. Although this non-traditional family seems to have it all together, many struggles are shown throughout the course of the movie. The mother’s have different goals for their children, but the dominant parent seems to prevail over each child throughout the entire movie.
Women and Anorexia Yas Kamali Women and Psychology Saddleback College In American society women are given the message starting from a very young age that in order to be successful and happy, they must be thin. Throughout modern history, the unrealistic standard for the female body has been nearly impossible to obtain. Women are willing to go through excruciating pain and sacrifice their own comfort just to achieve the unrealistic body image that has been created. Eating disorders are one way for women to achieve such standards and they have been on the rise. It is not surprising given the value which society places on being thin.
English 2 Graduation by Maya Angelou represents a perspective on racism. She has experienced a subtle discrimination, however, she kept her head up. Maya Angelou proves that being mentally strong is important. This becomes clear through Maya’s strength to overcome discrimination. Maya was very excited about her graduation and moving on to new things and new opportunities in the future.