academically? It might give you motivation to come to school every day; however it doesn’t always work that way. Since we were little‚ our Christmas or birthday present has been beautiful dolls and barbies. Barbies representing the perfect skinny body every girl would like to have‚ although not every girl can get to that point. “Society expects perfection from young girls” says Bob Bennett‚ author of the article We forget that it’s OK to have flaws. We don’t always need to have the latest fashion
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think that our body and our identity are somehow contradictory‚ but the reality is another. Our body and identity are both shaped by the media and influenced by some other elements of our society: friends‚ place‚ and education. We reflect what we think it is correct in the opinions of others. This idea is expanded and explained in two essays: "The Story of My Body" written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and "Never Just Pictures" by Susan Bordo. In the first essay‚ Cofer suggest that our body plays an essential
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Stereotypes are strongly displayed in the media; stereotype can be based of someone’s color‚ culture‚ religion‚ or sex. In Black men in public spaces by Brent Staples‚ and in The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ the authors talk about stereotypes based on their gender and ethnicity and the experiences they both encounter because of their ethnicity and gender which have many similarities and differences. Stereotypes can lead to hatred and discrimination against
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Cited: Cofer‚ Judith Ortiz. "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria." 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology. 4th ed. Bedford/ St. Martin ’s: Samuel Cohen‚ 2014. 103-109. Staples‚ Brent. "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space." 50 Essays: A Portable
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’ Society should not judge a child based on their looks especially since they have not developed their identity. Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of “The Story of My Body” published in The Latin Deli in 1993‚ shares her story of dealing with self-image and finding her identity‚ "My skin color‚ my size and my appearance were variables - things that were judged according to my current self-image‚ the aesthetic values of the times‚ the places I was in‚ and the people I met". (page 341) The author tries
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The assignment I chose to revise is my literary analysis of Judith Ortiz Cofers The Story of My Body. I have made some local‚ but mostly global revisions to the paper‚ as well as addressed some of the feedback made by the instructor. The local revisions include: making complete sentences‚ rearranging words. For global revisions‚ I rewrote the conclusion‚ broke a paragraph into two‚ and as suggested by the instructor I added more analysis and connection to the young girl. In the first paragraph
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“My body is my own business‚” The Hijab‚ Freedom or Oppression? PDF Print E-mail Thursday‚ 24 April 2008 14:37 "A Canadian-born Muslim woman has taken to wearing the traditional hijab scarf. It tends to make people see her as either a terrorist or a symbol of oppressed womanhood‚ but she finds the experience LIBERATING." Author: Naheed Mustafa Source: The Globe & Mail (Facts & Arguements Page A26) [islaam.ca] Published: June 29th‚ 1993 Wearing the hijab has given me freedom from
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Hamili‚ Marjerie BS BIO-2B PHILO102 My Body When I face in front of the mirror‚ I can see a woman with short hair‚ round eyes‚ pale lips‚ and with an average height‚ “that” is my body. When I do things like brushing my teeth‚ eating dinner‚ walking‚ writing homework‚ sitting‚ and etc‚ “which” is what I am‚ I am a human because of what my body can do. But who or what am I? As simply as it sounds‚ it’ll take time to internalize and answer this question. People would start to think from the
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number one is ‘don’t get too attached to a character.’” He was talking about fictional characters‚ but the same can be said for real life. In the short story “American History‚” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ a girl named Elena becomes friends with a boy named Eugene‚ but she is devastated when she finds out that he will be moving soon. The moral of this story is not to get so emotionally attached to someone. Elena got so attached to Eugene because of how similar they are. She says that she likes him “right
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on only using products whose labels she could read. She also felt more comfortable at this “hole in the wall” store because it reminded her of home. Cofer’s mother also tries to conform to the American culture by shopping at sears and Penney’s for Cofer and her brother’s clothes. They also eat at Woolworth’s which is an American restaurant. Cofer’s mother has a balanced role in both cultures. Pp 53-55 Cofer’s cousin Cofer’s cousin is completely assimilated or Americanized she grew up in Paterson
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