The Ugly Truth About Beauty Analysis

Many articles have been written about beauty as humors other can have a more serious approach. Dave Barry uses his article to display the humorous side of beauty. He uses figures like Barbie, Cindy Crawford, and Brad Pitt that everyone can relate with, to show how many men and women view themselves differently. This approach can be labeled as sexist or stereotypical but Barry uses it in a way that would not be taken so harsh. Using a more playful approach to discuss these sensitive topics allow the author to come to an undeniable conclusion that there is an ugly truth about beauty. In this article “The Ugly Truth About Beauty, Dave Barry broadly satirizes the way men and women view themselves.

According to Barry, many men make up a judgment
They wear these items to shape themselves in the picture they would like to be. Makeup can be used to paint on your desired face to show your inner beauty. Women use these things because they see themselves as “not good enough” for their appearance (Barry 342). Barry asked the question to us women why do we “have such low self-esteem” (Barry 343). He uses how as a kid, girls look up to a plastic doll called Barbie. All the features on Barbie are perfect from here head to her toes a. This misguiding mindset it the reason they grow up in hopes of looking like Barbie. In conclusion, In Dave Barry’s, “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” it broadly satirizes the way men and women view themselves. People define their beauty in many ways. Some choose to spend more time on their appearance than others. Using the figures, he did allow them to view themselves in a mirror of all their actions. Dave Barry using the approach he did to allow an individual to look at themselves for who they really are. Hopefully the approach he made allows everyone to view themselves as beautiful and be