Essays on Beauty

Literary Background: A Hawaiian of Chinese and Korean ancestry, Cathy Song centers her verse on island themes and activities and understated pastoral settings. Her language is Standard English inset with words and phrases from Pacific and Asian sources. She has gained credence for lifting the mundane from homely backgrounds to produce a lyric strangeness offset…

“El camino” is a Spanish novel by Miguel Delibes, featuring Daniel as the main character. Daniel is the son of the town’s cheesemaker and is eleven years old. His friends, Roque (“el Monigo”) and German (“El Tinoso”), play important roles in Daniel’s coming-of-age journey as depicted in the novel. The passage from “Entre ellos tres…

Bill Burke, the Filmmaker and D. Channsin Berry, Director of the acclaimed, 2011, “Dark Girls” documentary, addressed the subject of colorism in the black community and how dark skinned women and girls are demonized in society; communities, as well as globally. Burke and Berry’s film eloquently produced several appeals; pathos, logos and ethos, as well…

Forbidden love has caught the eye in most movies of our day. For starters, Shrek and Twilight. Shrek is an ugly, lonely and anti-social ogre that finds love with a beautiful princess, Fiona. In Twilight, Edward, a blood sucking Vampire, sees more than just blood in a girl named Bella. Both these movies have the…

“American Beauty” is a DreamWorks production that was shot in 1999 and released in the United States in 2000. It was the big-screen debut for director Sam Mendes, as well as for writer Alan Ball. The film was produced by Alan Ball, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, and Stan Wlodkowski. It won five Oscars: Best Actor…

True beauty lies within love, confidence and courage. Love is a traditional concept of beauty because it can come in so many different forms. In a photograph of a mother and her child titled Mother’s Unconditional Love photographed by Shwet the beauty of love is shown. Another untraditional concept of beauty is confidence. Being confident…

Thesis: Beauty pageants should be outlawed for girls under sixteen because they over expose young women, teach them that being self absorbed is okay, and there are other hobbies the girls could pick up that would teach better qualities and allow kids to be kids. I. Can make children self absorbed A. Pageants are a…

Beauty School I decided to study the unique culture that comes from students attending and participating in beauty school. I was able to observe and participate in some of the services that were offered at Sherman Kendall Academy on 700 East and 2300 South Sugarhouse Utah. I observed the way students interact with each other,…

While some argue for the cancellation of beauty contests, I personally disagree with this notion. Despite the negative aspects associated with them, I believe that beauty contests should not be abolished entirely. These competitions not only entertain people but also contribute to the economy and provide role models for others to inspire them in their…

In Pursuit of Beauty Irrespective of the conservative traditions that may prevail in a society, beauty has always had a significant value in people’s everyday life. Nowadays the standards of beauty are more demanding than ever. In our modern day society, the picture of beauty is a thin super model with the body of a goddess…