Chloe Archambault Expository Writing W233 Professor Amidon 01/26/15 Beauty Pageants and the Effects on Children In the journal “Toddlers in Tiaras” found in the magazine Good Housekeeping, Skip Hollandsworth explains the benefits, problems, and possible consequences that come from exploiting young girls in beauty pageants across America. The organization that produced this journal is the magazine Good Housekeeping. The magazine was produced on May 2, 1885 by Clark Bryan when the first edition
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Lucia Grosaru is a clinical psychologist, therefore she understand the ability of the mind and what can affect it. This blog was written in 2009 during the spike of fame for the show of Toddlers and Tiaras; this effects the article because media portrays pageantry in a negative way. This article is unbiased because Grosaru has no background in pageants, she is focusing all of her information on observation. She feels parents use the children for their own benefits. Jill Carle and Magda Hinojosa are
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There are many fairy tales that we have heard as children, but as society is changing so are those fairy tales. Cinderella as so happens to be one of those fairy tales that has been changed over the years. Now in days there are many versions of Cinderella. Almost every culture has their own version of Cinderella. All the Cinderella stories have a similar plot, but all still share some differences. Differences such as who helped Cinderella, how she was helped, what cloth she wore, and the ending are
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Parenting Movie Analysis The movie “Little Miss Sunshine” is about a 7 year old girl named Olive Hoover whose dream is to be entered into a pageant called Little Miss Sunshine.The movie includes an extended family including their uncle and grandparent. Moreover, when she discovers that she’s been entered her family face many difficulties. Though they do want Olive to achieve her dream they are so burdened with their own quirks and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some
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A hero in disguise Shrek Intro: Shrek is directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, staring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz. This fantasy, adventure comedy film tells a story of an Ogre whose swamp is suddenly shattered by an invasion of several overbearing fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Determined to save their home and his Shrek makes a deal with the evil king Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona
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In my project I decided to do a Mean Girls version of Macbeth, equating each character from Mean Girls a character in Macbeth. I chose Mean Girls, because Macbeth and Mean Girls both have similar themes of ambition. I chose scenes from each act because I wanted to focus on the theme of ambition only. I included summaries that still explained what happened in the parts of the play that I skipped so the audience isn’t confused. I did the summaries by just writing a quick recap in a slide before I
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Synopsis: Maleficent vs. Shailene Woodley The movie Maleficent, by Robert Stromberg, is a spin off of Sleeping Beauty, with a fun twist where the main character, Maleficent, perfectly portrays Shailene’s distinct personality. Neither of these women understand the avaricious habits people carry with themselves nor why people are so untrusting of one another. In the movie Maleficent questions the necessity of a higher power and wonders why the other kingdom can not function in order without a hierarchy
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The tables above generally show a trend of a widening female’s horizons. The first three princesses do not show aspirations in life nor desires to explore the world and go on an adventure. Moreover, none of the princesses before the 60s show that they do not want to be protected by others. However, most princesses from after the 80s show aspirations in life and desires to go on an adventure or explore the world. Also, all princesses from after the 80s show resistance to being protected by others
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The movie Little Miss Sunshine is a fantastic movie to watch for teens and adults. In Little Miss Sunshine, the directors (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris) on the film have done an extraordinary job in producing the movie. The elements that were included throughout the film are soundtrack and dialogue. LMS displays lots of important qualities to the movie which made watching this movie enjoyable to watch. Overall, it seems to have the elements directly connected to the movie. The beginning of
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Moana, Inside Out, Frozen, Brave, Tangled--ring a bell? All of these movies have something in common (aside from a female protagonist) and that's Disney. Disney has created many other childhood classics, including Monsters Inc., Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White; if you're a born and raised american, it’s nearly guaranteed you’ve seen, if not grown up with, these films. Disney is a great empire now, with its own theme parks and resorts and cruises, but it started out just one man, Walt Disney, and
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