Paper One reflection..

For me, writing the small object/large subject essay was relatively easy. In America's society today there are tons of small objects that lead to much larger subjects to question about how and why our society values things the way we do. Most of the smaller materialistic objects symbolize larger issues and problematic ideals that people at large believe to be true and important. So much of our world today is shallow and for lack of a nicer term- stupid. I guess ignorant is a better term. Ignorant of other cultures and that larger problems than being a size 0 or having a little frizz exist today. Writing this paper was easy for me to relate to the subject because even though i feel aware of these issues, I continue to give in to the stereo types America has for young women. As much as women want to portray a strong bold personality, she still has to look good on the outside for that to work. We submit to standards set by other people in order to be successful. We are obsessed with shiny exteriors covering up broken and dull interiors. Okay... maybe I was a little harsh, maybe I was in a bad mood that day, maybe we aren't exactly broken and dull on the inside, but some of us definitely are!