Overall, this was a very productive peer review session in which I worked with both Nate and Matt on their essays while discussing potential improvements to my own. My goal when it comes to the improvement is to be able to effectively define what I consider beautiful, along with what my community defines beauty. I … [Read more…]
Thesis: Beauty has an infinite number of interpretations and perceptions. Yet, with all these different views, beauty has the same potency. This potency can result in change of all forms. Standards of beauty vary from culture to culture and continent to continent. “When it comes to physical beauty this framework expresses itself in the assumption … [Read more…]
I found an article on the subject of beauty titled Beauty is objective and subjective, written by Razib Khan on Discover. Khan’s article overviews the societal discussion of beauty and it’s nature. Kahn believes that Western standards of beauty are intensely superficial. “When it comes to physical beauty this framework expresses itself in the assumption that … [Read more…]
Armstrong in his article states, “To regard beauty as a luxury adornment or a social signifier was to miss the true potential of the experience.” (Armstrong 5). Essentially, Armstrong is asserting that the object of beauty knows no social status or no social class. He is also stating that beauty cannot relegated to people of … [Read more…]
I read Chapter Eight in They Say I Say, titled “‘As A Result’ Connecting the Parts.” I decided to read this chapter due to the fact that it provides the know-how as to how best to write transitional and connecting phrases. This concept has somewhat given me trouble at times as my paragraphs have a slight … [Read more…]
