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Self- Image: Adolescences
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: to inform my audience on the issue adolescents have with self- image.
Central Idea: Ideas about self-image is a broad array of issues with personal and social implications such as social media, peer pressure, and culture.
Introduction: What is Self- image
I. Attention getter- “At the age of 9 she began to bind her feet on her own. She did not know the elaborate method of the traditional foot binding… She invented her own method of binding, wrapping her feet tightly with layers of elastic bonds to prevent her feet from growing longer and wider. Though she did not bend her toes under her soles or break her bones, it still hurt. Her bandage feet were on fire day and night. Each step felt as though she were walking on broken glass barefooted. But she bore the pain silently and with much pride she was determined to keep her feet from growing” (Ping,)
-Wang Ping, Aching for Beauty: Foot binding in China
II. Background- Defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary self- image is “a subjective picture of one’s own physical appearance established both by self- observation and by noting the reactions of others”
III. Central Idea- There are three factors that help adolescents figure out whether or not they are independent or dependent these factors are: social media, peer pressure, and family/ culture.
IV. Credibility- I personally as an adolescent struggled with my self-image. Throughout middle school I felt like I wasn’t pretty enough and was way too skinny once I gained weight I felt as if I was way too big. It wasn’t till I was in high school that I learned beauty is in the eye of the beholder,...
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A. Each of these factors plays an important part with the adolescent and all have greatly taken a toll on our American society.
B. Remember Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Self-esteem is confidence in one’s own worth or abilities or self-respect. Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston and Jefferson from A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines both struggle with establishing a positive self-esteem or a sense of self-worth. Both characters get so overwhelmed by the supremacy of someone or something around them that they doubt their own power, thus, creating a feeling of doubt for themselves and the voice that they have. In order to gain a sense of high self-esteem, a person must endure points of self-doubt.
There are three variables that affect the body image one perceives about themselves, the first according to Thompson and Stice is “internalization if the thin-deal, that is, the endorsement of the media-prescribed ideal as part of one’s own personal belief system” (Thompson & Stice qtd. in Ashikali et al. 143). (Alvarez 4)
To begin, one of the major reasons that make people who they are is self-image.
In order to comprehend this article, one must have a concept of self-esteem. Self- esteem is the personal evaluation of one’s worth as a person. Most individuals subject self-esteem as the “feeling that one is ‘good enough.” Also, individuals believe those with high self- esteem tend to believe they are superior to others, which is not necessarily true. Another inaccurate assumption on self- esteem interprets that talents and abilities are influential on self-esteem. Also, self- esteem is not
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My earliest recollection of self image would take me back to elementary school and the problem of what to wear to class the first day. Would I fit in or be ridiculed for my shirt, pants or shoes? This was an early lesson watching people judged by their clothes and physical appearance. The phenomenon of image changed dramatically when I reached high school. I believe high school is a micro society in itself with personal appearance high on the list of things that are coveted. I wanted to fit in but didn’t want to compromise my individuality regarding dress, hair style and choice of peer group. During my high school years my image was ever-changing. I excelled in sports and was viewed as an athlete. On the other hand, my long hair gave me the image of a free spirit. I enjoyed hanging out with the athletes but also found myself drawn to another element; people who smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol and used drugs. I looked at these individuals as taboo, but glamorous at the same ti...
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The first unit on our textbook Interactions by Ann Moseley and Jeanette Harris talks about the self-concept. It is hard to find a definition for the self-concept because it is certain beliefs about ethnicity, religion, and personalities combined. This unit has a number of readings by various authors where it shows struggles with the self. Self-identity, ethnic backgrounds, and self-esteem are the major aspects of those readings. After reading their writings I found that I could relate to their experiences. The three readings that got my attention were “Zero” By Paul Logan, “I’m Just Me” by Lylah Alphonse, and “The Jacket” by Gary Soto.
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