The American Beauty

Beauty is a major part of the American Dream. Money and the aspect of getting money are concepts that drive the American Dream. When you look at it, all the millionaires, and billionaires are either marvelously, hot movie stars or insanely, ingenius geeks who have had things done so they look better for the public. You’ve never seen a Barbie doll that does not look anorexic or a Bratz doll without some kind of make-up on. This is what the “ideal” woman should look like and what the world sets the standards as for the women of America. This is why the whole make-up business is booming and why there are thousands of dietary books and plans out there, so that you can better fit the standard of the “American Woman”. This goes the same for men. A ken doll has a six pack, but does the average man have a six pack? Not with what the fast food franchise is feeding us. This world is driven by not only what you look like, but what everyone else thinks of you and what everyone thinks of you affects what you think of yourself. Asenath was a classic example of that. People thought she was ugly and wasn’t good enough to be married and didn’t hold back in telling her so. In turn, she grew to think these things were true and beat herself up about it daily. She grew to think she wasn’t good enough for her fiancé and died thinking it.