1. Douglas uses sarcasm and wittyness? (is that a word?) in her essay i n order to make her point. One thing she is bothered by is the fact that the media is sending the messages that women shouldn’t have “orange-peel like skin”. It kind of sounds like Douglas is almost asking women to have “orange-peel like skin” but her underlying message in her images that she values is to not conform and try too hard to look a certain way just because that is what the media is telling you to look like.
2. Douglas uses sarcasm and wittyness (again, is that a word?) to attract readers. Her way of writing this essay appeals to readers because it’s not just another essay where the author just writes and states his points and tries to convince the readers in a dry and dull way. In the essay Douglas emphasizes that the media is responsible for creating these ideal images of women that the every day woman desires to be like. In the process of these women trying to look like theses surreal images of women from the media, they are losing their own individuality which is at stake from the media creating these images.
October 4, 2006 at 10:15 pm
I agree with your second answer. She blames the media for creating this image and convincing women to ruin their bodies for temporary happiness. She sarcastically talks about the wonderful things it does and how it makes the women look.