Both essays speak about pop culture today. Specifically
about boys and girls. The first one talks about how there is a difference
between a woman that is pretty and a woman that is hot. It describes how pretty
some aspects that hot doesn’t have, such as innocence. Whereas hot is a
consumable to be consumed and then thrown away. The main thesis for this
article is very simple, “Pretty, pretty is dying.” This would be the thesis even
if it is so direct. It explains exactly what the essay is going to talk about.
How, in past eras, pretty was used and how it has changed from then to now. The
second essay, speaks about guys mainly but it also relates to women, gays, bi,
lesbians and any other identification people relate with. It speaks about a
certain body type that has gone viral, the dadbod. But even though it’s gone
viral it doesn’t mean anything. It is just a classification. “Is ‘dadbod’ a
hashtag joke or a social-sexual movement?” This would be my choice for a thesis
not only because it is a question but it also shows what the essay will be
about, trying to identify what “dadbod” is.
I feel this blog, after reading a few other blogs the term “dadbod” was taken way past the sense it is being meant for. I agree with you one-hundred percent that it is a “classification”. As far as being pretty is concerned I also agree with you about the way pretty is determined and how it has changed from past eras. Pretty in this day and age changes like the weather, you never know what is next or how long an interpretation of “pretty” is going to last before it changes again. All in all, beauty should only be determined by the person looking at their reflection in the mirror.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the way in which you said that dadbod has gone viral. While reading that of course in the article I was unable to think of a good way in which to word it properly and viral is just that. The idea of finding out what the dadbod is was another unique thing I found within your blog. I agree with you that it is just another form of classification and that it doesn’t technically mean anything. I like the way that through your blog you really analyzed the essays as a whole and broke them down and even included what you considered to be the thesis. I found this blog very different from others in that aspect as well as the way you affectively delivered your idea about how the message is delivered through the idea of pop culture.
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