The Burden of Beauty
" There Was This Really Fat Girl" By. Carla M. Pacis How far would you go to fit into society's definition of beauty? Introduction: In this young adult fiction, the protagonist, a teenage girl named Ana, despises the look of her body and is influenced by her family, friends, and the people who surround her. This claim is supported by the line introduced in the story’s first paragraph, which states, “Ana thought her body was too hideous to have a look at every day.” Her mother makes casual remarks about Ana's appearance, labeling it "baby fat" and asking when she would lose the extra weight. Her father, on the other hand, tries to console Ana by making backhanded comments: “Her father always came to her defense and would say, ‘She's not fat. She's what people call pleasantly plump’." Her family’s views on her body fuel Ana’s self-hatred. Her best friend Kat, who embodies popular perfection with a model-thin body, only adds fuel to the fire, espe...
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