Body+Image+Essay


 * Body Image Essay**

According to some researchers, “The media have developed the ideal body shape in the hope that it will create more sales of the product that they are trying to sell. But it seems like the advertisement and media industries are not caring about how a person feels in trying to achieve the ideal body.”

With the above quote in mind, write a two to three page essay that discusses your point of view on //media influence of body image//. Your essay must include direct quotes from at least three of the four sources that we studied during this unit:
 * “Tough Guise” by Media Education Foundation featuring Jackson Katz as narrator.
 * “Killing Us Softly 3 by Media Education Foundation featuring Jean Kilbourne as narrator.
 * “Masterpiece” music video by Fawng and Koboei
 * “Digital Manipulation in the Fashion Industry” by Cate Young

You may include other resources as well.

This does NOT have to be written as a persuasive/ACT style essay. However, if you are most comfortable with that format you are certainly encouraged to write that way.

If you are an 11th or 12th grader, you should really look at writing this as a research style essay.

Regardless of which approach you use, you must have a Works Cited page and use MLA style for citations. Use [] to help you with formatting your quotations within the essay.

Use [] to create your citation page. It is helpful if you create a log-in because all of your citation information that you input will be saved.

The essay is worth 70 points. You need to email me your essay at the end of class on Wednesday, April 18. You also need to print a copy that you will bring with you to class on Thursday, April 19.



For those of you need more writing assistance/structure, complete the prior to word processing your essay