Just Walk On By

Staple's describes himself as a shy black man that stands at six feet two inches. Other people see him as a big intimidating black man that is going to hurt them or other horrible things that he would never do. He uses the last sentence to basically say that he acts differently around people so that nobody feels like they are in trouble and it also helps him not feel bad emotionally like he does when people try to get away from him as fast as possible. I identified myself as the person that thinks he is going to do something bad. iIt affected my reading because it made me think of how people feel when someone else walks the other way just to avoid you.

Never Just Pictures

In the essay "Never Just Pictures" Susan Bordo talks about how the media is making both male and females feel that they are overweight because they want to look how the media perceives people to be causing them to have eating disorders. Bordo supports this by giving examples of how celebrities look in magazines and on television and even how athletes look. She gives evidence on these people on how they had eating disorders yet the media celebrates their bodies. I do agree with Bordo's argument because many do look at these people as how they are supposed to look even though the one's that think they are obese may actually be just fine. It can effect people's confidence and also can possibly be depressing to many people. Another reason I do agree is that the eating disorders are not healthy whatsoever which is especially not good if you are already fit. Starving yourself is not the answer yet people believe it's the only option because of the media saying this is how you are supposed to look.