Sunday, November 2, 2014

Bianca Brucato- Can beauty be constructed


Bianca Brucato
November 2, 2014
Professor Young
English 1100
                                                      “Beauty can be constructed”

            Although constructed beauty has been seen negatively throughout the years due to the pressures society has put on young girls and women to be so called “beautiful.” In Aimee Mullins, “My 12 pairs of legs” Ted Talk, she talks about constructed beauty in a positive way.  As an amputee her prosthetic legs allowed her to built a career as a model, actor, and advocate for women, sports, and the next generation of prosthetics. Mullins shows beauty can be constructed from the legacy she built through her prosthetics legs.
             Furthermore, beauty does not always have to be real in order for it to be honest and true. Constructed beauty can help young girls and women feel confident and good about themselves. Constructed beauty can also allow people with disabilities to feel beautiful in a society that is all about appearances. For example, Mullins got to experience many things that most people would not think an amputee could accomplish. She has walked runways, broke a record in the 1996 Paralympic Games, and became the first double amputee to compete in NCAA Division 1 track and field. The construction of her prosthetic legs has allowed Mullins to feel beautiful, confident, and experience many things most people with disabilities wouldn’t think of doing.  Doctors and specialists who construct prosthetics limbs for people such as, Aimee Mullins allows society to see beauty can be constructed to help all people feel beautiful. All type of beauty, constructed or real can be honest and true if it helps others feel confident and beautiful.
            In conclusion, beauty can be constructed to help others such as, amputees and people with disabilities to feel beautiful in a society that is all about appearances.  Constructed beauty helped Aimee Mullins to feel confident and build a legacy through her prosthetic legs. Mullins built a career and legacy as a model, actor, and advocate speaker.

1 comment:

  1. Bianca, I'm going to treat your response as a proofreading assignment. If you want to earn higher than a B in this course, you'll need to seriously learn how not to make sentence structure errors in particular fragments. Here are some from your essay:

    1. Although constructed beauty has been seen negatively throughout the years due to the pressures society has put on young girls and women to be so called “beautiful.”

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