Is the world of the famous pressuring us to be thin? With one touch of a button, all we have to do is turn on the TV and all we see are our favorite stars thin and beautiful. Then we have others who need to gain weight for "special" movies that need the character to gain weight. For example: Renee Zellweger needed to gain 20 pounds for the character Bridget Jones in her upcoming sequel. Courtney Thorne-Smith, was co-star of "Ally McBeal," when she quit the hit television series, citing the pressure to lose weight. Anorexia Nervosa, the compulsion to starve yourself or drastically lose weight through obsessive exercise, vomiting, or use of laxatives, diuretics or diet pills, is the most dangerous of all psychiatric illnesses. Up to 15 percent of people with anorexia die of complications such as heart arrhythmia, kidney or liver damage and organ failure. Between two and five percent of people with anorexia commit suicide. Many skeptical people think eating disorders are a fad of the rich and famous (and those who want to be) In reality, eating disorders are serious illnesses that have been with us since ancient times. The early Romans were well known for bingeing and purging food. In the 9th Century, followers of St. Jerome starved themselves in the name of religion. Today, emaciated models and celebrities have made eating disorders glamorous. Zellweger was all shoulder blades and hip bones in Chicago, but lately she's drawn attention for the weight she added to reprise her role as Britain's favorite singleton in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. She first balked at gaining -- she added about 20 pounds for the 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary, prompting editors at Harper's Bazaar to pull her off the magazine's cover -- before relenting, purportedly after producers increased her paycheck by $112,000 for every pound gained. Critics and women's organizations alike have criticized Hollywood for portraying women in an unhealthy light.
Dying to be Thin In recent history, the idea of feminine beauty has been shifting toward a less healthy, overly thin model. ... For reasons that are unclear, many teenage girls feel the need to be as thin as they can be. ... Starvation in the quest for thinness keeps women weak, preoccupied, passive, and submissive. ... Too many teenage girls are dying to be thin. ...
No matter how thin they become, they see nothing but fat. ... People are dying because of an obsession with trying to attain that "perfection" which doesn't exist anyway. ... Everyone, no matter young or old, tall or short, thin or overweight, rich or poor, famous or non-famous, can suffer from poor body image and low self-esteem. ... It seems that many people are convinced that "thin is in." Several models have admitted to starving themselves to get thin just to fit the industry's image. ...
Dying to Fit In Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the thinnest of them all? ... Everything to them is good or bad, a success or failure, fat or thin. If fat is bad and thin is good, then thinner is better, and thinnest is best. They will strive to be as thin as possible, till they feel they are at their best. ... Always remember that dying to fit in is not the right thing to do. ...
Into Thin Air is without a doubt a unique and outstanding novel that grips the reader's interest and holds onto it until the very last paragraph. ... Here the air is very thin and the effects can include brain damage which can cause cloudy thought. ... I encounter a person who is still alive, but is dying. ... If I try to save this person, we will both probably die. ... That person dies (or even lives). ...
She was indeed far too thin. ... Anorexia Nervosa is the relentless pursuit of thinness. ... Men's sex hormones fall, they are most likely to be horrified of being fat, and fears of gaining weight even if the person is underweight, complaining of being fat even when extremely thin. ... Twenty percent of people without proper treatment will die. Only two to three percent of anorectics die with treatment. ...
Into Thin Air Into Thin Air showed all the different ways of dealing with pain in bad circumstances. ... "Don't be melodramatic-)- (Pg. 110) Jon is telling is wife that she should not worry about anything because he doesn't even believe there is a chance for him to die. He isn't coming to the full realization that there is actually a good chance to die and he has no clue what is actually in store for him. ... The second didn't nearly affect him as long because he is finally coming to the idea that there is a chance he is going to die even if he doesn't think it wi...
The novel Into Thin Air, written by Jon Krakauer, has a variety of themes throughout the tragic account, but one seems to stay constant throughout. ... This is sheer loyalty to Fischer, as Lopsang knows both men will die without supplemental oxygen, but he keeps his word, friendship, and tremendous loyalty to Fischer instead. ... Beck Weathers is loyal to Hall, as is Ang Dorje, Hall's sirdar, who tries to rescue the stranded Hall after Hansen had already died. ... This catastrophic journey that Jon Krakauer took shall always be recognized not only for the loyal men and women who died, ...
Terrence Malick's 2000 film, The Thin Red Line, displays several examples of how editing affects theme, character, and narrative progression in a movie. ... He replies to tall's comments by saying, "You know they could die from it?" ... The Thin Red Line portrays regular men and their poetic thoughts in times of ludicrous war. ...
