... go in and out of fashion but during their reign the public always conforms to them. In the 1920's women had short hair and it was in fashion to be flat chested, the object was to look boyish. Marilyn Monroe was the voluptuous ideal of the 50s. If she were around today the tabloids would have been writing exploits on how fat ... ...
... form an opinion about the other people in the book because of the way Ethan views the world. His wife Zeena is everything Ethan does not want. She is ugly, flat chested, always depressed, and sick. She has hollow cheeks, a puckered throat, and a drawn face. Zeena's face has no color and it is bloodless. A very unsightly woman to say the least. Edith ... ...
... will go to in their never ending pursuit of perfection, prove that we have become a society obsessed with image. Women would rather risk being permanently scarred than be seen as flat-chested, they would rather develop skin cancer than be seen as pasty, and they would rather starve themselves, than be seen as overweight. It is almost comical how appearance is held ... ...
