The document contains 10 discussion questions about a passage that discusses a narrator's negative feelings about her body and perception of unrealistic beauty standards promoted by magazines like Cosmo. The questions probe how the narrator feels about her body, why she feels that way, what Cosmo symbolizes and represents to her, the meaning behind certain lines, and whether her concerns relate to or differ from experiences in the Philippines.
The document contains 10 discussion questions about a passage that discusses a narrator's negative feelings about her body and perception of unrealistic beauty standards promoted by magazines like Cosmo. The questions probe how the narrator feels about her body, why she feels that way, what Cosmo symbolizes and represents to her, the meaning behind certain lines, and whether her concerns relate to or differ from experiences in the Philippines.
The document contains 10 discussion questions about a passage that discusses a narrator's negative feelings about her body and perception of unrealistic beauty standards promoted by magazines like Cosmo. The questions probe how the narrator feels about her body, why she feels that way, what Cosmo symbolizes and represents to her, the meaning behind certain lines, and whether her concerns relate to or differ from experiences in the Philippines.
1. Can you relate to the narrator? Why or why not?
2. How does the narrator feel about her body? 3. Why does the narrator feel that way about her body? 4. What is Cosmo? Why does she feel haunted by it? 5. What does Cosmo symbolize? 6. Explain the line, “She’s the American Dream, my personal nightmare.” 7. What does she mean when she says, “my stomach is America”? 8. Why is it ironic when we juxtapose her perception of the “American Dream” and that her stomach is “America” 9. Do you think that this body shaming is only applicable to women? Is it also applicable to men. 10. Are her concerns similar to yours? Is this a problem in the Philippines too?N