Opinion paper

Amu Shimomichi

645 R&W

Amy Lee

6/6/15

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

               The story, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” written by William Shakespeare, was difficult to understand because of vocabulary.  The story was written in 16 century, so vocabulary was different from now.  Also, this story made readers confused because of love complex after puck, which is a fairy in the forest, spread a magical juice.  In this story, love difficulty is one of the important themes.  Shakespeare makes complex main characters’ relationship.  First, Hermia and Lysander love each other, but her father wants her to get married with Demetrius.  Demetrius loves Hermia, and Helena loves Demetrius.  It’s already confusing relationship among them. However, after puck spreads magic juice, Lysander and Demetrius become loving Helena.  Two men love the same women.  This situation makes readers more confusing.  It’s because of magic juice; however, in real life, sometimes it happens without magical love potion.  Even though people know that person whom they love has already had girlfriend or boyfriend, they can’t resist their love.  Love is always difficult because love can’t be controlled.  No body knows whether this feeling is love or not, and they can’t love a person whom they try to give love.  Unexpectedly, love is coming to people so that love is powerful emotion.  No body knows what will happen after they notice their feeling is love.  Whether it will succeed or not, they will never know until they confess to him or her.  In real life, there is no magical love potion, so it’s not easy to love each other.  Although they love each other, it is hard to keep their love.  After I read this story, I felt anxious because I can’t expect what will happen between my boyfriend and I even the next day.  People might feel same thing.  I hope that everyone who loves each other will be able to keep their relationship.

Summary Response- “Beauty Is Not Just Smaller Than Life”

Amu Shimomichi

645 Reading & Writing

Amy Lee

05/31/13

Summary Response- “Beauty Is Not Just Smaller Than Life”

           In the article, “Beauty Is Not Just Smaller Than Life”, Leonard Pitts Jr. describes how the media affects the standards of beauty.  The standards of beauty are getting skinnier than before, and most women want to lose weight although they are already skinny enough.  Pitts says that some might argue that stopping men from objectifying women is one of the solutions.  However, girls need more protection from harm in a more subtle way.  Therefore, gatekeepers who work for media have to be more careful to define beautiful girls in different sizes.

           In sum, the author mentions why girls want to be skinnier than what they are now.  I totally agree with the author that losing weight is a huge problem for women: 90 percent.  Even though women are skinny enough, they always try to lose weight more.  Also, he states that the most important point is that we aren’t satisfied with our current appearance because models in media are unachievable.  Being like models is really hard and it is too skinny in general.  Moreover, to be skinny makes women sick.  Sometimes women died from too much diet.  Most women are skinny enough now, so they should feel satisfied what they are.  They don’t need to compare with others.  They should have confidence their current appearance.