Our Superficial World Essay, Research Paper

Our Superficial World

Mostly everything in our world is based on outer beauty of people and

objects. Society has a fixed image of beauty. Woman should be skinn with blond

hair, blue eyes and men should be tall, dark and handsome. We are controlled by the

media like characters in video games. They program us to buy into certain products

and images.

Teenagers are the most superficial of all age groups. Many of us choose

boy/girlfriends because of their looks. Sometimes teenagers won?t become friends

with other people because ? they look different?. Teenagers tease and pick on

people who aren?t like them. We buy clothes just because they say Tommy or Nike

even though they outrageously expensive and bad quality. Teenagers just want to fit

in. They are afraid to be different. As we become older looks play a role in our lives

but not as much as when we are teenagers. Some people gets ahead in the job

market because of their looks.

Why do we put so much emphasis on how we look? Many people blame

magazines and T.V . You never see ugly people in adds in magazines. Also in T.V

and movies 90% of the people are ? pleasing to look at? . But beauty sells, so that?s

what we get. It?s the gimmick that companies have us hooked on,? If you buy this

you will look just like the person in the ad.?

Everybody is guilty of be superficial. We all want to be beautiful. Most of us

judge people by there looks. Everybody sometimes wishes that they could change

something about their self or be someone else at one time. But everyone has their

own thoughts and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Our world will always be superficial. There is no way in the near future that our

image and the huge role appearance plays in society will change. New trends will

come in and out, they will sell and make tons of money. Television will still run on

beauty. Beauty sells, so it will be here for a long time.