Post A !!! #1

Wasted by Marya Hornbacker

Vocab=
Kaleidoscope (25)- : an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns
Tome (28) - : a volume forming part of a larger work

Theme=
I thought the main theme so far in Wasted, is how easily it is to become an eating disorder victim.

Appeals=
1. We grew up with the impression that underneath all this normal flesh, buried deep in the excessive recesses of our healthy bodies, there was a Perfect Body just waiting to break out. (47) Marya shows how everybody desires another body, a fitter, more attractive body. But instead of trying to starve ourselves to get that Perfect Body we should love the skin we in!
2. I am living in the land of the Pretty Blond Girl in White. I am not a pretty blonde girl. (48) Hornbacher tries to show how in Edina, the most desirable body has to be a pretty blonde haired girl. Many girls, just like Marya, was not born that way, and feel the need to starve themselves to be the skinny Pretty Blonde Girl that they dreamed of.
3. The town I lived in operates on money. Money-class, really-and eating disorders share a direct relationship with each other. (46) Hornbacher shows again how eating disorders are somewhat very “popular” in our hometown and how Edina is a very dangerous place for a teenager who is self-conscious.

Quote=
I don’t think that people realize when they’re just getting started on an eating disorder or even when they’re in the grip of one, that it is not something that you just “get over”. (7) This quote is important because it shows that an eating disorder can happen to anyone, even at times that they least expect it. She also showed me that once your in the grips of an eating disorder that they is no way of fully escaping.