A Woman's Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?

This passage relates to me because in Islam which is my religion, women are required to wear a hijab and cover their whole body with loose clothes, or even cover their faces because it is believed that women have seductive beauty.

mother tongue

In the story mother tongue the author as a chinese American explains how she has to switched her language between her mother and others. When she's in a conversation with her mom she speaks broken English. But when she's with her friends or classmates she speaks standard English.

The Kitchen of Meaning

" He reads, first of all and above all, images, gestures, behaviors: this car tells me the social statu of its owner, this garment tells me quiete precisely the degree of its own cnformism or eccentricity, ...(whiskey...) reveals my host's life style"(Bartes, p.01). In this quotation, Barthes explains the purpose of reading from his own point of view. He tells us that we should carefully read between the lines because the writing conventions are there to make us feel, hear or picture what the reader wants us know.

resources

1.) Harvey, Alec. Lifetime movie, Natalee Holloway, is an uneven, forgettable portrayal of true tragedy. 2009. Jul 05, 2010.

http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/arts.ssf?/base/entertainment/1239696952298400.xml&coll=2.

2.) Netherton, Dale. The Natalie Holloway, a Review. 2009. Jul 05, 2010.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/99262.

3.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalee_Holloway

research

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalee_Holloway
This link contains a review of the Natalee Holloway movie and background information about the case.
http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/arts.ssf?/base/entertainment/1239696952298400.xml&coll=2

Alec Harvey, a news staff writer from birmingham news as he critisizes the Natalee Holloway movie.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/99262
Dale Nethertonfom American chronicles points out important events the movie has failed to cover.