Question

1. text-to-world connection: what elements of the media/social media today communicate beauty standards? how do they impact those who consume this media? are there ways to resist these standards in our society today?

1. text-specific question: on page 205, morrison utilizes juxtaposition: \we were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health... and she let us, and thereby deserved our contempt. we honed our egos on her padded our characters with her frailty, and yawned in the fantasy of our strength\ (205). the townspeople compare themselves to pecola to feel better about themselves. in a world that constantly belittled their blackness, what was their alternative? what could they have done instead of creating these false comparisons?

Explanation:

The problem involves analyzing media's role in beauty standards (question 5) and literary analysis of Morrison's work (question 6). For question 5, Media and Communication (Social Science subfield) applies as it deals with media's impact. For question 6, Literature (Arts subfield) is relevant for literary device analysis. Since the user may need to address these, we'll focus on question 5 first. Media and Communication examines how media conveys messages (beauty standards) and their societal impact, fitting the query about media/social media's role in beauty standards, their impact, and resistance.

Answer:

For question 5, the subfield is Media and Communication (Social Science). For question 6, the subfield is Literature (Arts).