SWA#2: Discourse Communities Audience: This paper, is particularly aimed towards adolescence, interested in becoming a part of the cosmetology community. From a career such as makeup artistry, or just to gain a new hobby. The rhetorical situation calls for an informal essay, as well as an informative essay, with the intention of persuading the audience to join this discourse community. Over the past decade of my life, cosmetology (particularly makeup) has become very dear to my heart.…
We know what you’re thinking, “Hairlip?” Yes, Hairlip, the rubber chicken. This mascot has been representing Troupe 5476 for years now. Continuing the tradition of Hairlip means passing down the role of being the “keeper of Hairlip” from one junior to the next.…
This informs the reader that the barber’s decision impacted…
Often, they would hire a hairdresser to style their hair for them because they had the money to do so. “The complexity of the styles showed that the wearer had...the wealth to employ a professional hairdresser...” (Bradford 1). The face was framed with curls, and then the hair was powdered and accessorized. “...with one to three curls at the sides, and one at the shoulder…” (JDN 1).…
In Bad Haircut, a collection of ten short stories by Tom Perrotta, the initial appearance of several characters are distinct from each other. Buddy’s initial reaction to each situation varies greatly from the eventual discovery of true condition. Important figures in Buddy’s life, including, the Wiener Man, the Pasco family, and Sharon, helped to influence the matured young man Buddy has developed to be. While the surface appearance of each situation looks convincing, the deeper meaning hiding behind the first impression can be analyzed through the characters’ actions, dialogue, and thoughts.…
Throughout history have people been slain by their own brethren for reasons of jealousy, anger and distrust, and even for self-satisfaction. Time and time again has the act of murder been identified either as a justified reason, or classified as senseless, cold, and unreasonable killing by the masses. The act of killing is not justified. In the story of “Just Lather, That’s all”, the protagonist of the story, the barber is faced with a, rather menacing decision that will affect his life forever. As a rebel, the barber is given the mission of assassinating the enemy of their cause: Captain Torres.…
Born and raised in New York City, it is easy to say that it is common for one to go to a Dominican hair salons located throughout uptown Manhattan. Growing up I have always gotten my hair done by Dominican women, and getting my hair cut involved constant compliments of having “pelo muy bueno” and other women trying to convince me to not cut it. But what made my hair so special to be held in a high throne for it to be too good to cut, why did these women not appreciate their own hair as much? The goal of hair salons is to make the customer leave with an impressive new look and the newest beauty trend. Women enter every day to conceal their natural hair, no longer for one’s personal satisfaction, rather to pleasure societies beauty ideals.…
The Mind at Work, written by Mike Rose is a story about day-to-day jobs that people partake in for a living, his main purpose of this story was to make people aware of the need to take notice of forms of intelligence that have not been tested through IQ tests and bring various things together like how the brain and hand can not be separated, they work dynamically. In this essay, I will go over the key points that I thought Rose wanted his readers to understand also, what I disagree with and agree with and also how the hand and brain work together. I found that the first couple of chapters in the book went over the key points rather than the last couple of chapters, Rose explains that all work has some sort of skill required to do the job…
Good hair… What exactly is “good hair”? Kinky, twisty, wavy, or straight—African- American (AA) hair comes in many ways. There is so much spectacle surrounding AA hair. There are hair shows surrounding it, special hair care products, books, and movies that place the spotlight on this unique curly hair. To conduct research on the spectacle of African American hair, I first went and saw the movie “Good Hair” featuring Chris Rock.…
He repeatedly tells the barber of the number of men…
Perm Hair vs. Natural Hair People think that getting a perm is better for your hair but it really isn’t. Getting a perm messes up your hair badly. I have some reasons as to why natural hair is more convenient. Being natural saves you money because you don't have to keep going back and forth to the beauty shop to get your hair taken care of. A perm on the other hand, you have to always go to the beauty shop and that can become expensive and also hard to maintain.…
Fear is one of the strongest human emotions and a great motivator. In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else”, one of the best barber in town plays the main character alongside Captain Torres. Captain Torres a guy that have been killing people in the town. The barber portrays a series of fear in this story. He was very fearful from the moment captain walked in till after he finished shaving his beard.…
Client Spotlight: Krista Leavitt, Curl Specialist Earlier this week we had the good fortune of speaking with curly-hair-care aficionado Krista Leavitt. Aside from providing top-notch haircuts for women with curly, wavy, and coily hair, Krista is passionate about educating women on how to care for their tresses. Check out her website (curlspecialist.com) to learn more about her services. Make sure to read her blog as well for expert tips on how to care for curly hair!…
Introduction Paragraph: The career I am doing for this project is Cosmetology. I chose this career because I’m in cosmetology at Apollo Career Center and I love learning and knowing about Cosmetology. I hope to learn more about what it is really like to work in an actual salon. I want to learn more about time management and the income and outcome of money of a salon. Also, I want to know how to run a salon.…
“In the kitchen” is a short story of the author Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s experience with understanding the significance of “the kitchen”, his family, history, the notion of good and or bad hair and the background on African American products. The understanding of the experience allows him to clearly describe the importance on why he thinks and functions a certain way. Henry expresses two sides of “the kitchen” and “In the kitchen”. “In the kitchen” highlights his mother’s hair at-home business, the discovery of his roots and how his family expresses their view on the notion good and or bad hair, and the wonders of the straightening comb (“hot comb”). “The kitchen” highlights the kinks that lay on the back of your neck and even…