All Tied Up

In the story "Ribbons" the grandma does a lot of weird things that have to do with her culture. One of that things the grandmother does is treat Stacy's little brother better than her like giving the little brother Stacy's ice cream bar. This is because “back in China boys are everything”. Another thing that the grandma had with her culture is her feet. In China they believed that if your feet were bent a certain way, it made you prettier. Physical contact is something the grandmother's culture kind of frowned upon. When Stacy hugged her grandma, the grandmother said, “Nice children don’t drool on people”.

In the United Sates, we do things for superficial beauty that goes way overboard. One of them is starving yourself by not eating at all, then puking it up. This is bad for you because once your body eats away all your fat, you still might think you aren't skinny enough so you still don't eat. To keep you alive, your body starts eating itself. Another attempt at superficial beauty is the way we dress. We wear what the boys think looks cute, like short skirts and short, tight fitting tops and showing lots of skin. Some people go to the super extreme and get plastic surgery so they can get rid of the part they despise. All of these things are wrong. You should  love yourself for who you are and how you look and not base your self worth on how others look or what they think about you.