English | Analytical Essay - Thesis Statement

Running Head: ENGLISH
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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Thesis Statement
The Slender Trap by Trina Piscatelli tries to elucidate in front of the young ladies the
cause that lie behind the starvation and the impact that the starvation is able to create in terms
of the mental as well as physical health.
Body
The author identifies a multiplicity of factors as contributing behind the emergence of
the fatal condition of the starvation in the body of the individual suffering from the
symptoms. The author has enumerated the factors behind starvation as the ones of
psychological pressure that the women face at their years of adolescence. Among other,
source of influences the pressure from the community and family as well as the influence of
the media (Grogan, 2016).
The psychology of the women is highly dependent on the urge of the student be
perfect as well as develop their sense of identity from the lack of it. The need of the women
to succumb to the need of the society. The imposition of the unrealistic expectations in
respect to the conventional code of beauty. The feeling of lack in contrast to the
perfectionism has resulted in the development of a feeling of helplessness as well as a lack of
power (Adesso, 2013).
Therefore, in the context of the impending sense of powerlessness mediated by the
urge to maintain a perfect body shape, a large number of women consider starving as a way
out from the status quo of being imperfect. This is more because out of the all the causes that
has contributed to their body shape, their diet is one area where they can exercise their
control in an effective way. As such, their attempt is in changing the nature of their diet so