HOW DO THEY RELATE?
The illustration shows a young girl looking at a magazine, symbolizing the constant stress young ladies put on media and appearance. The young girl's face is not visible in the painting. Rather, the lady on the magazine's face is shown. I thought this was a good way of relating to the poem because the young girl seems too involved in what she wants to change herself into rather than who she is
"The construction of a woman: a woman is not made of flesh of bone and sinew belly and breasts, elbows and liver and toe. She is manufactured like a sports sedan. She is retooled, refitted and redesigned every decade. "
"The construction of a woman: a woman is not made of flesh of bone and sinew belly and breasts, elbows and liver and toe. She is manufactured like a sports sedan. She is retooled, refitted and redesigned every decade. "