Cosmetic surgery on teenagers

1. Give an outline of the various views on plastic surgery for teenagers which are presented in texts 1 and 2.
In the two texts the views on plastic surgery are quite similar. Both texts agree on the fact that American teenagers might feel that a lot of pressure has been put on them, they strive to be beautiful, but their ideal of beautiful is twisted and for a normal teenager almost unattainable. One of the major problems is that some teenagers find something they don’t, for instance they might think their breasts are too small, then instead of waiting for their bodies to be fully grown or just getting used to having a smaller, they tend to breast enhancement. The adolescents doesn’t let their bodies grow to their fullest, but take the less time consuming way of the surgeon’s knife.
2. How does Valerie Ulene engage the reader in the subject in text 1? Illustrate your answers with examples from the text.
Valerie Ulene manages to get a good hold of the reader by introducing the article by telling a story about herself. She explains her own experience about having a large and crooked nose, to the reader, which made her stand out from the average teenager. She mentions that she actually dreamt about getting her nose fixed, but that it was not actually something she ever considered seriously. By telling us about her experiences about plastic surgery, she makes herself equal to those of the teenagers today, who consider surgery themselves. It makes the reader think that she actually knows what she is writing about unlike many experts who never considered such actions.
Besides telling us about her touching story about her big nose, she also uses a lot of experts in her article, who speaks about their experiences with plastic surgery and that is also something which catches the reader’s attention. It caught my attention because I wished