Reflection+on+The+Perfect+Woman

The Marilyn Monroe Era was the beginning of a period when media began to have an influence on society, particularly because of the invention of the television. People went to the movies to watch things on the big screen that were obviously fictional. But people, especially women, were still drawn into the way that actresses looked and they way they talked, because they were everything they themselves wanted to be. For this reason, people such as Marilyn Monroe became an American icon. What is interesting about Marilyn Monroe was that originally she was a brunette but for media purposes she became a blond, because that was what was best for her to promote herself. While reading the scene in __The Great Gatsby__ when the readers first meet Daisy and Jordan, the first image that came into mind was Marilyn Monroe. I believe that Daisy and Jordan were people who would be like Marilyn: they were beautiful, or at least, thought of themselves as beautiful, and they were of a higher class than everyone else. Marilyn's iconic blond hair and blue eyes brought me back to __The Bluest Eye__ and how Pecola felt that she was ugly because she wasn't blond-haired or blue-eyed. This image of what a //"pretty"// woman should look like is due to the media influence on society; Marilyn Monroe had a prominent role in creating the classic American stereotype of ** the "perfect" woman. **   back