I will go over somethings before I can answer this.
Why Does The Media Affect Our Body Image?
If a person is on television, say for a reporter or someone else, they might make you look <em>better </em>or <em>worse. </em>You can never appear on TV by "Just Being You." People will say to women, "Add makeup!" People will say to men <em>and women sometimes</em>, "Wear better clothing!" Now this isn't just to make you mad, ugly, or prettier. This is just how you want yourself to look like in over a thousand people's presence. If you are shy, you might actually want this. But it usually isn't who you are.
What Do Books Have On Our Appearance?
Now <em>books </em>are a different story. Books usually count on illustrations. Say you wrote a story about your love for butterflies. On the title cover, your title was "Butterflies and Me." Under this writing, your illustrator (you or someone else) drew you and a butterfly landing on your finger. This drawing could be realistic or cartoonish-it depends on you. How would you like to expose yourself in a book? Any realistic drawing couldn't be <em>you exactly-</em>but it would be close. Books will have a change on our appearance just by this.
Books Vs Media!
Books and media sometimes connect in a way. You write a story and someone makes a movie from your story. Say the main character is "I". <em>You </em>are the main character in your story. Now if you drew yourself in a book realistic-like, and then the movie made you exactly what you drew, that would be the only change in your appearance. But if you drew yourself cartoon, and the movie made you realistic, then you've got your own change. Your appearance on books and your appearance on movies are their own change-movies might be realistic or cartoon, and your book would be completely opposite.
The Final Answer Is...
The final answer is yes, books can contribute to this problem.
Answer:
There was one morning, the sun was up, and it was a nice day outside and it was the first day of school. I put on my shoos and walked out of the door. I finally got to school and went to class. the class was well lit up and had the best scenery and there he was, my first friend it the whole school. As I looked at him he smiled and I knew we were going to be good friends. I finally decided to approach him and we started to talk. After our long conversation that lasted the whole class I realized I didn't take any notes. I left the class and headed to my second period. I open the door and then he walks in behind me. We spend the next 2 periods together and had a good time. we went to lunch and that's when it all happened. After we sit at our desks he tells me he is going to start a food fight. I beg him not to but he dose anyway. That's when it started he yelled "FOOD FIGHT" and I got mad at him. He did this everyday until that Friday when I asked him if he ever wanted to be friends in the first place. He said no and that is when I made even better friends than him. I personally think this was a good experience and it taught me that some of your friends aren't the best people.
Explanation:
I hope this is what you wanted.
It is not foolishness to believe that you can be whatever you want.
Every person is a unique individual with a different background and upbringing and thus this means you have different goals and aspirations. People's goals and aspirations can be similar or the same but just because two things are the same doesn't cancel them out.
Having realistic expectations are important when having goals and aspirations because naturally, you cannot become a unicorn or own the world.
Decide whether a media text has a misleading or manipulative bias, and look for value messages and biases in the text. Hope I helped :)
