Nancy Reagan Thesis

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It does not matter if you are the President of the United States or if you are living off of few crumbs, everyone has battles to face. Some problems are publicized, others are internally present. Life is not perfect. Nor is it meant to be. Some people are facing different problems such as mental illness, physical defects, domestic violence, death of loved one, and even more. Focus on being grateful even in the most atrocious circumstances; this is the message Nancy Reagan wanted to tell to the constituents of America. Nancy Reagan, being a Republican, expressed her devoting to religion in the most difficult times. Some people go out of their way to make another life miserable. For this, I’m assuming that she abides by this quote: “God doesn’t …show more content…

expected, and the lows were much lower. While I loved being the first lady, my eight years with that title were the most difficult years of my life. Both of my parents died while Ronnie was president, and my husband and I were both operated for cancer. Before we had even settled in, Ronnie was shot and almost killed. Then there was the pressure of living under the intense scrutiny of the media, and the frustration of frequently being misunderstood. Everything I did or said seemed to generate controversy” (1-2). Nancy Reagan formatted the book so that book would start off with the terrible this that happened while she was in the White House. She probably did it gain sympathy within a few pages so that the reader would be interested in learning more. All the events she said were accurate and factual information, so she uses it to tell the readers that “look at what happend to me, but I still preserved and continued with my life.” Starting the book in this manner, enables the reader to see the no matter how high, big, or famous someone gets, they will always have problems and just because they do not tell you about it or keep it a secret does not mean that they live perfect lives. Nancy Reagan said that the reason why the shooting occured in the first place is because of movies which “make a powerful impact impression on people’s minds -especially the minds of people who may be unbalanced. I think …show more content…

People think that making a movie “Rated R” will solve the problem, but the human brain does not fully develop at the age of 18. So when a mind that is still immature is watching violent scenes it going to have a significant impact on them. I feel like she is trying to send a message that there should be a law that Rated R movies should be for even older audiences. Throughout the book I feel like she gave subtle hints that some of the laws in place need to be altered. Not only for what should be considered as the suitable audience to watch certain types of movies, but also media coverage and its relations with privacy rights. Due to the way she talks about the media, I personally feel that she did not have a bad outlook on the way media presented information until she became the first lady, because she described it as one of the struggles she faced as she was under constant supervision by them. She felt that her civil rights and civil liberties were violated in the terms of privacy rights and never could take a “breather” from the cameras. She felt

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