Captain America In A Turban Analysis

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Many individuals are being judged for who they want to be. Whether or not, if they are themselves, they are criticized because of how people want them to be like others in society. However, Vishavjit Singh wrote an article called “Captain America in a Turban” where he is terrorized for what he wears on the streets of New York. Another writer named Caitlin Seida wrote an article called “My Embarrassing Picture Went Viral” where she is verbally attacked for what she wears for Halloween. On that note, Singh and Seida are distinctive in many ways. They wear these ensembles for different reasons; society responds to them wearing the outfits differently and also of how they view their overall experience different. Singh and Seida go out in public wearing the costumes for different reasons. Singh goes out in public to demonstrate that not only an American with a nice body figure can wear this costume. However, Seida wears an outfit just to go to a party and that picture is exposed to the world. In the movies, society sees this character with a perfect body in this costume, unlike this skinny guy wearing the suit but also with a turban. He wants to show society that anyone can wear …show more content…

Singh has gotten many positive comments more than negative. As of Seida, she mostly got negative comments because of her weight. Singh walks on the streets of New York and while passing bystanders, he is getting positive comments that makes him feel accomplished on what he is trying to say based on this suit. That day is the Puerto Rican day and people yelled: “hey check out Captain America”. They also hustled over to take pictures with him. Seida picture goes viral and she is getting many negative comments about her weight such as “what a waste of space”. Social media always has a negative effect on embarrassing pictures which made her lose confidence in herself. Otherwise, society reacts to them

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