From the anthology, "A Closer Look", we get a taste of writing from many modern authors. From the numerous essays, one of the essays that I liked best was "Stomping Out a Dread Scourge" by Barbara Ehrenreich. This is my favorite essay, because the author truly confronts its topic directly without reserves. "Once we understand that small breasts are a "disease," it's easier to see why Dow Corning and others rushed so breathlessly to get …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…the reader to the main character, such that one can actually feel the different emotions that the main character is going through. Works Cited: Didion, Joan. "The Woman's Movement." A Closer Look. Eds. Sidney Dobrin and Anis Bawarshi. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2003. 84-89. Dobrin, Sidney and Anis Bawarshi, eds. A Closer Look. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. Ehrenreich, Barbara. "Stomping Out a Dread Scourge." A Closer Look. Eds. Sidney Dobrin and Anis Bawarshi. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2003. 153-155.