Snapshot of a Daughter-in-Law by Adrienne Rich and End Zone by Don DeLillo use negative diction and imagery to describe their thoughts on feminism and postmodernism. Rich uses negative diction and imagery to describe a woman who has adapted to the world's opinion of what a woman should be and what women should do in the home. DeLillo uses negative diction to describe Myna after she conforms to the beauty of the day. Rich introduces ideas about how household chores create a burden on women physically and emotionally. DeLillo also uses Myna to describe what she thinks about the world's view of beauty and notions for women. If women are told that they are only worth what they look like and what they do and not what they think, nothing will ever truly change. Rich stated that his daughter-in-law had “hair the color of henna, skin like peach buds” ( Rich 568 line 2), and shaved her legs until they “glow like petrified mammoth tusks” (570 lines 50-51); Rich illustrates the “beauty” of these women in an unattractive way. Women use henna to dye their hair, and this phrase implies some of the unnatural things a woman does to keep her hair colored without any gray in it. Peach buds are hairy on the outside, and shaving your legs to make them shine like mammoth tusks, so you're not as hairy as a peach, doesn't look attractive. People tend to give a lot of importance to beauty. Almost all fictional stories feature a beautiful woman who is saved by a strong man, and this influences people from when they are young and throughout their lives. From childhood fairy tales that make girls wish for a Prince Charming to generic romantic films that make adult women wish for a perfectly sculpted body for that unrealistically perfect man, society presents us with the image of a...... middle of paper.. .... said she was happier when she didn't think about what others thought of her. She conforms to what others think she should be and ignores the things that make her happy. The idea that you do everything because certain people in the world expect you to is ridiculous. People should be able to think whatever they want, but they should be careful. Rich at one point stated, "neither the words nor the music are his... adapted based on the reflection of an eye." While women have come a long way, as a group women are still not that way. While feminism and postmodernism don't go together perfectly, they both question the way people are raised and the way they live their lives. Work cited DeLillo, Don. Final area. Baskerville: Houghton Mufflin Company, 1972. Print.Rich, Adrienne. Snapshot of a daughter-in-law. Np: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., n.d. 568-72. Press.