Rosy believes that "fat is beautiful" and has a steady diet of fried chicken, french fries, and cheeseburgers. tanya believes that "thin is in" and uses vomiting and laxatives as a way to keep her weight down. both girls exhibit what psychologists call:

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.