When I was younger, I always compared myself with my friends. My best friend throughout childhood was a beautiful blonde girl with blue eyes, I always wished I looked like her. I even dyed my hair lighter a few times in my life because I thought it would make me more attractive. When I got older, a close friend of mine dressed in a very unique way. Her style was a combination of punk and preppy. It's hard to imagine but there was a phase in 7th grade when I wanted to get purple highlights and be more like her and Avril Lavigne. In 8th grade because of another friend, I tried to love rap, luckily I stopped doing that. Later, I desired to be like my friend who was a photographer. However, unlike the previous times, I found myself really into it. Falling in love with that type of art and continuing to do it even when she quit, made me who I am. This was the moment I realized that I am, who I am. It seemed as if I finally understood the old nursery rhyme, "I am special. I am me." In 9th grade, I no longer tried to be like my friends, in fact I decided to dedicate myself to my own style and ideas. I think that I tried to be more like my friends for too long because of the media. In other words, I loved playing with barbies until the age of 9 or so (this is why I might have wanted to be blonde and blue eyed), Avril Lavigne was popular when I wanted to be a punk, rap music was everywhere when I tried liking it and I started liking photography because I followed different blogs on the net. However, now that I understand that being unique is more important than being like one of your friends or someone in the media, I can finally and confidentially utter after my favorite Sesame Street line, "Yea I know, it may sound sappy but it makes me very happy, yes I am really, really glad I am me"
I Am Glad I am Me
No one looks
The way I do.
I have noticed
That it's true.
No one walks the way I walk.
No one talks the way I talk.
No one plays the way I play.
No one says the things I say.
I am special.
I am me.
There's no one else
I'd rather be!
Sesame street refererence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E9NSeBocfDY
This advertisement is very sexist. The person who made the add chose a pretty girl with a baby face to promote innocence and beauty. Next to it they wrote, "You know you are not the first," this in a way plays a role with the position of women in society. In other words, it seems as if the advertiser is saying, "You know you are not the first who will sleep with this girl, but do you really care?" I believe that the way it relates to the BMW logo is by the idea that if you drive a BMW you will get girls who are young and beautiful, they might not be virgins but does it matter? According to BMW, you can get any girl with their new car, so does it matter how you treat women? Not in this case. 
This advertisement is basically telling you that your teeth are not white enough. It tries to make you feel insecure about your smile, so you buy their gum thinking that it will actually improve your smile rather than ruin your teeth. Out of my years of experience with dentists, I have never heard any of them tell me that I should chew more gum to whiten my teeth.
Although I absolutely love Apple, especially IPods', I have to admit that they know how to sell their product well. They try to show you that without an IPod, your life is boring and you don't have a lot of exciting things going on. However, once you get an IPod you start dancing around and having fun because Apple can solve all your problems. If you have ever ridden any public transportation, you have probably noticed how depressed all the people wearing headphones look. They usually just stare down and ignore everything around them, rather than dance around and have fun. Yet, if you ask Apple without their product your life will be boring and generic. If you want to improve it, buy an IPod. 
This pepsi advertisement is basically showing you that you are not sporty enough. Yet, if you start drinking Pepsi, you will start to play like a real football star. You will be cool, sporty and happy and people will love you. Although, in reality unless your stomach really hurts you probably shouldn't be drinking Pepsi just for fun. It is a known fact, that Pepsi results all kind of health issues. 
Durex is a condom company that will do anything to promote birth control so people buy their products. At the specific ad here, we see a child's sit which means that if you have a child you will have to spend a lot of money. In a way it tells you that having kids is expensive so it's not worth it. Bellow it shows a Durex label with the tag $2,50. It tells you that it's much cheaper to buy a condom than latter spend money on baby expenses. 
