In recent years, beauty has been classified into two main concepts, inner and outer beauty. Outer beauty refers to the good quality of physical appearance while inner beauty refers to the personal traits or talents which are not straightforward to observe from the appearance. And there are lots of discussion arguing which is more important to a human being. People with outer beauty could make a great first impression on the others while people with inner beauty could have a long-lasting and impressive personal image imprinted on others’ mind which is more critical to the individual. This will be asserted by comparing the persistence, attractiveness and the treatment received from the others of the inner and outer beauty indicating inner beauty is more significant to a human being.
For the persistence of the beauty, inner beauty helps an individual to gain a good and long-lasting recognition which is more crucial to a human being. According to an article from HubPages, it shows that inner beauty could follow an individual all his life. It mentions an example that our grandmothers were old and wrinkled but her love to us are long-lasting(“Inner beauty vs. outer beauty”, 2014). Another example could be easily found from daily life and they are our mother. Although their physical appearance is fading away with time, their kindness and manners rooted deeply in our mind. Both of the examples indicated that a long-established personal image could be built up from the inner beauty
Beauty can be defined in different ways: Beauty describes how anything in perspective like a face, an object, an action is adorable or pleasant. Beauty also refers to the person’s character, personality, or intellect. This topic of beauty affects all because in today’s culture, society judges appearances independently and seems to completely ignore what is portrayed inside of the person. In the essay, “A Woman’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?” Susan Sontag explains that for women, beauty is an occupation that they have to keep to maintain their financial situation.
The author also describes how much appearance is important to us. In what point of time did we allow our society to tell us what is and is not beautiful. People worried about what others would say or losing friends because their teeth are not perfect or they are not skinny enough. Your appearance should not take away from the person you are on the inside. We entrust dentist and plastic surgeons to cause pain to our bodies to meet societies expectations of beauty and spend thousands in the
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Is it worth losing your inner beauty, to have a pretty body image for an alternative? The famous best-selling author Mandy Hale states that “Outer beauty pleases the eye however inner beauty captivates the heart” (Mandy Hale). In the novel Uglies written by Scott Westerfeld, the protagonist; Tally Youngblood, is blinded by the society she lives in that impacts her perspective on her body image. To begin with, Tally goes through a significant development that alters her mind set. Moving on, the time period and locations that take place in the novel assists on exposing Westerfeld’s prominent overall message.
Does appearance make up who you are? The short story “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus tells us a story about a girl named Louise, who struggles to fit into society's standards of the ideal image of a female body. Throughout the story, Dubus displays the mental and physical challenges Louise has to face. In our modern society, being pretty is essential to survive. Having such privileges mirrors who you are and your personality.
A person’s outer beauty will only mask the ugliness of their personality for so long. When their looks begin to fade the people around them will view the monster that lurked underneath the skin. (F.O.S) Inner beauty, however, shines through the skin and manifests itself into the surrounding world. The Japanese gardens throughout the book personifies the fact that inner beauty matters more than skin-deep beauty ever
In the essay What Meets the Eye, Daniel Akst argues that look or beauty does matter in the daily life, that is, people’s life can be largely influenced or even controlled by look. Through reading Akst’s essay, I completely understand how people have different perspectives of others, as many people pay attention to and worry about how they look in the daily life. And people tend to judge others by their beauty or looks to a large extent. Akst’s ideas quite conform to and reinforce Paglia’s points that pursuing and maximizing one’s attractiveness and beauty is a justifiable aim in any society, and that good surgery discovers reveals personality. Both of them hold the idea that beauty plays an important role in people’s life and it is significant to enhance one’s beauty and attractiveness.
In Rachel Simmons article “Selfies Are Good for Girls”, she claim that self portrait increases the self-esteem level of teenage girls as their conscious narcissism rises. She assert that as girls get older their confidence level decreases because stereotyping in society increases along with judging people based on their outer appearances. To show addition, Simmons’s say if girls “act too confident” they will be isolated. She claim that young women denied compliments with intense rejection because they want to hear more of the compliments. Simmons emphasis that “selfie is tiny pulse of girl pride - a shout-out to the self.
“Social relationships are central to human well-being and are critically involved in the maintenance of health” (Andrew Steptoe). And while some are able to cope, in many instances the majority of extreme isolation cases has caused more harm than good. In short story “55 Miles to the Gas Pump” by Annie Proulx, clearly shows the mental and physical effects of living in an isolated area and what it can do to unstable lonely minds. Common sense, the most vital rule taught since birth are easily neglected. Stated in article "Solitary Confinement.", one of the most important reasons why, “Extreme solitary confinement combines physical and emotional discomfort…A factor that psychologists argue is a major factor in driving people to insanity” (Ed.
According to Britton (2012), last 2008, YWCA USA developed a report Beauty at Any Cost wherein they discuss the consequences of beauty obsession of every woman in America. It shows that beauty obsession results from a decrease in the level of self-esteem. It also gives a problem to the Americans because it’s also putting a dent in their pockets. It states that because of those cosmetics many people have decreased the level of self-esteem because of those cosmetics.
One of the categories in being the ideal woman is being conventionally beautiful because, according to the media, a significant portion of a woman’s self-worth rests in appearance. This can be seen through women’s magazines in particular, which promote altering one’s appearance leads to the significant improvement of one’s “love life and relationships, and ultimately, life in general” (Bazzini 199). Therefore, the media presents a direct relationship with beauty and success: the more attractive a woman is, the better her life will be. Thus, a woman must the take initiative to look beautiful in order to be successful. Through the repetitive exposure of the same type of image in the media, what society considers beautiful often resembles a definitive checklist.
Beauty in Beauty in the Beast is also known for her beauty not only in her family but in people that knew her. In the classic tale Beauty is the youngest sister and she is described as “far prettier and cleverer than they were” (pg. 3 Villeneuve). In Cupid and Psyche, Psyche’s beauty is also known and is often
Claudia recognizes that if we conform to the Western standard of beauty, we may gain beauty but only at the expense of others. However, Claudia learns to love Shirley Temple; Claudia “learned much later to worship her” (Morrison, page 16) This suggests that the idea of beauty is something that is learned and not natural or
The narrator claims, that beauty is essential to give us a purpose of life. It has the ability to transform our surroundings, and get us to a higher spiritual level. He explores
Nudes should be “ideal beauty” which differs not only from man to man, but from time to time. Therefore, he thinks that nudes will be a permanent factor