Analysis Of ' Leaf By Niggle ' Through Niggle 's Journey

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius. Beauty has had a specific image or ideal for the past 100 years from the help of pop culture and advertisements that women are constantly viewing daily. We can go through the different ideas of beauty through idolized women in the past who were often considered to be the ideal beautiful. With the help of makeup and the aid of different styled clothing, women were able to fit in to form into the ideal beauty.

Beauty is often measured on the appearance and the aesthetic value of art. Often this is the case. Beauty can be on the outside and many artworks do this extremely well. However, what about the beauty on the inside or the beauty in the story behind it? Beauty in our modern world looks beyond the inside and sees only the outside beauty. People idolize "beautiful" people because that is what society is doing. Not only in people, but also

Dr.Kesiraju Ramprasad said that “Beauty isn't about having a pretty face. It is having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and most importantly a beautiful soul”. However, truthful the Doctors quote may be, it is often not what is viewed as important in real life situations. In society, beauty

The concept of beauty is shown to be highly valued in the story and the society that the story is set in. For example, Beauty chooses to marry the third and final man because he is a handsome scholar. Beauty is tricked into being pushed down a well because of beauty. “’Sister, come and look into the well. We will see which of us is the more beautiful’” (Lin Lan 129). They do not compare who is most skillful or who is the most intelligent; they value beauty so much that the concept is the only thing they decide to be compared on. The scholar, Beauty’s husband, is shown to also cherish beauty. He is horrified to see Pock Face instead of his beautiful wife and reacts very dramatically. “’Goodness! How changed you are! Surely you are not Beauty. My wife was never such a monster. Good Heavens!’” (Lin Lan 129). These examples serve as indicators of how much the characters, and therefore the story, are so intensely focused on the concept of physical

What really determines something to be beautiful. In Lucy Grealy’s narrative, “Mirrors”, she describes her journey of finding her own idea of beauty. As a child she had cancer in her face so she had surgery to remove but it caused her face to be deformed. Consequently, she was bullied because of the way she looked, which caused her self esteem to lower immensely. As a result, she had undergone many surgeries and even went as far as to travel to another country to try and fix her face. Therefore, as she gets older she not only alters herself physically but mentally. She finally realizes that how people see us should not influence how we view ourselves not only physically but mentally as well. So she decides to never look at a mirror because she feels she does not have to to know what she looks like anymore. She finally accepted the way she looks and started focussing on her personal well being and recognizes that's what is actually important. Society has a critical impact on the way we see ourselves because of the way social media shows us that we should look a certain way, people telling us we should look a certain way, your negative thoughts about how you look, and how society determines your value based on looks.

Their aspect of beauty is called “Antiquity” which is the combination of kalos, which is beautiful, and agathos, which is honest and virtuous. Concluding only people who are honest and handsome are considered attractive. While, the Christians put the emphasis on inner beauty, the beauty of the soul and its virtues. Physical beauty has negative connotation with “vanity, lust, and corruption of the flesh (Dürrigl, 209)”, according to Dürrigl, “The more beautiful someone was, the greater danger there was for them losing their souls (209).” Furthermore in Medieval Times, the concept of beauty was dominated by certain philosophical-theological ideas on the relationship of the body with the soul.

Reference: Roger McMichaels. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark, 1995. The quoted material is taken from page

know beauty in any form"(86). We are so conditioned to see female beauty as what men

Beauty is seen as one of the most important aspects of an individual as it the first characteristic someone notices about a person. Some are treated differently due to his or her aesthetically pleasing or displeasing face and is most evident in the book Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis that takes place approximately in the time period 700 to 450 B.C. In the novel Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis the three central female characters, Orual, Psyche, and Redival, are all regarded to differently based on their physical appearances and this attitude is prevalent in modern society.

In the 14th century the word beauty was known as “physical attractiveness,” also “goodness courtesy,” from Angelo French beute. Beauty was once known as how someone looks to

People define beauty in many different ways, some people say beauty is based on the outwards appearance while others believe it’s what’s on the inside that makes people beautiful. I say beauty is a mixture of both outward appearance and what’s on the inside, however I do believe what’s on the inside has a bigger role in beauty then appearance. In The Odyssey Calypso holds Odysseus captive for seven years and while she is beautiful on the outside, even Odysseus admits she is more beautiful than his own wife, she is ugly because she keeps him there to please herself. Calypso knows he wants to go home to his Ithaca and family but keeps him against his will, intern this makes her ugly because if you are truly caring no matter how it hurts you,

Mankind has always been fascinated by the afterlife. In light of this fascination, it is no surprise that two Christian authors, both known for their fantasy literature, wrote imaginative accounts of the metaphysical: “Leaf by Niggle”, by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Great Divorce, written by C.S. Lewis. Although the works are similar in their vivid imagery and creative imaginings, they are markedly different in style and in the characters they use to develop their story. Both authors create two distinct worlds that are somewhere between Heaven and Hell and both offer beautifully descriptive accounts of these worlds. However, Tolkien’s style is quiet and meditative while Lewis writes with clarity and boldness. Tolkien limits his examination to two main characters while Lewis studies many characters.

There were numerous allegorical elements in Leaf by Niggle that made the story fun to read and very interesting. One element was that Niggle had dedicated his life in trying to create the beautiful pictures that he had formed in his head. He had already created a landscape in his mind's eye, yet he would get stuck on perfecting a single leaf and could not continue the project. This element shows that, in life, we should always pursue our dreams and reach for the stars, but we will not always be able to achieve everything perfectly; it is not possible in our human state. Another element that was shared was the idea that Niggle needed to prepare for this journey that he had to take; he found it "distasteful", but he knew that he would have to go on this trip, sooner or

Beauty sets standards for society through appearance, especially in younger generations due to use of social media and picture editing. “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder” is a saying that has been around for ages (Plato, n.p.). It is an accurate phrase because of contrasting views within particular individuals. Beauty is present in the good deeds of community members as well as the unity exhibited through dreadful events. It is a flower bud breaking through the dirt into the fresh, spring air. To clarify how beauty is viewed, it is often times the exposure of evil accounting for the new appreciation of something beautiful. After recognizing the privileges we acquire, the existence of beauty is revealed and expressed more easily. In current society, appreciating beauty is substantial to

The definition of beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty has negative and positive influences on mostly people. Beauty is described by the inside and outside of us. Due to beauty, our self-esteem has been hurt dramatically, especially towards girls. Beauty is not always about our outside looks but it’s about our inside personality also.