Insecurities For Orual Analysis

People should be judged on their character and personality, instead of outward appearances. It is hard to feel handsome or pretty all of the time; picking out all of the insecurities. Feeling awkward and out of place in front of friends and family can be hard to deal with. Everyone can relate to the creature every once in awhile. The theme, “Beauty isn’t skin deep, it’s what’s inside that matters”, can be found throughout Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, when the blind old man enjoys the company of the creature, the creature yearns for a mate, and at the end of the story, the creature does weep for Victor when he dies.

These examples of dialogue show that it would be better to just stay an ugly. In other words, she should just be happy as she is instead because it is a smarter idea to keep her brain and memories as they are, rather than to change herself all for nothing but a better face.

Many are rich many are poor many have money many don’t. Have you ever had a moment where you did something selfish for desperation of money and karma hit you right back with a right hook?. And felt regret towards yourself. In the short story “Why, You Reckon” the author uses irony and dialogue, to show the audience that money can't buy happiness.

It somehow contains the concept of beauty, and in the story it's easy to notice that many man found this birthmark attractive, and so did Georgiana, but looking at her husband, who obviously hates this mark, she starts to believe that it's ugly. The beauty is very subjective; it was created by people, and can be changed by them. Thus, it is impossible to be perfect for there always will be those who can find flaws in any creature. Moreover, it is known that 'Perfection leaves no room for improvement". Thus, flaws are part of human beings, and the desire to go against it is

Orual is portrayed clearly as being ugly and constantly being called ugly by other people, including some that were close to her, like her father. This made Orual feel more and more insecure about her looks. This is something that Orual doesn’t want to have to deal with, so if she is veiled than no one can see her face, then they can’t recognize her ugliness. This builds up Orual’s confidence in herself and helps her interact further with people without the fear of them recognizing her ugliness. This also affects people Orual socializes with. People began to grasp other more important qualities in Orual, rather than her face. She realized that she was being treated different by men, that they thought she was beautiful based on other traits, besides her face. “From the very first (it began that night in the garden with Trunia) as soon as my face was invisible, people began to discover all manner of beauties in my voice.” (Lewis 228) This affects the way Orual interacts with people as a queen and in general because she has a newfound sense of confidence in herself while

He has made it his life’s mission to serve and protect the royal palace and the royal family. One member of this family in particular that he cares for is Orual. Orual is the King’s eldest daughter and is cursed with being rather ugly. Whereas this curse would turn most away from her, including her own father, Bardia looks past her physical appearance and sees much more in her. While training her to fight, Bardia defends Orual when another soldier mocks her looks. “’Why, yes, it’s a pity about her face. But she’s a brave girl and honest. If a man was blind and she weren’t the King’s daughter, she’d make him a good wife’”(92). Through this it is made clear the Bardia cares for Orual more than any other guard would. Bardia also crosses the boundaries of his professional duty many times to help Orual. Firstly, Bardia allows Orual to enter the room where Psyche is being held, even though he was ordered to not allow anyone entry. “’Curse it,’ said Bardia. ‘I can’t bear this.” There were tears in his own eyes now; he was a very tinder man. ‘I wouldn’t mind so much if the one weren’t so brave and the other so beautiful. Here! Lady! Stop it. I’ll risk my life, and Ungit’s wrath too’”(65). Bardia would risk not only

As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty, as we know it, is subjective to each individual. However, some individuals are primed to perceive beauty as deriving from physique, clothing, and accessories; neglecting more important traits such as honesty and kind-heartedness. Aaron Shephard portrays in his short story, “The Hidden One: A Native American Legend”, that neglecting such traits results in failure. Any woman who makes deceitful attempts at proving they’re capable of seeing the Great Hunter is cast away. Little Scarface’s unpleasant older sister would “hold[] her down and burn[] her arms and face with sticks from the fire” (Shepard 1) and lie to their father about it. She claimed to see the Hunter and lied about that as well. The mistreated little girl is stripped of having appealing clothing and, what some may consider, a beautiful face; yet, only with her pure soul intact, she ultimately succeeds. The image of beauty the author is attempting to paint for you is that physical appearance only gets you to the door; the Hidden One, symbolized as the prize, is obtained with a “good heart”, free from “jealous[y] and cruel[ty]”.

they could ever be. They were condemn by society for being ugly and they themselves succumb to that labeling. They never tried to rise above it and thus raised their children in the same manner. This created a feeling of self-hatred and worthlessness in their children especially their young daughter Pecola. From birth Pecola was said to be ugly by her mother and the poor child was never given a chance to ever establish herself: “But I knowed she was ugly. Head full of pretty hair, but Lord she was ugly.” (p.128) She was never loved but rather she was neglected and made to have self-contempt because she didn’t look like someone that her parents and society would love. She disliked herself so much that she started fantasizing, dreaming and praying that she was a pretty blue eyed girl whom her parents would love: “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sights—if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different….If she looked different, beautiful, maybe Cholly would be different, and Mrs. Breedlove too. Maybe they’d say, “Why, look at pretty-eyed Pecola. We mustn’t do bad things in front of those pretty eyes.” (p. 47)

Appearance does not portend everything, but in most cases, is the quality that is judged predominately. Cyrano is an astonishingly intelligent, and well-spoken man, but has unappealing looks. His appearance affects his self-confidence considering that he believes everyone looks at him as being an ugly individual. When Roxanne is explaining the man, she is in love with, Cyrano assumes she is explaining his characteristics, until she says “his face shines with wit and intelligence, he’s proud, noble, young, fearless, handsome…” (Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand, pg. 77). Cyrano hears that the man is handsome and loses all hope, because to himself he is not considered handsome. Having been judged about his physical features, his self-confidence is poor. Although, he believes his outer beauty decides on how people envision him, he is a very intelligent individual and has marvelous inside qualities, which many people recognize and respect. If only he could realize that his outer beauty is not nearly important as his inner beauty, maybe then he could see how important his strongest qualities are.

does not think of herself as pretty, but in fact she believes that she is ugly

The Talk, a humorous essay - with a serious message - by Gary Soto, shows the reader a small snippet into the lives of two boys who find themselves to be “ugly”. The twelve-year-olds elaborate on their ugliness, from the narrator's gangling arms to his pencil dot eyes. Later, they dream about their future; the kind of girl they want to marry, and what jobs they want. The narrator expresses that even though he’s ugly, he’ll have a beautiful wife, and she’ll have plenty of dresses. Toward the end of the piece, the boys watch a girl - not for the first time, mind you - through her bedroom window.

Mrs. Turpin does the same thing when she judges Mary Grace, a young woman, in the doctor’s waiting area “The poor girls face was blue with acne and Mrs. Turpin thought how pitiful it was to have a face like that at that age” (319). Mrs. Turpin refers to Mary Grace as the “ugly Girl” throughout the rest of the story.

Imagine this: you are 18 years old; you and your friends are together drinking. Suddenly, one of them passes out. You are too afraid to call the cops for fear of being arrested. Because you told no one, your friend did not get treated in time, and he or she died. This is exactly what happened to Brett Finbloom's friends in "To Tell or Not to Tell". The article, “To Tell or Not to Tell” by Mary Kate Frank, is full of statistics, true stories of people's lives, how they were affected, examples, and advice of why you should tell and what could happen if you don’t. Although some teenagers of “To Tell or Not to Tell” have argued that speaking up when you think you shouldn’t can ruin friendships, closer examination shows that speaking up can save people's lives.

In the story “Till We Have Faces,” CS Lewis retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche through the eyes of Psyche's older sister, Orual. Using the viewpoint of Orual gives a different view into the story since her relationship with the gods is nonexistent in the beginning. The gods have taken the only one she loves, Psyche, and Orual, ultimately, uses the book as a complaint aimed towards the gods because she is jealous. Throughout the story, there are many glimpses into the jealous nature of Orual. When we first see Orual, it seems that her jealousy is stemming from wanting to be as beautiful as Psyche and blaming the gods for her ugliness, however later on, after Psyche is taken from the gods, her jealousy seems to stem from Psyche no longer needing

Beauty undergoes a physical alteration essential for her negative transformation, due to her susceptibility to corruptibility. Since “she was learning at the end of her adolescence, how to be a spoiled child and that pearly skin of hers was plumping out, a little, with high living and compliments” (48–49). Beauty transformed into a snobbish woman who became obsessed with materialistic objects and her looks. Her epiphytic moment for redemption occurs when the spaniel is at the door, thinking the Beast has come to collect her. She acts as a supplementary element, who offers companionship to the Beast. She is a loyal hybrid figure, half human half beast and despite being, “[a] well brushed, jewelled dog” (49) she demonstrates human capacity for compassion,