Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Conflict Demonstration - Persuasive Essay
Take a few minutes to really think - How often to you look in the mirror, or wonder how
you look every second of the day? Individuals focus their attention of their life more to looks
than their family, health, schooling, jobs, etc. Being beautiful and looking youthful is all that
should matter anymore. It is indeed a fact that most people feel at their best when they
receive complements daily on their hair, makeup, and weight. Turns out this sense of mind
didn’t start with our generation. It started before the 1900’s.
The Picture of Dorian Gray published in 1891 by Oscar Wilde, has an unusual conflict
dealing with beauty and age. Dorian Gray, having promised his soul in order to live a life of
perpetual youth, must try to reconcile himself to the bodily decay and dissipation that are
recorded in his portrait. Dorian’s dream was to live a life to always be beautiful and look
youthful. This was not a problem to him until he became face to face with love and reality.
Dorian tries to run from the ugliness of age throughout his life. He runs from it, but he is
also fascinated with it, obsessively coming back again and again to look at the signs of age in
the portrait.
It is believed people are often judged at an early age about what their hair looks like and
what clothes they are wearing. This will only follow them throughout their entire life. It
starts in junior high: Sam is wearing a green sweater with a brown skirt, Melanie will be sure
to let Sam know how she feels about that, which will only cause hurt and cause Sam to be self
conscious. This will follow her throughout high school and college. Once she becomes in her
30’s after having kids and is starting to bring on the old wrinkles, Sam will find herself to
wonder what people are thinking.
Dorian was not about to let anyone see his true beauty, for him, his life would be over if
that happened. Dorian did live with this portrait for years and he would be sure to check it
very often, to figure out how he could change it and see how his ugliness has increased on the
portrait. Once Dorian has had enough with this, he finally broke down and decided to try to
kill the picture, which killed himself.
Trying to kill an image of yourself will end up killing you inside. Everyone is beautiful
inside and out, no matter what you hear or think.
you look every second of the day? Individuals focus their attention of their life more to looks
than their family, health, schooling, jobs, etc. Being beautiful and looking youthful is all that
should matter anymore. It is indeed a fact that most people feel at their best when they
receive complements daily on their hair, makeup, and weight. Turns out this sense of mind
didn’t start with our generation. It started before the 1900’s.
The Picture of Dorian Gray published in 1891 by Oscar Wilde, has an unusual conflict
dealing with beauty and age. Dorian Gray, having promised his soul in order to live a life of
perpetual youth, must try to reconcile himself to the bodily decay and dissipation that are
recorded in his portrait. Dorian’s dream was to live a life to always be beautiful and look
youthful. This was not a problem to him until he became face to face with love and reality.
Dorian tries to run from the ugliness of age throughout his life. He runs from it, but he is
also fascinated with it, obsessively coming back again and again to look at the signs of age in
the portrait.
It is believed people are often judged at an early age about what their hair looks like and
what clothes they are wearing. This will only follow them throughout their entire life. It
starts in junior high: Sam is wearing a green sweater with a brown skirt, Melanie will be sure
to let Sam know how she feels about that, which will only cause hurt and cause Sam to be self
conscious. This will follow her throughout high school and college. Once she becomes in her
30’s after having kids and is starting to bring on the old wrinkles, Sam will find herself to
wonder what people are thinking.
Dorian was not about to let anyone see his true beauty, for him, his life would be over if
that happened. Dorian did live with this portrait for years and he would be sure to check it
very often, to figure out how he could change it and see how his ugliness has increased on the
portrait. Once Dorian has had enough with this, he finally broke down and decided to try to
kill the picture, which killed himself.
Trying to kill an image of yourself will end up killing you inside. Everyone is beautiful
inside and out, no matter what you hear or think.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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