Working Outline
Introduction paragraph: Personally, I believe that beauty is found on the inside, which is contrary to what most of society believes. Society finds beauty in what they can see with their own eyes rather than the meaning or story behind the object or person itself.
Thesis: Beauty is something that every person in society views differently and has their own perspective on. I feel as though the people in today’s society do not look for the deeper meaning behind the things that they find beautiful. Instead of forming a background on the reason for something that they find beautiful, people in today’s society tend to just judge a book by its cover.
Claim: Most people in today’s society seem to have the stereotypical idea about what they consider to be beautiful. Instead of creating their own opinions people tend to just go with the flow as to what society considers to be beautiful.
Quote: “To regard beauty as a luxury adornment or a social signifier was to miss the true potential of the experience.”
Claim: You, yourself, get to decide what you consider to be beautiful. You are able to control the emotions you have towards something, and you can either be persuaded by society or form your own opinion.
Quote: “the idea that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.”
Claim: You should always think about the bigger picture behind what you find to be beautiful.
Quote: “If we want to understand beauty, we can’t just talk about things we find beautiful. We have to talk about our lives.”
Claim: Most people today don’t seem to think that something other than an object or person could be considered beautiful. A story is able to be beautiful as well to.
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Claim: Beauty can be tied in with empathy.
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You are off to a good start. A couple questions that may help you hone your paper’s focus. When you begin your conversation with the truism that beauty is on the inside–will you answer the question–beauty is on the inside of what? This truism implies that you will be writing about how most people judge PEOPLE based on their looks, but I’m assuming that you are going to write about other sources of beauty, as well.
I also want you ask you to revisit how Armstrong uses the truism (beauty is in the eye of the beholder) in his essay. Consider adding a “so-what” to your exploration. What is the result of the fact that many people approach life with different sources of beauty?