Reading Inside The Book I’m sure we’re all heard the expression “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but most people don’t go by this expression. People tend to judge a person by their appearance and also by their race. People are not given the chance to show how they really are because they are being judged right away. I’ve seen so many people come across a person and say that the person looks unfriendly, without knowing a single thing about them. Then after getting to know them their thoughts about that person shifts completely. They start to say “he’s actually not that bad.” In reality they were never bad at all. I believe we should never judge a person by their outside appearance without knowing them completely because they might be going through a tough time, the person isn’t given the chance to show how they really are and someone’s happiness can be affected. Judging a person you don’t know is wrong in many ways especially because they may be going through a tough time in their life. Someone may act a certain way like for example, be extra quiet because they day isn’t going well for them. People automatically assume they are antisocial and something is entirely wrong …show more content…
We destroy their chances of showing the world who they really are and we also ruin other people’s happiness. If we had a lot of people who would stand up for this belief we could really make a difference. Like my communication Professor says, “It only takes one person to make difference.” As time passes by the older generation will soon understand and will start shifting their view on interracial couples. In 2015, this is something that occurs all the time now. We should always stand up for what we love and what we believe no matter what. I met someone the first day of college and he is the most interesting person I’ve ever met. I am willing to fight for what we have if it ever gets
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is what been told around and what most people still don’t do. How we decide how something is worth by just looking at it without getting to know someone or something even closer. John Steinbeck wrote a book in 1937 about two farm workers moving place to place trying to find their happiness. By going through things together and keeping each other’s hope by reminding one another about their motivation on even trying and ways how the farm workers, Lenny and George are more different than similar. Lenny and George are more different because of their maturity, their attitude towards Curley’s wife, and behavior.
All in all, there will always be people that will judge every move everyone else does in life just like the grandmother did in the story. As a result, people will just have to learn how to deal with it because if others decide to judge them they are probably doing something right. However, if you decide to judge someone else before you do it turn the critical eye on yourself and judge your personal life and ask yourself how is your life doing?
When it comes to homeless or people who have a disability they are quickly to be judge by
You can’t judge a person accurately based on their visual aspect alone. In the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, a man named Amadou Diallo is killed by the police due to bad judgment on his appearance. Diallo is approached by the police at midnight; Diallo is sitting on a porch, looking up a down the street. The police found this subspecies and one police officer think Diallo looks like a push in burglar that has been around. The police approach Diallo and this scares Diallo, he is an immigrant with not very good English; Diallo runs from the police to his home as he tries to enter the building, he reaches in his pocket and an officer yells “gun” and they unload their guns on Diallo. The police subsequently found he was reaching for his wallet. The police were in the wrong for chasing Diallo, they had no
Tal explained in the article how her family suffered in their early ages and escaped some of their problems, but when they entered a new country they were introduced to new conflicts that they eventually resolved by giving up some of their valuable time and also by teaching themselves to run a business that they have passed onto their granddaughter as a privilege. The argument of this article states that society will judge you in anyway possible because of the privileges you have, but remembering what Tal included in her article saying “My appearance certainly doesn’t tell the whole story, and to assume that it does and that I should apologize for it is insulting. ”(Fortgang 2014:16). As stated in this quote, a person’s appearance will never tell you their story, you will judge them for how they look, but that way is not the correct way to judge anyone, the only way to judge a person is to not judge them at all, because every person has challenges they have to face to become who they are today.
In a perfect world, everyone WOULD be judged based on the content of their character. But we do not live in a perfect world and humans have always pre-judged others based on physical and cultural differences. These are the first things we notice about a stranger, and first impressions are hard to forget. Racism and prejudice have caused us to make dire mistakes in the past, but we have learned from these mistakes and have bettered our society. However, society today is filled with stereotypes and prejudices about people of certain races. It is evident in all aspects of our lives, including media, culture, and even the legal system.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel explains greatly about a famous phrase that starts with “Don’t judge a book by its cover. People aren’t who they seem to be because most people have qualities that they hide/fake about. This theme is the most significant aspect in the novel. Boo Radley is a character that does a perfect example of hiding his lifestyle the people in Maycomb heard rumors about him being a monster. Atticus is also another great example. In the beginning of the book, Jem refuses to eat dinner until his dad, Atticus, promises him to play football. When Atticus does not tolerate to do that promise, Jem calls/consider him a boring dad. Mrs. Dubose is considered to be a cranky lady, but she is a whole different person. Out of all
There is no doubt that at some point in life, we have all been guilty of judging somebody before we really got to know them. Perhaps we judged them based on their weight, their gender, their hair color, their clothing style, or maybe even all of those things combined. We were guilty of making that person into yet another stereotype. Or perhaps we have been on the receiving end of that judgment, and we may not have known it. At some point, everyone has most likely been a stereotype in one way or another.
It seems to be a perennial feature of human society that individuals judge each other by using the language of similarity and difference. Some of these judgments are reasoned, taking into account the actual qualities of the individual being assessed. Too many of these judgments are superficial, presuming from the existence of one readily observable characteristic a whole host of unrelated characteristics. Assessment and prejudice should be very different activities, but too often human beings combine the two, muddling their understanding of other individuals and the world.
People always say never judged a person by their cover, yet some of us still do it without even trying sometimes. I have done this on multiple occasions without really trying to judge a person. I once had an experience where I was trying out for a new club team and I saw this girl who looked really mean and scary because of the expression on her face. I always thought if I ever talk to her she would be mean, but one practice we started to talk and she wasn’t at all the person I thought she ways. It turns out that she is a nice person who just takes soccer very seriously. This just shows that we can have a certain opinion on someone by their looks, but they may be completely opposite from the way they appear.There’s this book call “Freak the Mighty” which has a good way of showing the theme of not judging a person
Society tends to misjudge people base on their appearances instead of their personality. As it’s shown on Cyrano de Bergerac story everyone misjudges people. Cyrano was ashamed of the way he looked, especially with his enormous nose that made him stand out. People didn’t care if Cyrano got his feelings hurt they thought he was a cruel person. Its bad when people tends to misjudge people without even knowing them but they just judge them by their looks instead of their personality. People shouldn’t be ashamed of the way they look and it shouldn’t stop them from accomplishing their goals and express their feelings towards the people they like.
Why are people not judged by who they are but instead what they look like? People judge people without find out who they are, what are their values, or their upbringing. Instead, they are categorized as a particular type of people based on how they appear. In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay,”Trouble Makers” he tells of how wrongful generalizations are made on a group of people or things. While in Brent Staples essay,”Just Walk on By” he tells of his personal struggled being racially profiled as an African American man. Gladwell would respond to Staples argument that he is perceived unfairly due to the generalizations that are made towards Staples.
Many will judge someone based on the clothes they wear or the way they style their hair. This is a selfish way of making themselves feel better. People tend to try to bring people that are higher than them to their level by breaking them down and insulting them. This is a selfish way to make them feel worthy, and they don’t think about how their words could affect the other person. People also want others to act and be a certain way, but they don’t think that they should have to act in that way.
Judging others is bad and can cause other people to be lonely because their friends will hear about what their friend did and they won't be interested in them. They can judge by their color or they can just judge them even if they don't know who they are. People can judge others saying this person is mean because they are judging others because of color or other reasons.
The New Yorker, with 47 publications each year, often generates some debate. In July 2007, the literary magazine released its latest issue. The cover included the title, price, edition, and three differently dressed women sitting on a bench. The first woman’s face and body are covered, except for her eyes. The second, with long blonde hair, is wearing a halter top, short shorts, sunglasses, and flip flops. The third is wearing a tunic and veil. Our first impressions are often stereotypical, and we must look deeper than the cover. Immediately, different conclusions are drawn based on each woman’s appearance. Just from this magazine cover, we can assume different things about each individual: including her religion, self image, and family life.