The Book as a Whole Just like any other famous quote, “you can’t judge a book by its cover” has a different meaning for every person. In today’s society, starting at a very young age people are prone to judging. If someone looks different than you think they should look, or if people act a little different than what you consider “normal” that person will be judged in a blink of an eye. Children have more pressure on them at younger ages, from a fear of being judged by their peers. When I think about the quote, “don’t judge a book by its cover” my mind compares that to getting a very small present at Christmas that you want to open last. You think that the object inside won’t be anything big or even close to what you asked for. But then, when …show more content…
You also don’t know what you could find in a person and what special talents they have when you get to know them, just like the opening big box. Studies show that the first thing you judge a person by is their physical appearance (www.quora.com). What a lot of people don’t understand is you may not like what you see at first in the person on the outside, because they don’t have the same style as you, or they may look like they have had a rough day. My Mom has always told me you have guardian angles here on earth come in all shapes, sizes and forms. I have also always kept this in the back of my mind before I judge someone. You never know if that person could end up making the biggest impact on your life one …show more content…
Not being kind and judging people comes straight from learned behavior. At a younger age, children see and hear their family members talking about people and judging them. I had to have this talk with my now ten year old cousin at the beginning of her second grade year. Two little girls would constantly make fun of her because her hair was still a little green from the chlorine in the swimming pool. A week later, they were all three paired up together for a project. The two little girls opened the cover of my cousin’s book, and found out how sweet of a person she was
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
It is an acquired mannerism to judge. One is not born knowing to critic a person for how they look. With time as a person grows they pick up on judging on a...
Everyday you make judgements. Whether you realize it or not, you make a subconscious judgement whether it is based on what you have heard, or what you have seen. These judgements aren’t always meant to be cold, but often there are subjects that cause people to make harsh and stern judgements. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston uses the character of Janie to show how people judge others by what they’ve seen and heard about their social status and appearance and not by what’s inside.
The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is a story of a (disobedient) little girl and her group of kids who were bundled up one summer day to go with Miss Moore to a toy store. Sylvia and her cousin Sugar are with Fat Butt, Rosie Giraffe, Mercedes, Q. T., Junebug, and Flyboy, not their real names but nicknames given to them by Sylvia. The names came from their most obvious feature, Fat Butt for his liking for food, Mercedes for her fancy tastes, Q. T., is the youngest, and Rosie Giraffe is always ready to kick asses. One may guess Sugar is for her being the exact opposite of sourly Sylvia.
The first quote I have chose is a quote by Aarnold Nicolson, “We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideas; others by their acts.” Nicolson bluntly stated the truth. We know our stories and our past experiences. We know every reason behind every action we perform, and the emotions behind the reason. Whereas with others we tend to only see the action performed. My personal experience with this has to do with my siblings. I have a younger brother and a younger sister. I’ve always seen them act quite childish, and I often get irritated by their
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. People go on and on about how they wish that others would be nicer or more helpful, yet they themselves are rude, inconsiderate, and could care less about other peoples problems.
There are two types of people in this world, the first ones are, the people who doesn't really like reading books because most of them doesn't have pictures on it, and they find it extremely boring. Then the other type of people, who simply gets lost into their book every time they read, because they just simply love reading. Some of them even say that when they're reading, it is taking them to a different world that only their imagination can create. That is why some people consider their books as their most priced possessions, because of how much it means to them and also some books can be rather pricey. Indeed, books can really be expensive, however, you might be too astonished when you see the following books, because they're considered
A common axiom that many people forget is to “not judge a book by its cover.”
Some people are worried about what other people might think of them so much that it controls their actions. I don’t let what other people think of me dictate my actions. When I was younger I did care about what my peers thought of me and I believe that everyone cares what other people think of them, but to a point. Pursuing this further, when I was younger I didn’t really have a chance to care about the approval of my peers. This is because I was always with my sisters and my best friend and closed myself off to basically everyone else. In my life, my self-esteem, confidence, and self-respect was always an inward awareness rather than an outward experience. I feel like people as a whole are constantly trying to prove themselves, to compete with one another and be better, smarter, stronger, and more skilled than one another. In my opinion, a lot of people’s self-esteem is based on this perception of
tells us not that you can't tell a book by its cover. From him saying this I
In every bookstore across America, people are faced with the tough question of what book should be bought. There are millions of books resting on shelves everywhere but what makes a reader pick up a novel to buy and read? Looking at book covers people can get ideas about what type of book is in their hands. Most books grab their audience by the way that they look on the outside. Many different authors and publishers choose famous works of art or use book reviewer’s comments to grab a specific audience for their book. When children are looking for books, they choose a book because of what is on the cover. Parents can view the cover as appropriate for their child. It is the cover that initially grabs the attention. Even as children grow up and begin reading books with few to no pictures, it is still the cover that says what kind of book it is.
Many people feel that you can tell a lot about a person by observing what they wear and what they eat. This is not the case. Choice of clothing and eating habits, in no way, allow you to pass judgment on a person. Judging people based on these factors is extremely shallow. What one wears and eats in no way depicts character, behavior, or even intelligence. One simply cannot know a person by looking at them and observing what they eat. Such a thought is ridiculous.
Children have been seen to act in a free manner, worrying mostly about themselves, over time learning to consider other’s views and feelings when completing an action. Typical adult actions, however, are almost entirely controlled by thoughts and feelings aware of the world around them. Children act on impulses, while adults have been mentally trained to act against these impulses, acting in a way to appear acceptable in their society, generally. There is a lot of pressure on adults to conform to act a certain way, as there is for children, but only adults feel this pressure. Children are somewhat aware of what they can get away with, as figuring this out is one of the basic ways they learn how to act. By the time they reach adulthood they understand what is acceptable at what times and what is not. Whether they conform to these standards or not is their choice, but they are aware of the fact that the standards do exists. Others around them know that they are aware of this, and have expectations, increasing the pressure to act that way. Children aren’t expected to be as aware, and other’s expectations are lower for them, allowing children more freedom under this pressure. So as children act on their impulses and learn what is acceptable, they begin to understand how to control their actions. This knowledge is always present in their actions as they become adults, as they now wear the pressure of conformity with every step they
Children grow up and move into teenage lifestyles, involvement with their peers, and how they look in other peoples eyes start to matter. Their hormones kick in, and they experience rapid changes in their minds, and bodies. They also develop a mind of their own, questioning the adult standards and need for their parental guidance. By trying new values and testing ideas with peers there is less of a chance of being criticized. Even though peer pressure can have positive effects, the most part is the bad part.
“Do not judge the book by its cover”. This is a very famous quote. But is really personal appearance not essential? (Elmer, n.d.).