As people in today's culture, it's really hard to see past what's on the outside
of people. We are taught by the media that physical beauty, strength, and
fashion are everything. It's hard not to obsess over the way we look or be
automatically attracted to people whose physical appearance we find appealing.
My family has always taught me that what's on the inside matters more, but in
today's society, that's a hard truth to hold onto. However, I found a reminder
of this in an unlikely place-The Mortal Instruments series.
In The
Mortal Instruments series, there is something called "glamour." It helps
disguise magical objects and people so that ordinary humans don't recognize them
for what they are. It can be used to make a dilapidated
building appear
beautiful or vice versa. It can also be used on humans and mythical creatures.
Faeries in this series are not like the ones we normally think about.
They are not at all like Tinker Bell! They are part angel, part demon, so they
are very deceiving and tricky. When the main characters of the book make a trip
to faerie territory, Clary (the main character) sees some of the faeries
dancing. At first, they appear beautiful and very appealing to her. However,
when she looks closer she sees how deceitful their beauty is and how ugly they
really are. The glamor made them appear to be something they were not.
This is often the situation in everyday life. People have a good way of putting
on a front for others and letting them see only the parts they want others to
see. Also, many times, a beautiful outside can temporarily cover up unattractive
qualities inside. This is why it is so important to not "judge a book by its
cover," so to speak. It's much more important to make sure that you get to know
someone for who they truly are rather than what's merely on the surface. More
importantly, this should encourage us all to strive to be beautiful on the
inside. Beauty is fleeting, but the core of who a person truly is does not fade
with time and is not changed by cheap deceptions on the outside.
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