Judging More Than What's In Front.

It's a hassle to find the perfect dress, the pefrect shoes, the perfect swimsuit. It's even tougher to have the perfect body or the perfect hair, but you'd be amazed. As a little girl my mom was a really big fan of putting me in pageants, but you know as a 6 or 7 year-old you really don't have a say in anything. As I grew older, I grew fond of being on that stage watching cameras flash and having people who I don't even know to look me up and down. The part I hated the most, was being judged. In the book, Abosultely Maybe by Lisa Yee, Maybelline lives in this world. Her mother, Chessy, runs and operates a Charm School. Her mother is blonde, beautiful, skinny, and very perky; which sounds just like a pageant queen, doesn't it? Well that's is exactly what she is, you would think her daughter would be rolling in the crowns. But Maybelline turned out to be the complete opposite. She wears clothes that are too big, she has pink hair, and wears dark lipstick. She is unique, and loves the way she is. But being judged was a huge part in her life which caused Maybelline to figure out who she really was. Read this book, your life may be changed.

To Kill A Mockingbird. By: Harper Lee.

Have you ever wanted to be in the crowd, or stand out? I'd stand out, but would you go to lengths of doing the right thing even though society thinks the opposite? In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one man amplified standing out in a crowd. Helping an innocent black man convicted of rape battling in trial against a drunk who commited the crime himself. The commuinity knew that he was innocent, but during the depression racism was a big key. Everyone wanted to do what was right, but couldn't because of society's thoughts, because no one wants to have a bad repuation. To the society, being white during the great depression meant you had more authority and power over blacks. So the man was scared for his life thinking that he would be sentenced and that they would hang him. So the man ran off and the sheriff wanted to stop him from running so he tried to shoot him in the leg, but when the sheriff accidentally shot him in the back and killed him, that innocent man was dead. So would you go to the lengths off killing an innocent man to be in the crowd, or do what you know is right and stand out?