The short story "The Tenth of January" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, starts off very emotionally by explaining and describing the struggles of a main character named Asenath. Asenath is a very insecure character who is described as not being physically attractive at all. What stands out the most about her appearance to me is the scar across her mouth. "It would have been a womanly, pleasant mouth, had it not been crossed by a white scar, which attracted more of one’s attentionthan either the womanliness or pleasantness.” Asenath is very self conscious about the way she looks and seems to be in Del Ivory’s shadow. This is very common of society today. I see Asenath’s character and insecurities relating a lot to those of girls today. By the end of the story the Phelps is showing Asenath’s personality and who she really is. She is gracious and giving and was willing to give it all in order to make others happy. I think that Phelps was trying to show the common assumptions that people make about others when they judge people based on their appearance. It is wrong to judge someone based on their physical self rather than appreciating them for what they are worth and who they really are.
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