How do you become perfect? You don’t. The theme I chose is it is foolish to strive for perfection.
I chose this theme because in the story because Aylmer was striving to make Georgianna perfect, but ended up failing at the end. Striving to be perfect is foolish because it is impossible to find “heaven on earth”. In paragraph 3, Aylmer already made a comment to Georgianna saying, “has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?”, this begins to show how Aylmer is a very curious person and tries to find flaws. Aylmer also destroyed himself because the tiny imperfection on Georgianna’s face is the only thing he can focus on. This causes him to not see the any of the good in his wife. In the story, Aylmer does not
I chose this theme because in the story because Aylmer was striving to make Georgianna perfect, but ended up failing at the end. Striving to be perfect is foolish because it is impossible to find “heaven on earth”. In paragraph 3, Aylmer already made a comment to Georgianna saying, “has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?”, this begins to show how Aylmer is a very curious person and tries to find flaws. Aylmer also destroyed himself because the tiny imperfection on Georgianna’s face is the only thing he can focus on. This causes him to not see the any of the good in his wife. In the story, Aylmer does not