Beauty In Life Vs. Forster's A Room With A View

Human beings have always strived to find the beauty in life. Early man was the first to try and express a new form of visual beauty in primitive cave art. Since then art has evolved into one of the most distinguishable features of what make us human. Art has become synonymous with the human spirit and imagination. Art has even become a way of finding the light in dark times of despair. Films like Shindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan have helped show the world that even in dark seemingly unbearable times, people and life still possess faint glimpses of beauty that make life worth living. Forster seems to give us those same faint glimmers of beauty in his novel A Room With A View. In an ugly society that is reserved and oppressive Forster ironically paints a physical world filled with beauty and art. While most of the characters seem unable to see past the shade of conformity and social norms, the individuals who can truly see the beautiful world find meaning and happiness in their lives. It is very easy to overlook the …show more content…
It’s as grand as the light of the moon and stars on a dark and gloomy night. It’s as simple and insignificant as the feeling of sleeping in your own bed after a long trip away. It’s even as powerful as a tear running down your cheak after a loved one has passed away. Beauty can be found in all of these things. While grand and simple, powerful and insignificant, beauty can be found everywhere. It’s because of its omnipresence that beauty is so easily overlooked and forgotten. The people in Lucy’s life have become so accustomed to beauties presence that it has become background noise in their methodical meaningless lives. Lucy is the one who finds meaning and happiness in a seemingly meaningless world simply because of her ability to see. She finds meaning and happiness because it’s around every corner if only you open your eyes and look for