At the beginning of the story, Ben starts off being self conscious about his scars however after meeting Mrs.Carver, he becomes more confident with who he is. In the beginning of the story, Ben, a self conscious teenager, fixated on the fact that his scars made everyone look at him differently. “Even those who saw him everyday stared”(pg.1). This shows how even though he expects people who see him for the first time to be curious about his scars, those who know him well also can’t look at him differently. Constantly being looked at differently than other people, caused Ben to be upset about the way he looked leading to him being self conscious. As the story progresses, Ben has a conversation with Mrs.Carver, a blind-old lady who Ben delivers meal to, which helps him
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Instead he tells her he is tall and blonde, causing her to says, “Blond is warm.....like the sun”(pg. 4). Seeing Mrs.Carver make up for her blindness by using another sense which she has, causes Ben to think about how he shouldn’t fixate on his scars and should focus on things, which he would like to like painting. Mrs.Carver, when feeling Ben’s hands tell him she thinks he is an artist, which sparks an idea in Ben’s mind. “Naked, as if one of his senses was missing”(pg.5). Ben feels as if he should have spent his time being an artist instead of fixating on the fact that his scars define him. He feels as if this whole time, people could have thought of him as the boy who paints instead of, the boy who has scars. At the end of his visit to Mrs.Carver’s house, Ben realizes that he shouldn’t let his scars be the only thing that defines him and should be like Mrs.Carver, who uses other senses to make up for the fact that she is blind. This causes Ben to feel like he doesn’t need to hide scars, like he has been. “Ben flipped down the collar of his corduroy
Instead he tells her he is tall and blonde, causing her to says, “Blond is warm.....like the sun”(pg. 4). Seeing Mrs.Carver make up for her blindness by using another sense which she has, causes Ben to think about how he shouldn’t fixate on his scars and should focus on things, which he would like to like painting. Mrs.Carver, when feeling Ben’s hands tell him she thinks he is an artist, which sparks an idea in Ben’s mind. “Naked, as if one of his senses was missing”(pg.5). Ben feels as if he should have spent his time being an artist instead of fixating on the fact that his scars define him. He feels as if this whole time, people could have thought of him as the boy who paints instead of, the boy who has scars. At the end of his visit to Mrs.Carver’s house, Ben realizes that he shouldn’t let his scars be the only thing that defines him and should be like Mrs.Carver, who uses other senses to make up for the fact that she is blind. This causes Ben to feel like he doesn’t need to hide scars, like he has been. “Ben flipped down the collar of his corduroy