Perla By Jina Kim Analysis

We should not judge people by how they look and accept people’s difference. This is very important so that everyone can have happier lives. A story called ‘Perla’ by Jina Kim is a fictional short story which that the theme is about acceptance. In the story, a character called Perla is a new student in school. But she looks different from others and the main character Julia and other people in school seem to avoid her. Then Julia and Perla become partners for a project and Julia founds out that Perla is actually a nice girl. Julia and Perla become close friends and Julia realize that she should’ve not avoided her at the beginning. By this story, the author tells the readers that we should not judge people by their appearance because it does not tell everything about that person. Also throughout the story, the author used 1st person point of view, characterization, and setting to show about the theme, acceptance more clearly.

Firstly, the author used the 1st person point of view in a story to tell readers about the theme more effectively. The story is in the first person, in Julia’s point of view. By using a first person, readers are able to know about the main character, Julia’s thought …show more content…
By using these three different elements of literature, the story tells the reader that we should not make decisions about how that person is going to be just by looking at their appearance. I also had a similar experience with the story “Perla”. When there was a new student in my class, I was also afraid of that new student like Julia was afraid of Perla at the beginning. But at last, the new student and I became the best friends like Julia had become a close friend with Perla and I had also learned that we should not judge people from their appearance. Because the appearance does not tell everything about that