A popular idiom that many children are told are a young age is “You can’t judge a book by its cover”. This idiom holds true about people, how their appearance, background, or name do not define who they are. This message can be seen in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Beastly by Alex Flinn, and Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson. These texts reveal the message that if one is willing to look past a prejudice, one can see who another really is, leading to the most unlikely of relationships. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a text that is read by most students in their experience of education. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two children, from feuding families, falling in love. The families abhor each other, meaning
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Pearson contains a plot similar to Romeo and Juliet, except in modern times. Kaitlin Hampton is now forced to go by a school owned by a family she was raised to hate; the Crutchfields. She was told stories of their treachery years ago by her parents. In the new school, she meets a boy, Bram, and only after they fall in love does Kaitlin learn that Bram is a Crutchfield, and after mental debate realizes how she can not judge Bram by his name. Bram was not aware of who Kaitlin truly was, until they had been together for an extended period of time. Bram at first cut off all contact with Kaitlin, although realized how he should not hold a prejudice against her for who she is, and comes back to her. When Kaitlin learned who Bram was she thought “I hated the Crutchfields, but...did I really hate Bram? He was just a boy. What did he know about lies and hatred? Maybe nothing. Just because he was a Crutchfield didn’t mean he was like the Crutchfields.” (Pearson 44-45) Kaitlin is battling against her hatred of the Crutchfields, which she possesses just because of their name. She is in the realization how he does not have to be like the rest of his family, because of his name. Kaitlin is starting to see past the bias of this, to see how Bram is a good person, despite what she has always been told. If Kaitlin had not been able to look past a bias, she would have never been with her soulmate, Bram, just because of his …show more content…
A boy, Kyle, who as a punishment for his appalling actions was externally turned into a beast. The only way to be turned, human again is to be truly in love with a girl, and to kiss her before his two year time period is up. He ends up living with a girl, Lindy, and they fall in love. At the last possible moment, Lindy kisses Kyle, now named Adrian, as he is dying after saving her life. Adrian is turned human again, and has no injuries. The two go on to live happily ever after. In a conversation with Lindy, while Adrian is still a beast, Lindy says “It’s strange, though, people make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don’t even notice anymore, do you? It’s just the way they look.” (Flinn 222). Lindy is saying how if one knows another, a prejudice, in her case looks, does not matter. In this story, Lindy was able to look past Adrian’s hideous appearance to love him. Adrian’s behemoth appearance did not mean he was a monster on the inside, and Lindy was able to see this. If Lindy had not looked past Adrian’s monstrous appearance, she would not have found who she
Pearson contains a plot similar to Romeo and Juliet, except in modern times. Kaitlin Hampton is now forced to go by a school owned by a family she was raised to hate; the Crutchfields. She was told stories of their treachery years ago by her parents. In the new school, she meets a boy, Bram, and only after they fall in love does Kaitlin learn that Bram is a Crutchfield, and after mental debate realizes how she can not judge Bram by his name. Bram was not aware of who Kaitlin truly was, until they had been together for an extended period of time. Bram at first cut off all contact with Kaitlin, although realized how he should not hold a prejudice against her for who she is, and comes back to her. When Kaitlin learned who Bram was she thought “I hated the Crutchfields, but...did I really hate Bram? He was just a boy. What did he know about lies and hatred? Maybe nothing. Just because he was a Crutchfield didn’t mean he was like the Crutchfields.” (Pearson 44-45) Kaitlin is battling against her hatred of the Crutchfields, which she possesses just because of their name. She is in the realization how he does not have to be like the rest of his family, because of his name. Kaitlin is starting to see past the bias of this, to see how Bram is a good person, despite what she has always been told. If Kaitlin had not been able to look past a bias, she would have never been with her soulmate, Bram, just because of his …show more content…
A boy, Kyle, who as a punishment for his appalling actions was externally turned into a beast. The only way to be turned, human again is to be truly in love with a girl, and to kiss her before his two year time period is up. He ends up living with a girl, Lindy, and they fall in love. At the last possible moment, Lindy kisses Kyle, now named Adrian, as he is dying after saving her life. Adrian is turned human again, and has no injuries. The two go on to live happily ever after. In a conversation with Lindy, while Adrian is still a beast, Lindy says “It’s strange, though, people make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don’t even notice anymore, do you? It’s just the way they look.” (Flinn 222). Lindy is saying how if one knows another, a prejudice, in her case looks, does not matter. In this story, Lindy was able to look past Adrian’s hideous appearance to love him. Adrian’s behemoth appearance did not mean he was a monster on the inside, and Lindy was able to see this. If Lindy had not looked past Adrian’s monstrous appearance, she would not have found who she