The Circus By E. B White Analysis

The Beauty In Chaos
Art has a strong correlation to beauty. Photography, film, paintings, and drawings. Beauty is used often by many people, however, the term beauty is much more profound than the way it's being commonly used. Take for example the last time beauty was so profound it left a memorable mark. The photograph, Bare Back, San Francisco by John Gutmann and the art piece, The Circus by George Bellows capture beauty in two different styles and the narrative, The Ring of Time by E.B White serves as a guide that links them together through similarities and differences. All three authors help portray that people should understand the different kinds of shows in life, prepared or unprepared and that it’s the subtle beauty that ends up bringing …show more content…
Whites first impression with the bareback horse riding girl from was pleasantly amusing, “A girl of sixteen or seventeen… I saw that she was barefoot… her grave face and the naturalness of the manner gave her a sort of quick distinction and brought a new note into the gloomy octagonal building” (EB White, The Ring of Time). Immediately there was something about this young girl that caught the writers attention, most people who see someone that physically presents herself the way she is described would not even consider giving her a second glance. He followed her and was able to then witness the way she practiced riding a horse bareback, “In the diligent way all serious artists seize free moments to hone the blade of their talent and keep themselves in trim… The richness of the scene was in its plainness, its natural condition” (EB White, The Ring of Time). Even though he had previously stated that she was able to do only basic immature positions on her horse it was delivered to him as a completely different performance. The “richness” the real beauty of the scene was not how she performed it but who she performed it for. It was not met to please to audience, but to please herself, directly for herself. Also, the vibes that she sent were different from most performers because she is still young and full of determination, hopes, and dreams. In a way White knew that as beautiful as it was, it wouldn’t last long, “In a week or two, all would be changed, all (or almost all) would be lost” (EB White, The Ring of Time). He goes on about how she would be dressed for the performance, how she would wear makeup and her horse would wear gold, her feet would be clean for her heeled performance shoes, and the entire scene would be different. The subtle beauty, lost. It was then he slipped out of his beautiful fantasy, knowing there’d be an