The Similarities Between Beauty and Strength Everything comes at a cost. In Champion of the World and Pretty Beyond Belief, the characters find that everything does come at a cost. Whether it’s from being the strongest man in the world, but being discriminated against for being African American, or being beautiful but having to overcome many of the challenges or abuse that being beautiful may bring. In the two stories, the characters are both faced with similar problems, they are discriminated or are unpleased with the way they look. In Champion of the World, the characters are forced into slavery and hard work because they are African American they believed they “...were stupid and ugly…” (Maya
The Similarities Between Beauty and Strength Everything comes at a cost. In Champion of the World and Pretty Beyond Belief, the characters find that everything does come at a cost. Whether it’s from being the strongest man in the world, but being discriminated against for being African American, or being beautiful but having to overcome many of the challenges or abuse that being beautiful may bring. In the two stories, the characters are both faced with similar problems, they are discriminated or are unpleased with the way they look. In Champion of the World, the characters are forced into slavery and hard work because they are African American they believed they “...were stupid and ugly…” (Maya