Grace Suh The Eye Of The Beholder Summary
Outline
Thesis sentence
In this paper, I am going to analyze the purpose, ethos, logos and diction in Grace Suh’s “The Eye of the Beholder”.
Introduction
Hook
“Does people often judge people by their appearances?” The answer is definitely yes. The one who looks nice can leave a good impression on others.
Background information
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery report, Americans spent almost $11 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2012.
Body paragraph
(1) Purpose is defined as author’s goals; in “The Eye of the Beholder”, Suh’s goal is to persuade readers just be themselves, and do not use makeup to make a fake face.
(2) Ethos is defined as credibility; Suh used her own experience and her reputation to support her argument on stop making …show more content…
Suh used her own experience and her reputation to support her argument on stop wearing make up, and just be natural. First, Suh is a professional editor and writing coach in New York City. In addition, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Smock magazine, and the Asian Pacific American Journal (Suh 187). Based on her reputation, audience can fully trust what she said. Second, Suh used her own experience to tell us used makeup sometimes not look beautiful but horrible. For example, after used eye makeup, Suh could not recognize her face in the mirror because “ the drawn-on fold and dark, heavy shadows distorted and proportioned my whole face” (Suh 189). Suh stared at the mirror, and found the face in the mirror looked like a stranger. She looked terrible after wearing make up. Suh also notice that no everyone is suitable for wearing make up. The Estee lady was pretty, so after her make up she was pretty too. “Her blue eyes were recessed in an intricate pattern of folds and hollows” (Suh 189). However, Suh was not beautiful, as her own description about herself, she was with “ragged hair; the dark circles under my eyes; the facial blemishes” (Suh 187). So although Suh had make up on, she was still not
Thesis sentence
In this paper, I am going to analyze the purpose, ethos, logos and diction in Grace Suh’s “The Eye of the Beholder”.
Introduction
Hook
“Does people often judge people by their appearances?” The answer is definitely yes. The one who looks nice can leave a good impression on others.
Background information
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery report, Americans spent almost $11 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2012.
Body paragraph
(1) Purpose is defined as author’s goals; in “The Eye of the Beholder”, Suh’s goal is to persuade readers just be themselves, and do not use makeup to make a fake face.
(2) Ethos is defined as credibility; Suh used her own experience and her reputation to support her argument on stop making …show more content…
Suh used her own experience and her reputation to support her argument on stop wearing make up, and just be natural. First, Suh is a professional editor and writing coach in New York City. In addition, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Smock magazine, and the Asian Pacific American Journal (Suh 187). Based on her reputation, audience can fully trust what she said. Second, Suh used her own experience to tell us used makeup sometimes not look beautiful but horrible. For example, after used eye makeup, Suh could not recognize her face in the mirror because “ the drawn-on fold and dark, heavy shadows distorted and proportioned my whole face” (Suh 189). Suh stared at the mirror, and found the face in the mirror looked like a stranger. She looked terrible after wearing make up. Suh also notice that no everyone is suitable for wearing make up. The Estee lady was pretty, so after her make up she was pretty too. “Her blue eyes were recessed in an intricate pattern of folds and hollows” (Suh 189). However, Suh was not beautiful, as her own description about herself, she was with “ragged hair; the dark circles under my eyes; the facial blemishes” (Suh 187). So although Suh had make up on, she was still not