Ray Bradbury's Short Story 'The Smile'

Across America schools have cut the Arts program. It is taking a toll on students and teachers. Like the short story “The Smile” by Ray Bradbury, it tells a story about a world without art and how society declines back to a primitive state of reality. These key points should be discussed before making a decision about cutting the program. The Arts embraces abstract thinking as well as help students focus on projects. It is a way of expression. And it helps students excel in different school subjects. The Arts should not be taken out of schools. It makes people think outside of the box. Creativity is the top of the cognitive ladder. It persists at the three core subjects which outweigh scholar merit and importance (Rachel Sawyer, Music
Music expresses the inner self that we can’t find words for it conveys emotion (Rachel Sawyer, Music is the most honest expression of humankind). It expresses many different ways of life. Listening to an African song and an American song, you can hear the many different expression of the song (Debra Lindsay, joy, solace, and learning). Without these different cultural music life across the world would be dun. And without out the Arts students across the world wouldn’t know how to express themselves like the Arts allow them too. “The crowd was in full cry, their hands like so many hungry birds pecking away at the portrait (Ray Bradbury, “The Smile”, pg
It teaches children to make good choices. More likely to stay in school to pursue in the Arts (Kristen Engebretsen, Americans for the Arts). If a school did not have an art program they are more likely to be out on the streets causing chaos. But if that school did have a music program for example that student would most likely be at home and practicing. The Arts have many different perspectives. There are many different ways to see the world. One question can have many different answers (Kristen Engebretsen). Many different people look at the world differently; some people have the ability to convey that on paper or in music. It sheds a light on the view that they look at the world. When Tom went to the greeting to see the Mona Lisa, his family was at home sleeping. Everyone in the world was poor. They destroyed all the technology they had. But something in Tom was different than everybody else. He saw the beauty in the Mona Lisa when no one else did. When he came home his parents were not happy he left early in the morning to see the painting. “Someone kicked him. His brother, who had been left behind to work their little patch of ground.” (Ray Bradbury, “The Smile”, pg