How To Write An Aesthetic Essay

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My Aesthetic When I sit down and read a book, I like it to tell me all of the pieces throughout the story. It can be suspenseful, but give me all of the details. The main thing I dislike is when I am finished reading, sitting there wondering what happened. I contemplate if this or that happened and I normally do not come to a conclusion over arguing back and forth with myself about how it should have ended. These past couple weeks I have read some interesting stories. One of my favorites being “The Veldt”. This story gave such a clear statement that pertained to myself and many others. The setting of the story was also the main focus on the entire story. This nursery that would come to life from anything the kids thought of. The Bradbury’s did not have to do the normal parenting tasks because technology did it for them. When they told their kids that it would have to all be cut off because it was so lifelike and scary, they panicked. The kids loved these lions …show more content…
The moral of the story was to be a kind, loving, selfless person. It shows what true love is. True love has no boundaries and one will do whatever it takes to make their spouse happy. In this story, near Christmas time, the couple has very little money to spend on each other. Della wanted to give her husband Jim something he really wanted, a new band for his watch. The only way to pay for it was to sell her hair that Jim adored. He came home to see her hair was short and she explained why she cut it. Della says, “Nobody could ever count my love for you”. Jim, shocked at what she did gave her the present he bought. It was combs that she had been dreaming about. He told her that he sold his watch to pay for her gift. Both Della and Jim sold their most prized possession to be able to make the other happy. They both ended up not even being able to use their gifts, but they wanted to show gratitude towards each other on one of the biggest

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