Journal 10

After reading "The Birth Mark" it seems like an appropriate time to talk about how imperfections are what make people who they are in some cases.  In this story the main character has a birthmark that her mad scientist of a husband wants to get rid of.  So he drums up a way to attempt to take it off, ultimately she ends up dying.  I thought for quite a while after reading and it really got me thinking about the imperfections, both physical and mental, in people and even more specifically myself.  The main thought I conceived was why try an change yourself or someone else if you already love them? If you love someone for who they are then you should not try to change a blemish on their face or any other physical impairment that causes no harm to you.  The moral of the story was that greed can leave you with nothing because look at what he did, he tried to make something perfect, and killed it.  Truthfully, I have learned something from each of these stories thus far, but this one spoke to me the most, no doubt about it!