- Prompt: Can beauty help us become better people—as individuals and as a society? Use Armstrong’s essay, two podcast, outside essay, experiences and values to “answer question” and form argument.
- Introduction
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- (Working) Intro Sentence : My understanding of beauty is it is something that appeals to any five senses, you have your own perception on what that is and what is beautiful.
- Introduce Armstrong:
- Sense V. Form Drive
- (Working)Thesis: Although beauty is truly subjective and can be looked at in any way at the of the day it lights the feeling of freedom in us.
- Claim 1: Beauty is an intense form of curiosity
- Quote Lehrer “ beauty is motivational force the helps modulate conscious awareness.”
- Claim 2: Beauty is created by chance rather than art being created purposefully.
- Analysis: How most people see beauty in nature, will bring up Jons podcast here
- Claim 3: The most important part of beauty is understanding the deeper meaning and not just what you see at first glance.
- Possible quotes in this body : “If we want to understand beauty, we can’t just talk about the things we find beautiful. We have to talk about our lives” (Armstrong).
“More importantly, these experiences of beauty teach us how we should be” (Armstrong).
- Fourth Body : Community Paragraph
Conclusion: How does beauty help us become better people in society?