"Glorified! Look at me, overwhelmed with thousands of flashing lights...Do i smile? Do i speak? This is impossible. If i didn't cover up a pimple, will they notice it? I can't even think for myself anymore--am I an idol? Silly world, that my picture will sell for bucks."
The fact that we can create an entire thought process by gauging the appearance of a person tells us a lot about the way our minds function. If we can judge what people are talking about by the way they look and the way they dress and the way they talk, is it that that governs our feelings of emotions and love. You begin to project what you want them to be or not what you want them to be based on inadequate assumptions. We spent time in class talking about George Elliots's character Latimer, who had the ability to read minds. Taking in mind that we ourselves personify people based on their appearance and the way they act, can we agrue that Latimer's power is rather a truth about our humanity? I believe that Elliot intended to create a story in order to hold out a mirror to her readers, so that they may see their own "power" to create the face of someone through their personal judgement.
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