Kit Reed's Essay 'The New You'

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I read and essay called “The New You” written by Kit Reed. The story revolves around Martha a character that is unhappy with her appearance with an inner voice that she calls Marnie. Martha is intrigues by an ad in a fashion magazine that promises a complete physical transformation. The ad says “Watch the Old You Melt Away” (Reed) this is an irresistible idea to Martha. Martha sees herself as a frumpy overweight woman with an internal identity named Marnie. Marnie is Martha’s inner diva. She is all the things that Martha wishes she could be, taller, slimmer, chic and witty. With the inner voice of Marnie in her head, Martha cashes stock her husband Howard gave her and orders the New You package. When the package arrives Martha is quick to open it, unfortunately she also disregarded the warning to carefully read the instructions before proceeding. Martha opened the box and uncovered a figure in the box that is a version of herself but physically perfect. Martha plunged her arms into the figure and the transformation was complete. Martha who has now transformed herself into Marnie her perfect alter ego is …show more content…

When we feel the need to change outward appearance we need to be concerned and aware of how those changes effect the person we are within as we are about appearance. External beauty is not as attractive if the person inside is not the type of person we would want to be with. Appearance can be initially blinding and deceptive. When you being to look beyond the outer layers of appearance and into the character of the person you are relating to you can quickly find the beauty alone is not enough to sustain a meaningful relationship. Beauty can fade and appearance change as we grow older but who we are at the core should remain constant or improve with age and wisdom. Kit Reed’s story shows the high cost of how focusing only on your outer appearance to the detriment of the person you are can

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