Sanjay just got done with his midterm exams and turned in
all his final papers. Unlike most of the students, he does not procrastinate,
however, life had been so crazy for him lately and made him fall behind on
school works. From OU campus, he drove twenty minutes to Lake Thunderbird to
take a walk. He had to close out school from his mind for a while. He sat down
under a tree, enjoying the warmth of the sun and feeling the soft wind against
his face. He suddenly noticed a girl walking by- the most beautiful girl he has
ever seen in his life. He was stunned by her beauty. She was wearing an OU
class of 2017 shirt, jeans and a pair of toms. She quickly glanced at his
direction and caught him staring at her. “Oh my god, her eyes are to die for”
Sanjay whispered to himself. He could not take his eyes off of her. He
fell in love with her beauty and wanted to ask her out right then. He gathered
all his courage and went up to her planning on at least getting her number.
“You are so beautiful, I want to marry you” without Sanjay even realizing those
words slipped out of his tongue. She chuckled and kept walking. “What have I
done, oh my god what have I done” he thought to himself. He ran after her and tried
to speak to her again.
Sanjay- “Ummm that was awkward, I am sorry about that. My
name is Sanjay”
She turned back, looked at Sanjay and smiled, and kept
walking.
Sanjay- “ Soooo, what is your name? I am guessing you got to
OU.
Mridula- “I am Mridula, yup, I go to OU”.
He felt like his tongue got tied, he started sweating, He
tried to regain his courage, but her beautiful smile was making him beyond
nervous. After talking for thirty minutes, he got her number and they texted
for a week and he asked her out. Surprisingly, she said yes to him.
Weeks passed by, within a month, Sanjay could not stand
Mridula. Her rude nature and selfishness was pushing him over the edge. “ Ahh,
she is so beautiful but I cannot stand her personality. Why did I ask her out,
I don’t think I can be in this relationship anymore” He thought to himself. He
tried to find a solution for this problem. However, Mridula’s unkindful act and
rudeness to others made him so sad. He did not want to break up with her
because he thought that he will never find someone as beautiful as her.
Two months passes by, after Mridula came in to his life, his
problems has only gotten worse. She never supported him in his decisions and
always nagged and found fault in his actions. Finally, he realized that beauty
is not what matters; it is one’s personality that matters. He started
regretting asking her out based on her beautiful face rather than her
personality. He finally broke things off with Mridula and swore to never make
the same mistake he made.
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| Beauty does not represent personality |
Bibliography - King Shantanu and Ganga from PDE: Mahabharata
Author’s note
One thing I have noticed in most of the readings is that
they give a lot importance in appearance of a woman and man equally. They
portray evil woman as ugly like they portrayed Manthara as hunchbacked and ugly
in Ramayana. In this story, I wanted to point out to the readers that there is
something beyond a beautiful face to both men and women. Someone’s personality
is what matters more than their appearance. I based this story off of PDE:
Mahabharatha, chapter King Shantanu and Ganga. King Shantanu wanted to marry
Ganga based off of her looks. I made Sanjay to look like a similar character to
Shantanu. Sanjay and Shantanu both fell in love with a woman based on their
beauty and had to suffer later, due to it. I am not trying to imply that people who are ugly has a good personality or people who are beautiful has a bad personality. I want the readers to look more into a person than their outwards looks before they judge.
You did a good job with tying the story into the present, especially since it’s in Norman. I liked that you made the characters students and even described their appearances and mannerisms in a way that’s specifically identifiable as the college crowd at OU. I agree that aesthetics sometimes play too important of a role in these stories. It’s good for one to remember just because someone looks a certain way, doesn’t necessarily connote one’s character.
ReplyDeleteGreat story Anu's. I like the setting of the sotry. Its the first one that i have read that takes place at OU. the dialogue between the characters was good too. However, I saw a spelling mistake.Where did you get an idea for your characters? "School works" should be "School work." I thought the moral of the story was pretty cool. Don't judge a book by its cover
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