Every human being should appreciate and embrace all the creations of God. All creatures should give glory to God despite the challenging situations a person goes through in daily life. Human beings should see the hand of God in every single creature surrounding them. God has created different patterns in nature, such as the sky, plants, water, among others. Every existing creature is entirely perfect in the eyes of God.
The moment people start seeing the defects in any of the creations of God, they ruin their minds and cause themselves more pain. In Nathaniel’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer dislikes the birthmark upon his wife’s cheek (Hawthorne 5). Aylmer had the thought of having the mark removed from Georgiana’s face for he was a scientist. He then tells Georgiana that the birthmark looked bad on her face and shocks him (Hawthorne 5). Aylmer forgets the goodness of his wife as the mark becomes unbearable. Every day, Aylmer could only think about how to get rid of this disastrous subject.
The birthmark in the short story is a symbol. It symbolizes that each human being has flaws or imperfections that are hard to change. People should learn to accept the weaknesses of their colleagues positively. The plant in the short story “The Birthmark” is also used as a symbol that symbolizes a natural product that a human wants to manipulate to give control over his healing properties. Georgiana was very sorrowful and hurting from her husband’s compliments on her birthmark.
Aylmer’s previous projects had failed, thus it would be hard for him to succeed in removing the birthmark. The style of foreshadowing is evident in the short story “The Birthmark.” Once again, the type is seen when Aylmer dreams with Aminadab operating to remove the birthmark (Hawthorne 8). Still, the narrator explains that “the deeper the knife went, the deeper the small hand mark sank” on Georgiana’s skin till it got hold of her heart (Hawthorne 8). The style of repetition is evident where the word deeper is repeated. The use of techniques helps attract more attention from the reader.
To satisfy her husband’s pleasure, Georgiana agrees with Aylmer’s plan to remove the mark. She tells him that “life is not worth living while this hateful mark makes me the object of your horror and disgust” (Hawthorne 8). Aylmer takes her to his laboratory and makes a glass of the liquid of a particular plant he believed would heal the mark. Georgiana takes the drink and falls asleep right away (Hawthorne 17-18). Aylmer observed the spot left as Georgiana lost her breath at the same time. The small hand mark had been Georgiana’s connection to life, Aylmer realized.
According to Hopkins in his poem, “Pied Beauty,” He shows the reader the astounding variety of God’s creation. Hopkins sees the hand of God as the creator in every single creature despite the differences (Hopkins 1). “Glory is to God for the dappled things,” says Hopkins (Hopkins 1). The quote indicates that human beings should give praise and glory to God for all things, including worse situations. It can help someone save a lot of time in happiness rather than being obsessed with complaints. Consonance is used in the short poem of “Pied Beauty”, where the letter “f” is repeated. “Fresh-fire coal chestnuts-falls; finches’ wings…” says Hopkins (Hopkins 1).
The author also uses similes where there is a comparison of a sky to a branded cow. “For skies of couple-color as a branded cow” (Hopkins 1) Symbolism style is evident where the author talks of chestnuts. The hard exteriors often hide some that are beautiful inside.
Human beings have pleasure in all the creations of God and enjoy them to the maximum. All people should praise God for his results and challenging situations as well. Accepting changes and imperfections in people will help people make peace with each other. Human beings should remember that pride comes before a fall. Everything appears perfect in the sight of the creator and people should embrace that to give God all the glory.
Works Cited
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “The Birthmark.” Feedbooks, 1843, pp. 8-18.
Hopkins, Gerard M. “Pied Beauty.” Poems and Prose, Penguin Classics, 1985.