The way we judge people relies mostly on looks. We automatically assume that the pretty girl/boy is very nice and will be friends with mostly anyone. Or if we view an odd looking person and automatically assume that they are geeky, a loser or even a loner. It's in our human nature to assume that looks means everything. Well look at celebrities, they are beautiful, and we assume that they are good actors, kind to their fans, and genuinely good people. But we do not know for sure. Why do we always assume that nice-looking people are essentially ‘nice’?
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is a perfect example of the human nature of judging based on looks. The main character Dorian Gray is evil in the way he deceives everyone around him by putting on a sweet and innocent face, but will stab his friends in the back. I believe that believing that people who are beautiful are also nice because we want to deny that anyone could be evil or mean. We want to have a perfect world where everyone gets along, and everyone is beautiful and compassionate. Dorian Gray believes that by looking youthful and beautiful, then that is the only way he will get far in life.
Judging based on looks is like high school. We have the ‘in-crowd’ who has all of the coolest clothes, throws the best parties, has the most friends, and thinks that everyone adores them. People forget that there is something far more important than outer beauty….inner beauty is all that matters. Just because someone is beautiful on the outside does not mean that they are also beautiful on the inside, and vice-versa. Humans should try to change their nature of judging based on looks because not only is it hurtful to those they are judging harshly, but also to themselves.
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