Beauty and the Beast

According to the words of Richard Feynman, "The imagination of nature is greater than the imagination of man." In these posts, I will talk about what I have seen, what I have read, and what it means to me.

It seems that everything falls around the same time... AP exams, the county track meet, plays. Last Friday, I went to see Beauty and the Beast. My English teacher's a dancing plate, and she offered 10 points of extra credit. So I figured, I can sleep for the show, and I'm basically buying points. Why not? Well, I came to a realization during the show. When I was 5 years old and saw the video for the firs

The Beast is more than just a fictitious character who angers the gods; his experiences are shared by all of us, particularly myself. The goddess gives him a rose to track how long he has to find love, but most of us arent even given that. But the time still keeps ticking. As a human, we only have a limited amount of time, maybe 20 years, to find the right someone and get married.

As time passes, the clock gets a thumbscrew in his back, and the candlstick looks less human. As time passes, I get older and uglier. But I only have a limited amount of time to find the perfect someone. If I don't, I will, like the goddess promised, get older, and uglier.