Within Outward Appearance

Within Outward Appearance It is shown through these stories that in societies humans have rituals to make them beautiful. With the bizarre rituals and beliefs as stated in Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, the author Horace Miller feels the Nacirema practices are unusual. In his style of writing he uses anagrams to portray the Nacirema is American. The Nacirema have a lot of magical beliefs and rituals they use in order to stay attractive and …

…rewarded through outward appearance. These societies forget to look inward and realize that each person is beautiful in their own way. These societies need to take more time to look at each other for what is inside and not judge them for their outward appearances. 4 Work Cited Jr., Gates, Louis Henry. “In the Kitchen”. One Hundred Great Essays. Ed. Robert Diyanni New York: Longman, 2002. 310-17. Miner, Horace. “Body Ritual Among the Nacriema”. American Anthropologist. 1956. 5-8.