Monday, November 19, 2012

Katie Greenberg Shallow Hal Post 1: Question #1


            I believe that I am usually someone who follows my heart. I choose to do what feels right to me in situations. I feel very uncomfortable if I force myself to do something that deep down does not feel good or right. Still, my head and my heart usually want the same things. I definitely rationalize and think things through very extensively (sometimes a little too much), so usually the things that I think are right are also the things that feel right to me.
            Despite his previous attitude of following his head and only choosing women because he thought they were physically appealing, at the end of the movie Hal chooses to go with Rosemary on her 14-month trip for the Peace Corps. As the movie progresses, Hal literally sees the inner beauty in people. This helps him realize that—even once he loses his ability to physically see inner beauty—it is what’s on the inside that matters most. Even if someone does not look like a supermodel, she can have qualities that are definitely more important and more appealing. Hal comes to adopt this philosophy, and even though Rosemary is not the picture of what his ideal woman was before, the feelings he has for her in his heart make him want to spend the rest of his life with her. He makes a complete transition from following his head to following his heart.

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