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Evaluative Claim: How Darkness Is Ugly But How Beautiful
Olga Reprintseva
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How Ugly but How Beautiful
"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift"
(Oliver, Mary). A lot of people hate and are afraid of darkness. “A recent Top 10 phobia list on Live Science indicates that he number six phobia was fear of the dark. While some may think being afraid of the dark is the domain of children, in actuality, some adults harbor that dread as well” (Snap, Tammy). Darkness affects vision, is associated with the devil, is a setting for crime, and darkness can harm. Darkness is ugly because it takes control of a person’s mind, and makes all fears come out. It is ugly because darkness creates the
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That’s for example stars, fireflies, or a landing of a flight. Everyone at least once in their life was lying on the car, or on the grass, or on the deck of a house and just looking some where far away in the dark sky at the small moving uncountable lights. All these things wouldn’t be explored and so beautiful without darkness. Another example of an event that darkness turns into a nice time, is just sitting around the fireplace somewhere in the wood with your friends, melting marshmallow, drinking tea, and just chilling. Darkness is wonderful through Christmas time when lights are dancing on every house. It seems like you jump into a fairytale. Darkness helps to switch from one reality to another. Time Square, Las Vegas, Eiffel tower, or downtown of a city all this is an addition to darkness. All these shining buildings and lights make the darkness incredibly beautiful. As well as darkness makes a city, building, sky or an event romantic, funny, wondering, and breathtaking. Darkness is amazing for the shadows; which make me feel like they are the kids of darkness. These kids of darkness live their own life. They have their own shape and moves. Little lights don’t change the real meaning of darkness, it just shows us one of the sides of darkness. Nothing is perfect separately, but a combination can make something

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