How can people not see the beauty inside the ugliness? Marie Arana, in the literary journalism piece, “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching For Beauty in Ugliness,” explores the idea that just because something appears on the outside to be extremely unappealing, there can be beauty if one looks hard enough. Arana supports her claim by providing factual data, personal perception, and descriptive specifics. The author’s purpose is to reveal to readers that there can be delicacy in monstrosity. First, the author points out factual data about how La Rinconada can be grotesque, but so breathtakingly exquisite. The author suggests that the ugliness in La Rinconada comes from the greed of wanting gold: “The total amount of gold that humans have been able