Short Story Mirror Image Lena Cokley
The short story “Mirror image” by Lena Coakley portrays brain transplant as a positive but at the same time a bit of a negative way. For example, the story portrays a negative viewpoint of brain transport when the main character Alice struggles to find her identity. She goes through changes to find herself again. The changes she goes through affects her family especially her twin sister. Jenny believes she lost her sister and believes she’s dead “sometimes I think my sister is dead.” Alice worries that people would think of her new body or her personality in the body. “Alice walked across the bedroom like a fashion model, wearing nothing but black bikinis body” it signifies that she like her new body and not her old body and it’s an upgrade.