Writer‚ Alice Walker‚ in her narrative essay‚ “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” recounts a tragic event that occurred at the age of 8 years old. Walker’s objective is to tell her readers about an event that changed not only her physical appearance‚ but how she considers herself‚ forever. While speaking about her life after the accident‚ she uses many rhetorical devices to speak to her readers. Plot development‚ metaphors‚ repetition‚ flashback‚ and Aristotelian appeals are only some of
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Alice Walker’s Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self In this essay‚ “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” by Alice Walker‚ is about the realization or fulfillment of one’s own potential or abilities‚ and a detailed and harrowing account of how the author’s life has been affected by a childhood accident that left her disfigured and blind in one eye and that the world is what we make it to be. As a child Alice Walker has great confidence in herself‚ her capabilities‚ and
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Alice Walker’s essay‚ “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self‚” has more than one great theme. The theme that seems to stand out above all is that beauty does not define a person. Throughout the essay‚ the phrase‚ “You did not change” was repeated. By repeating this statement‚ the author stresses that looks are not what defines people‚ but their character and personality do. The most important part of a theme is translating it to the real world. Walker‚ does an outstanding job of speaking to
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centuries on end and the answer has evolved through time. In Alice Walker’s‚ “Beauty: When the other dancer is self”‚ we see Walker struggle with defining what beauty is after a tragic accident forces her to reevaluate. Walker’s journey to self-acceptance allows us to see the effects of beauty‚ as it dispels the notion that beauty is skin deep. In the beginning of “Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is Self”‚ Walker is at the height of her self-confidence. She knew she as cute and reaped all the benefits
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Falling in Love In the world today we have everything from magazines to billboards that portray a specific type of beauty; the beauty of ones face‚ hair and body. However‚ that wasn’t the case in Alice Walker’s story‚ Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self. Alice had no influence of such things as a child. What influenced her most was the love and support of her close knit family. The nurture that Walker received as a child built her confidence so high that no one could bring
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Alice Walker‚ the author of “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self”‚ describes to us a point in time in which an “accident” distorted her perception of her beauty. Growing up Walker would receive comments such as “isn’t she the cutest thing”‚ she believed she was beautiful. After she was involved in a BB gun incident her eye was injured‚ everything changed‚ she let this small flaw affect the way she viewed herself. She was blinded‚ she believed this incident had changed her‚ but in reality everyone
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Career Research Project. 1 In paragraph form‚ state what career you are researching and exactly what someone working in this career does. I am researching a career as a dancer. Someone in this career performs dance on stage in front of an audience. Through dancing they tell a story‚ interpret an idea‚ or express rhythm and sound by moving to music. They audition for certain roles in many different dance companies‚ and perform in different shows. 2. List ten major duties and responsibilities
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Torian Vaughn Jr. Prof. Ashkevron ENGL111 22 Sept. 2013 Don ’t Change A person’s perception of anything is always influenced by their experiences. Alice Walker‚ the writer of “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”‚ is no different in regards to her perception of beauty. Walker uses various stylistic elements throughout her writing to convey her shifting outlook toward her own beauty. She also employs various rhetorical strategies in order to deliver a clear and luring story that keeps
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in articles are influencing young teens and adults to look a certain way. The audience needs to acknowledge the problem with not only with race but also gender influenced in beauty standards. The Author Alice Walker passage‚ Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self‚ expresses her feelings of growing up as an accident disfigures her eye which led her to believe she wasn’t beautiful. The accident changed her from a cute‚ outgoing young girl into a vulnerable girl. Walker felt mortified and self-destructed
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“Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” written by Alice Walker‚ is a gentle and easy to understand story. It is not that the story is a boring and no highlight. When reading the book‚ it’s like I am hearing my friend’s story. Alice’s emotion changed totally different before and after the “accident”. Before the accident‚ she described herself as if she was the most beautiful and intelligent girl in the world. When Alice was only two and a half years old‚ when her father was chosen which kids
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