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    Mirror Image Personal Response Our society judges too much on physical appearances. A society such as todays‚ I think judges everyone too much on how the look. Such as how tall a person is‚ skin colour‚ hair colour‚ and body size. From my experience as a teenage girl‚ there is a lot of pressure in society and surrounding community to be thin and have a certain look. Such as have straight hair‚ white straight teeth‚ to have no acne on your face‚ and to wear the clothes that are in fashion

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    Self-hatred can ruin your life if you let it control your thoughts and actions. This is one of the many themes in “Mirror Image” and I think it is the most important. Humans have a tendency to dislike themselves and only see their faults. The first sentence‚ “If only there were no mirrors” talks about how she doesn’t actually want to see how she looks and that life would be easier without seeing how you look all the time. Alice had a brain transplant and since she has a different body she has started

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    Mirror Image

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    Mirror Image by Lena Coakley is an allegorical tale that depicts the internal quest to find ones true self. The story takes us through the experiences of a teenager named Alice who underwent a brain transplant into a new body. Alice struggled to find her true identity and what it was that made her Alice. The story also shows a striking resemblance to the children’s tale Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Both stories are allegorical in nature and contain a similar theme. They each describe the

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    Mirror Image Do you watch reality television? Did you know it impacts our daily lives as well? Most young girls‚ if not all young girls‚ grew up watching cartoons every Saturday morning. Weather it be “Power-puff Girls or good old classic “Dora the Explorer”‚ young girls have always watched cartoons and has influenced how they acted while they are growing up to adolescence. They wanted to be like the cartoon characters‚ and would imitate how those characters would act with their friends. The same

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    Mirror Image Analysis

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    The story Mirror Image‚ written by Lena Coakley brings up the argument about‚ who we are and finding ourselves. Are we judged by who we are externally or what our thoughts are internally? Lena Coakley truly captures the idea that who we are as a person is defined by what our values and beliefs are and not what we look like on the outside. The first I time I read this story I found myself very confused as did my peers. After re-reading and having a discussion‚ I learned that Mirror Image is not just

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    Alice in the Mirror Image

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    The Identity Crisis of Alice in the Mirror Image In the story “Mirror Image” by Lena Coakley‚ Alice has been in accident which to survive they were only able to save her by performing a brain transplant. She finds herself in the middle of an identity crisis when the doctor was required to exchange her body for someone else’s body. This body had belonged to a girl named Gail. Due to the change in body‚ she finds herself curious about her new body. Also she is quite sensitive about when is

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    Change in Mirror Image

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    make the form‚ nature‚ content‚ future course‚ etc.‚ of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone." In Lena Coakley’s short story "Mirror Image"‚ the theme of change is revealed through the characters. Change is shown through the change in families and change in personalities. In "Mirror Image" there is a big change in two families. Alice’s family thinks she has changed since her brain transplant and now the family feels different. Long after Alice’s surgery

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    Short Story Comparative Essay Appearances are often deceptive. Being able to see something through physical appearances differs from viewing it based on insight. The themes from the short stories The Elephant‚ by Slawomir Mrozek‚ and Mirror Image‚ by Lena Coakley‚ provide the basis of an interesting comparison. The authors’ of both stories have created characters that portray the idea that looks can be deceiving. By studying and discussing these characters‚ it can be argued that what looks to be

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    can choose your own identity is because no matter what you do to your appearance‚ your personality stays the same. In the story‚ “Mirror Images”‚ by Lena Coakley‚ she describes that your appearance doesn’t affect your identity. Coakley states that‚ “Alice swinger legs over the side of her bed and looked at Jenny. At one time‚ looking at her was like looking in the mirror and Alice still found her sister’s coppery red hair and masses of freckles

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    Character Sketch – Alice ("Mirror Image") The character of Alice in Lena Coakley’s "Mirror Image" is insecure and uncomfortable. Alice is going through a change; a change brought on by a devastating car crash which left her clinging to her life in an unresurectable body. Alice becomes the first patient to ever receive a brain transplant‚ giving her a completely new appearance. Although Alice is entirely aware of this‚ she is still extremely confused about the new changes‚ which seem to surround

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