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    Alice Walker Beauty

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    This story is the biography of Alice Walker called “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”. In this story‚ she is expected to be a pretty little girl who’s life depends on her beauty‚ so much so that when she is shot in the eye‚ her school work is heavily affected. She is treated differently than her brothers‚ who are given more freedom and bully her. I know that in my personal life I have been shunned for not being masculine enough. Societies today see femininity as a female trait. When she

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    Alice Walker "Beauty"

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    W/F-71470 Professor Mackenzie In Alice Walker’s “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self‚” we are introduced to a self-confident‚ charismatic child. Through‚ “Im the prettiest!” and “It was great fun being cute” we sense a wave of pride as Walker describes herself as a child. (Walker‚ 47‚48) However‚ this joy soon comes to an end as Walker is faced with an “accident.” Unfortunately‚ she is shot with a BB gun and is scarred and blinded in her right eye. Walker suffers throughout the story‚ struggling

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    Alice Walker

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    ALICE WALKER Alice Walker was an activist and feminist because she protested for the right of blacks to vote in Georgia and Mississippi. She was against racism and also sexism. On March 8th 2003‚ 5‚000 protestors and Alice Walker marched from Malcolm X Park to the White House for women to have the same human rights as men. She also made an activist group with 60 other female activists in order to persuade Israel and Egypt to open their borders in Gaza. She wrote and supported various civil rights

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    Alice Walker

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    Beauty When the Dancer Is the Self “Beauty when the dancer is the self” written by Alice Walker is a well written and thought provoking essay that makes the reader reflect the meaning behind beauty. As a young child Walker lost vision in one of her eyes and in doing so lost her confidence and self-esteem. The essay is made up of different memories that come together to tell her personal story of how she learned to accept herself and her abnormality. As a little girl Walker thought beauty was in

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    Alice Walker

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    Prize novelist Alice Walker is best known for her stories about the life of African American women‚ their struggle with society for survival‚ racial‚ sexual and inexpensive equality and spiritual unity. She writes through her personal experiences. Most critics consider her works as feminist‚ but Walker describes herself as a “womanliest”‚ showing appreciation of women and their abilities no matter what the color of their skin is. On February 9‚ 1944‚ in the small farming community of

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    Alice Walker Essay 12

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    Alice Walker Walker begins her essay with a story from her early childhood. By starting her essay with a positive story about her and her beauty she lays the foundation for how much her future disfigurement is going to affect every aspect of her life. Walker asks her father is she can go to the fair with him and states that she is the prettiest (“Mercury” 45). From an early age Walker knew she was beautiful. She gained much of her self-worth from her exterior beauty at this age. In the next paragraph

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    Alice Walker

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    “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (Norton 1530) is a story told in first person from the perspective of “Mama”. The piece depicts two sisters‚ Dee and Maggie‚ as opposites in their personality and way of living. While Maggie is shy and quiet‚ Dee is materialistic and bold. Furthermore‚ Maggie loves where she lives and her way of living. In contrast‚ Dee loves the urban life and wants to display her heritage when in reality she does not want to live it. This is evident when Walker describes the battle

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    Alice Walker

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    This story is distinctive‚ however‚ in that Walker stresses not only the importance of language but also the destructive effects of its misuse. Clearly‚ Dee privileges language over silence‚ as she demonstrates in her determination to be educated and in the importance she places on her name. Rather than providing a medium for newfound awareness and for community‚ however‚ verbal skill equips Dee to oppress and manipulate others and to isolate herself; when she lived at home‚ she read to her sister

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    the actual writer. Alice Walker was born on February 9‚ 1944‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. She is the youngest of the eight children of Willie Lee and Minnie Walker. Her parents were poor sharecroppers who instilled in her the value of hard work. When Walker was eight‚ she was shot in the eye with a BB gun causing her to become partially blind. Although her blindness was seen as a setback‚ it allowed her to attend Spelman College on a scholarship for the handicapped. At Spelman‚ Walker became involved as

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    Discovering a Persons Inner Beauty: 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

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