In "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self", Alice Walker narrates her own childhood. In the beginning, she is a carefree, "cute", confident and intelligent girl. As time goes by and she is eight years old, her life changes dramatically. She becomes the girl who neither raises her head nor stare at anyone. She becomes self-concious after getting shot in the eye by a BB gun. This causes her to become nervous when people are staring at her eye.
My favorite part of the story is the beginning. That's when Alice is just a 2 year old. The only thing she thinks about is going to the county fair and having fun. She also mentions that her father has beautiful eyes. This is foreshadowing that the story has something to do with eyes. Alice uses a lot of colors in her story. She talks about her "biscuit-polished patent leather shoes and lavender socks".
Monday, January 28, 2008
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