Response to Christine's Entry

In response to Christine's entry, I agree with her in feeling more sympathy for the character. In the beginning, she was a carefree girl whose only worry is to get her dad to take her to the fair. The little girl in the beginning is a confident, excited child. She even says with assurance, "I'm the prettiest," to her dad. Like Christine said, there is a difference in her tone as she goes from being confident to insecure. However in the end, the character finally accepts her eye and is even proud of it. What sets this story apart from others is that it focuses on outer beauty. Most stories would have chose the path to talk about how much inner beauty is more important. Alice Walker was honest when she talks about how she didn't raise her head up for years. She admits that she resented her eye. Even though one's personality does matter, in reality physical appearance matters a lot to one's self as well. I also agree that the story was made more interesting because it was written more from memory and in fragments. It felt like a journal entry so the reader got a taste of what the character was feeling.