Alice Walker 's Beauty : When The Other Dancer Is The Self

The articles written by Walker, Angelou, Eighner and Mairs, teach about accepting yourself and overcoming personal problems in there essays on personal accounts. By contrast Williams, Quindlen and Kristof articles talk of issues in today’s society and how as a group we can solve these issues in essays covering cultural and the environment. These articles became some of my favorites throughout the semester for being able to relate so easily, but also the joy of reading the authors stories to be able to improve my own writing.

Alice Walker's short fictional story, "Nineteen Fifty-five", revolves around the encounters among Gracie Mae Still, the narrator, and Traynor, the "Emperor of Rock and Roll." Traynor as a young prospective singer purchases a song from Mrs. Still, which becomes his "first hit record" and makes him rich and famous. Yet, he does not "even understand" the song and spends his entire life trying to figure out "what the song means." The song he sings seems as fictional as certain events in this story, but as historical as Traynor's based character, Elvis Presley.

YourFirstName YourLastName Instructor's Name Course Title 15 March 2015 Alice Walker Lazo, Caroline E. Alice Walker. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print.

This bitterness and sarcasm is revealed as strong characteristics of the narrator. Throughout the majority of the story, the narrator continues shows his distaste for any "happy" situation. Much like the hyphenated asides, Carver implements fragmented sentences behind description, to show the narrator pausing for a moment of color commentary.

At the very beginning of the story, Lee spoke of cooking while his mother was ill. During this portion, he used syntax that was quite broken and choppy. This helped to set a feeling of uneasiness for the reader. Like a broken record that keeps skipping, Lee could never really find his feet. To exemplify this, Lee stated that he also worked on “a dismal failure of a novel” at the time (Lee 121). In contrast, while he discussed his mother’s great skill at playing basketball, Lee used much longer sentences that flowed much more smoothly. This helped to set a tone of comfort, to exemplify the happiness found in Lee’s past. Through the ups and downs of this story, Lee was able to control and carry his audience emotionally through differing tones in

When Rebecca’s parents had first split, she would often visit a friend that was as diverse as her, but her jealousy would get the best of her. Rebecca was jealous, envious, and angry with her friend. How come her friend’s parents were still together, and doing fine but her parents forgot all about her being a “movement child”? She was lost in a world of black and white, where she was the gray that did not fit in. When her father remarried, she then became jealous of his affections toward the stepmother as well. Rebecca's mother, Alice Walker states, "Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?" This quote was not directed for Rebecca but shows how naive her mother was. Alice's on daughter was hungry and eager for

The American voice consists of all the oppressed people who have translated their emotions into writing. Historical events such as: The Civil War, The Great Depression, and World War I are some events that have facilitated the American voice. Robert Frost, Alice Walker, and Emily Dickinson are not just generic authors and poets; they have contributed to what we call the American voice through their works. Alice Walker was one of America’s most inspirational writers from her book The Color Purple by exemplifying the importance of women’s rights, civil rights, and domestic violence.

In Alice Walker’s Essay, Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the self she writes about her physical scar she had as a child and specific events ultimately leading up to her self-love and acceptance. Scars separate the human race but also keep us united, whether they be physical or emotional they always leave a strong impact on one's life. My personal scar was growing up with a speech impediment which included a constant stutter before every word and the inability to pronounce my R’s, but reflecting back it was much more a strength than a scar. Relating to Walker’s experience, my speech problem transformed me into the woman I am today and taught me how irrelevant the acceptance of society really is when it comes to having confidence in your own

Alice Walker truly values her culture and heritage. So much so that many of her books tell a story of her upbringing. Alice Walker uses symbolism, character development and setting to express her own feelings about culture and heritage. She feels that it is extremely important to maintain and respect the value of family and traditions. The bench, butter churn with the dash and the quilts help show the history of African American culture and heritage. Character developments takes place with Mama, Maggie and Dee which allows the reader to see each person’s point of view when it comes to African American culture and heritage. Mama has an epiphany close to the end of the story and realizes which daughter truly appreciates African American culture

In the beginning of the essay, Walker shares childhood event that help shape her character. She describes how when she was two, she got chosen to go to the fair by her father because of her beauty, “Take me, Daddy, I’m the prettiest” She reveals that she thought people admired and glorified her because “she is the cutest thing”. She felt that everyone “seem to hold their breath” in her presence. “I can tell they admire my dress, but it is my spirt, bordering my sassiness (womanishness), they secretly applaud.” She illistartes that she was also adored because of her personality, which was confident and self-assured until it all changed. “it was great fun being cute. But then, one day, it ended.” After her accident the doctor said “ Eyes are sympathetic, If one is blind, the other will likely become blind too” which “terrified’ her. Although this was a professional opinion, but it never became true physically but symbolically it showed that she was blind that she didn’t see the positive and beauty in life, which she felt people didn’t see that In herself.

Alice Walkers "Roselily" is a short story about a woman who is about to be married, but is having second thoughts about the marriage. She is also looking into the past and the future trying to make sense of what is happening. Roselily is being torn between choosing between her current or possible future Economic status, Societies view of her, her religion and her freedom. All these thoughts go through her mind as the wedding ceremony takes place, and she begins to wonder if she has made the right choice is marrying this man.

As Walker concludes the short story, she incorporates many details and descriptions. This is an effective way to support her purpose of describing how her lifestyle change stemmed from her inner thoughts. Although there could have been too much information for readers to comprehend, her syntactical choices prevent this from occurring. This is shown after Walker describes her countless memories. She writes “But mostly, I remember this:” and talks about a meaningful event

Writing can often be considered a reflection. Sometimes authors resonate on certain experiences or aspects of their life, and express them through the art of writing. Alice Munro, a renowned short-story author, creatively displays this technique. It is important to first understand that Munro is a writer of fiction, yet her writing has chronologically progressed through situations and experiences in her own life. Being a Canadian native, Munro is often compared to great Southern writers such as Faulkner and OíConnor due to her ability to place her characters in confrontation with tradition. Because of her implicit style of writing, many readers can easily relate to the characters, settings, and plots of her

     Alice Walker is an African American essayist, novelist and poet. She is described as a “black feminist.”(Ten on Ten) Alice Walker tries to incorporate the concepts of her heritage that are absent into her essays; such things as how women should be independent and find their special talent or art to make their life better. Throughout Walker’s essay entitled “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens,” I determined there were three factors that aided Walker gain the concepts of her heritage which are through artistic ability, her foremothers and artistic models.

When reading Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and “Everyday Use,” it is evident that she writes about her life through her use of allegory. Alice Walker uses the events of her childhood, her observation of the patriarchy in African American culture, and her rebellion against the society she lived in to recount her life through her stories. Alice Walker grew up in a loving household in the years towards the end of the Great Depression. Although her family was poor, they were rich in kindness and perspective and taught Walker a lot about her heritage and life.