Beauty When the Other Dancer I
Beauty When the Other Dancer IBeauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self
The narrative "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self", represents the specific story from Alice Walker's autobiography, which had a great impact on her life. The story emphasizes how low-self esteem can effect person's life. Alice Walker used to be a cute little girl at the age of six. At six, she already memorized an Easter speech. She was pride of her family and others simply admired her.
One of the major impacts of her future life played a BB gun. When she was eight years old, Walker wore boyish clothes and played with her older brothers who carried not "real" guns. One day she was blown in her right eye by the little toy her brothers used to play. Walker was told not to tell anything about the gun to her parents. Only in week, her parents and Alice went to see a doctor. By that time she already had a glob of whitish scar tissue. She also remembered the words of her doctor, "Of one is blind, the other will likely become blind too."
It is amazing how childhood may influence the future. Since that time Alice Walker lost her self-confidence, she didn't feel that she is that cute little girl anymore who was able to amaze the audience with her long Easter speeches. Furthermore, she started doing poorly at school, her contact with others ended, she did not stare at anyone anymore because she stopped raising her head up, students in her new school made fun of her. Her relatives kept telling that she did not change at all. Although, they knew that Alice changed.
Throughout the story the reader sees that Alice felt bad about herself. She had a great lack of confidence. Walker's fixation throughout life made her an oversensitive person. At the end of the story Walker mentions that she was afraid that her own daughter might make fun of her.
It is true that person's personality forms in early childhood and affects him/her throughout the life. If a child was told that he/she is beautiful, in the future this person most likely will have a high self-esteem and would be loved by others. At age fourteen Alice Walker's brother took...
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