Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is The Self

“Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” is a story about how experiences can change our perception of ourselves, consequently making one doubt their own capabilities. ”More Room” is a story about family, but more importantly, her grandmother’s story is also like Walker’s as they both take back control of their own bodies. Cofer’s grandmother by physically taking back control of her own body. She had her husband build his own room to leave her body without seed. Walker by mentally taking back control of how she perceived herself.

The short story/essay “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” written by Alice Walker demonstrates the story of Alice accepting herself despite her flaws. As a child, Alice is a pretty, outgoing, and messy girl; but that all changes in a matter of seconds. Alice loses sight in one of her eyes, changing her perspective on life for a majority of her life. She went from the outgoing girl whom everybody seems to love, to the girl that doesn’t look up anymore in fear people will see her messed up eye. Growing up in 1947 with her family, she is not a rich child, in fact, almost dirt poor, so her parents can’t afford a car to take her to the hospital, contributing to her losing sight in her eye. Although she tells her parents a reason causing her to injure her eye, it is a lie, so that she is able to protect her siblings from becoming in trouble. Alice Walker demonstrates a theme of lying to protect siblings in her life which I can relate to because I oftenly as a child had to lie to protect my siblings as well.

The central theme of Mary Pearson’s The Adoration of Jenna Fox centers largely around the concept that a person’s human identity is defined by their connections with others and life experiences. Pearson displays this theme through short syntax of two to three-word sentences contrasting Jenna’s thought process before and after she discovered herself. In addition, Pearson utilizes two frequent motifs alluding to the concept of being in bits and pieces and identity.

She shows herself as cowardly when she was reeling after the accident, “For six years I do not stare at anyone, because I do not raise my head.”(444), she says, portraying her disgust for herself. Walker utilizes the tone of her writing to manipulate the progression of her attitude shift. For instance, in the stages soon after the accident she uses a very morbid and pessimistic tone to describe the events that are transpiring at that juncture of her life. Stating, “I do not pray for sight. I pray for beauty.”(445), proving that even though this accident has occurred she has still remained very resistant to a change in attitude. She also couples detail to multiply the effect that these strategies have on the reader because when she describes these events, the details she uses reflects the tone, so it visibly transmits the idea of her attitude at that phase, which would be much harder to achieve without these rhetorical techniques used appropriately. The dialogue also plays into this idea as well as it also reflects the current mood of the stage. For example, when she was still very young she used very flattering words as dialogue to complement the tone where she thought beauty was everything and being most beautiful was most important. “That girl’s a little mess.”(442), “And got so much sense!”(442), people bombard

Embracing otherness, embracing myself, was a speech delivered by Thandie Newton at the TEDGlobal conference. Thandie Newton is a quite well-known actress who has featured in my movies of which the most popular ones are “Crash, Mission Impossible”, and “The Pursuit of Happiness”. While delivering the speech, Thandie Newton explicitly elucidated her profound internal struggles for self-identity through out her early years until she came to conclusion on how to be reconciling her self-projected shattered image with that of other people’s perceived opinion. Thandie Newton, being a biracial born to an English father and an African mother; she talked about her feelings of isolation and disconnections from her realness. Hence, she suffered from internal and psychological wars seeking for belonginess,

“Identity”, “Masquerade”, and “Wing$” reveal that we struggle to be ourselves. In each of these pieces, the authors show how it may be hard to stand out and not conform to be like everyone else. “Identity”, a poem by Julio Naboa, explains how it is good to be yourself rather than to be the same as others. He writes, “Shunned by everyone than to be a pleasant-smelling flower…praised, handled, and plucked…” The author’s message in his part of the poem reveals that it is better to be disliked than to be part of a group with no individuality. It is not very appealing to be out casted, and it is easier to just conform and be like everyone else. “Masquerade”, from Phantom of the Opera, also shows how it can get hard to be ourselves. The actors sing,

David Sedaris You Can't Kill the Rooster story is centered on Paul, who is the last born in a family with six children. Paul is foul-mouthed in nature and has not managed to meet the expectations that his father had for him. However, he is good natured and is always watching out for his father, since the death of his mother. Over time, his father has come to accept his behavior and rather than get offended, he chuckles whenever Paul something that might seem to other people. It seems he has finally come to terms with the character of his son, and appreciates him the way he is.

The dancer awoke in a bed covered with unironed clothes and mismatching sheets. Even though the sheets were mismatching they still looked fine. It was 7 in the morning and Sophie had to get up and start packing for a tour around Australia that her mum wants her to go on. It was a nice bright and sunny day she felt like it was last Australia day with no wind and the sun bright up in the sky, all she wanted to do was go outside and play with her friends. Her mum called out for her, “Sophie time to wake up and start packing”

The essay “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” written by Alice Walker demonstrates the story of Alice accepting herself despite her flaws. As a child, Alice is a pretty, outgoing, and complex girl; but that all changes in a matter of seconds. Alice loses sight in one of her eyes, changing her perspective on life for a majority of her childhood/early adult years. She went from the outgoing girl whom everybody seems to love, to the girl that doesn’t look up anymore in fear people will see her grimy eye. Growing up in 1947 with her family, she is not a rich child, in fact, almost dirt poor, so her parents can’t afford a car to take her to the hospital, contributing to her losing sight in her eye. Although she tells her parents a

The importance of body language is often forgotten when engaging in conversations with other people. As masters of our bodies, we do not need to be aware of our limbs in order to prevent them from falling on to the floor in a messy heap. However, this unconscious ability to control our body often leads us to trouble, as we allow it to interfere with the effectiveness of our communication. By understanding the origins of our primal language and how the body conveys our emotions and thoughts, we can begin to appreciate the vital role the wordless conversation plays in our difficult conversations.

Almost every night, my parents would tell me to sit up straight when we were eating at the dinner table, and they would say it would help me digest. Also, in high school when I would walk through the halls between classes, many of my friends would compliment me on my posture. I thought it was the strangest thing to compliment someone on. The title “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” brought back these memories; therefore, I was interested to see what Amy Cuddy had to say. Cuddy is a social psychologist and a business professor at Princeton. In the TED Talk “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” Amy Cuddy discusses the reasons to use power posing, and it could affect the mind for better success in our lives.

There are thousands of verbal languages in the world, like English and Chinese. People use these languages to convey our opinions with others and express their feelings. Apart from verbal language, body language is another powerful language that helps people express themselves clearly. Take Mr Bean(1991-1995), a famous British silent sitcom for example. There is no verbal communication in this sitcom, the plot is derived by Mr Bean’s funny behavior. It is body language’s magic that makes this sitcom popular. In people’s daily life, they often use body language when they try to persuade others. As is often the case, if they manage to persuaded others, they will owe their success to verbal language. However, body language plays a key role in affecting others. But since body language is out-of-awareness, people tend to ignore it. Here is a video about an interview with Calgary’s mayor Naheed Nenshi. By analyzing Nenshi’s behavior, people can obviously see the importance of body language.

When she was eight years old and was going through a tomboy phase in her life she got into an accident where she lost sight from her right eye, because a bb gun accidentally hit her right eye by one of her big brothers. Then her parents took her to a doctor that got mad because they did not pay more attention to the risk of the situation at hand and made a comment saying, “Eyes are sympathetic, if one is blind, the other will likely become blind too” that hit Walker with fear of losing sight of her left eye too.

“Beauty: when the dancer is the self” the story of Alice Walker and a devastating time of her life. The family life of Mrs. Walker and how things are ran in the household tend to play a part of the truth of the “accident”. The real truth behind the accident and how Alice’s life begins to change. The way Alice copes with the accident is not good for her or her family. However, there is more than just the ugliness of her eye that bugs her.

The performance of the sabar in Senegal, and the performance of improvised social dancing in queer clubs in New York City, exemplify the dancer’s body as an agent and protagonist in each dance form. For queer people, improvised social dancing allows them to experience an embodied confidence that is carried with them in their negotiation of life as a sexual minority. For Senegalese women, dancing in the sabar opens a gateway for them to celebrate their sexuality in a way that challenges the authority of the male gaze. In both social dances there is interaction between the dancer and the music. This interaction produces a level of agency, confidence, and power that is epitomized in their movement.