Alice Walker

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Alice Walker, the author of “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”, writes a short story concerning beauty and its importance. In the excerpt, Walker tells a story written about herself and how she came to be. As a child, she was perceived as the most…

In “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” by Alice Walker, it illustrates that the idea of beauty is based on what we think about ourselves. Walker’s perception of beauty is developed through the journey of her life and how she accepts her appearance after an accident as a young child that left one of her…

In the beginning, Alice Walker was always concerned about grounding her work in matrilineal tradition by writing and particular homage to the exuberant imagination of Zora Neale Hurston (Gates, Henry, and Jr, Appiah 10). Walker used Hurston work as a structural center for a tradition of African-American women that wants their writing to be acknowledge,…

Everyone encounters their own challenges that can be life changing. The 1960’s brought hardships to both African American men and women. Growing up in this time period as an African American woman only made Alice Walker a stronger person. Alice Walker, an award winning author, used her life experiences and historical background as a springboard…