Beauty When the Other Dancer is the Self: English 101 Essay Analysis

This essay analyzes Alice Walker's 'Beauty When the Other Dancer is the Self,' exploring the author's evolving perspective on beauty and self-acceptance. The essay examines how Walker's perception of beauty changes throughout her life, particularly after a childhood accident that disfigured her eye. It discusses how the author initially struggled with feelings of inadequacy and self-loathing, eventually finding a more meaningful definition of beauty through self-love and acceptance. The essay delves into the author's personal journey, highlighting key moments and arguments that shaped her views. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of self-admiration and the impact it has on how the world perceives us. The essay also includes a table of contents, introduction, analysis of the author's changing perception of beauty, definition of beauty, how the definition changes over time, conclusion, and a list of references. The essay aims to determine the author's perspective towards writing the aesthetic story and the reader's perspective when reading the story.

Running Head: Beauty when the other Dancer is the self
Beauty when the other Dancer is the self
Name : Demetrius Jenkins Sr.
Professor Name : Jessica Harkness
Roll No. 201801 English 101
Date : 13 August 2017

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Perception of the Author of Beauty changes throughout her life?..................................................2
Author Defines the Beauty..............................................................................................................3
How definition of Beauty changes over a couple of Periods?.........................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
The below mentioned argumentative essay is one of the attempt to determine the authors
perspective towards writing the aesthetic story and what is our perspective as a reader towards
the reading of the story or an article. Basically, this essay will draw the attention of the people
towards the article that is "Beauty when the other dancer is the self" and it is written by the Alice
Walker. This paper explores that Walker's perception of the beauty is generally developed by the
long-life journey. This ultimately forces the author to accept her beauty or appearance as a young
child after the terrific accident. This accident leaves her right eye deformed. In this paper the
thesis statement of the following can be evaluated and which are as follows: "Whether the
description or the features that are evident in the article or the story should be read or written
with the basic purpose of formulating the society's idea of the "beautiful".
Perception of the Author of Beauty changes throughout her life?
Through her beautiful journey that is aligned to the self-discovery she mold from the attitude that
the child in their younger age is actually praised by her looks or appearance preceding to the
accident, to a woman is young is suddenly overpowered with feeling that is associated with the
state of being useless or important which her injury had made her. Eventually, the arguments that
are stated in the articles reveals that her whole life perspective was negative as she has to face so
many rejections, harassment, and even the multiple life changes. Her negative perception is
being revealed as for when she tells in the article that "That night, as I do almost every night, I
abuse my eye. I rant and rave at it, in front of the mirror. I plead with it to clear up before
morning. I hate and despise it. I do not pray for sight. I pray for beauty (Weege et al., 2015).”

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Author Defines the Beauty
The author has stated so many arguments and events which is the portrait of her tragic life. The
story also explores that what is her perception for the crucial term that is the beauty. However,
the author's shallow perception of beauty doesn't withstand for her entire life. The author's life
begins from the day when her "beauty "was "lost". The terrific accident of her life made her push
into the "darker "period of her life. She has to face so many rejections and disappointment.
How definition of Beauty changes over a couple of Periods?
From her childhood she was carrying the presumption that she lost her beauty or the right eye,
she assumed that all the glories of the beauty she had lost forever. But, after couples of years, she
realized that the beauty has changed in every part of her life. Walker realized the most
meaningful definition of beauty when her younger daughter points out her "world" that
coincidently lies inside her eyes. At that point, she felt that beauty exactly means loving yourself
(Hardy et al., 2015).She recollects this moment because this moment helps her to change her
darker portion of her life.
Conclusion
From the above analysis, the author has focused on the personal growth that is related to the
“beauty”. The augment which I think will be appropriate is that one must not be praised by her
looks and appearance and everyone must enjoy the treasure of loving themselves. The way we
admire our self the world will also praise in the same manner.

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References
Weege, B., Barges, L., Pham, M. N., Shackelford, T. K., & Fink, B. (2015). Women’s
attractiveness perception of men’s dance movements in relation to self-reported and perceived
personality. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1(1), 23-27.
Hardy, K., & Sanders, T. (2015). The political economy of ‘lap dancing': contested careers and
women's work in the stripping industry. Work, employment, and society, 29(1), 119-136.