Tuesday, October 18, 2016
I agree with the idea of selfhood presented in " Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is The Self". Throughout the essay, we were shown how Walker based her selfhood on beauty. Her perception of her own beauty however, changed when she was struck in the eye by a BB gun giving her eye a scar. From then on she viewed herself as unattractive and became quite and shy about her appearance as well as her personality. Although she gained some confidence when she had surgery to fix her eye she still felt insecure until the end of the essay where she realized through her daughter that she did not have to let her drawbacks define who she was rather she should accept and enjoy the lady the she had become through her experiences. Personally, I couldn't agree more that the idea of our selfhood relies too much on how we think of ourselves based on what other people think of us. In the essay, when Walker describes the joy and relief of when her own daughter accepts her for who she is, she has finally realized and overcome her own self doubt about herself. It shouldn't matter what other people think about us, their beliefs about us are invalid and the only thing that should matter is how we see ourselves and how we learn to accept who we are which is what Walker did at that very moment. We as people need to learn form Walker's experience that we do not need to rely on others for approval, but rather we should trust and love ourselves for who we really are.
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I agree with the Idea of selfhood that Alice portrays in her essay. She first starts off explaining how her whole selfhood before the “accident” was about her beauty. Everyone thought she was adorable and the cutest little girl and she enjoyed it very much. She pretty much believed that the only reason everyone liked her was because of how cute she was. However after the “accident” where her brother shot her in the eye, her whole mindset changed. Her eye got very messed up from the scar tissue and she no longer felt that beauty that she used to feel. She kept to herself, didn’t look at anyone because she thought everyone would just stare at her and see her scar instead of her “beauty” like she thought they used to. From then on she was in the mindset that everyone judged her and didn’t like her because of how her eye looked. She was stuck on people liking her or not because of her physical appearance. Later she finds a doctor that was able to fix her eye and make it look how is used to. After that she said she had became a different person from the girl that “did not raise her head”. She not longer isolated herself and became who she really wanted to be. She then found the man of her dreams and had a kid. Her kid in the end was the one that finally made her realize what was really important as she asked her “Mommy, where did you get that world in your eye?”. She realized that it wasn’t about her physical appearance that made her who she was. It was about what she has experienced and been through that makes her who she really is. The “World” in her eye represented who she was and what she’s been through. I agree with this whole idea that Alice presents because I do think that majority of people care too much about what other people think about them and it causes people to not live their lives fully like they want to. It is hard because people do judge others but I believe that once you’re able to get passed the fact that nothing anyone else says matters and you are the only person that has an effect on your own happiness, you will be able to live a much happier and enjoyable life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Idea of selfhood that Alice portrays in her essay. She starts off explaining how her whole selfhood before the “accident” was based on her beauty, Everyone thought she was nicest girl which she enjoyed. She believed the only reason people liked her was because of how cute she looked.After the incident took place where her brother shot her in the eye, her mindset was revamped. Her eye got very messed up from the scar tissue and she no longer felt that beauty that she used to feel. She stayed to herself as she figured she wasn't like how she used to be anymore and people would feel the same way. She couldn't get over people liking her or not because of her physical appearance. Later she finds a doctor that is able to fix her eye and make it look normal again. After that she said she had became a different person from the girl that “did not raise her head”. She no longer felt bad about her appearance and found the man of her dreams and had a kid. Her kid in the end was the one that finally made her realize what was really important as she asked her “Mommy, where did you get that world in your eye?”. She realized that it wasn’t about her physical appearance that made her who she was. It was about what she has experienced and been through that makes her who she really is. The “World” in her eye represented who she was and what she’s been through. I agree with what alice represents.
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