DJ's Response to "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self" by Alice Walker

In “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self”, Walker tells about an eye injury that she received at a young age, and how she dealt with it. What I find most interesting about this story is that she cared more about her own appearance than she did about the fact that she had vision loss in her eye. For years she avoided eye contact with others, but I don't really blame her as I probably would have done the same. One thing that really caught my attention was the recurring statement from her mother and sister, “You did not change”. It wasn't until her son brought up her eye, that she realized that she really did not change at all. This story was an interesting read and even a bit heartwarming at the end.