Beauty and Mirrors
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"Hey Kim I love your hair! Jen where did you get that outfit it looks great on you!" These are only some of the positive comments given to us by people in our society. As human beings we naturally take things for granted. Comments of beauty or praise for example, are often taken for granted on a daily basis. For Lucy Grealy and Alice Walker comments like these are heaven sent. These two women have something in common. They both walk around hanging their heads in public, hiding themselves from society because of the severity of there deformed appearances. Both Lucy Grealy and Alice Walker have experienced a lifetime of pain and suffering, and both have written essays to tell the world about it. In essay's "Mirrors" by Lucy Grealy and "Beauty" by Alice Walker both women suffer from similar disfigurement on their faces, they both encounter similar struggles and obstacles because of there appearance...