![]() ![]() Her work focuses directly or indirectly on the ways of survival adopted by black women, usually in the South, and is presented in a prose style characterized by a distinctive combination of lyricism and unflinching realism. The idea that change and personal triumph are possible despite the odds is central to all of Walker’s writing. I promptly went home, scooped up the best-looking guy, and by the time I graduated from high school, I was valedictorian, voted “Most Popular,” and crowned queen! Then when I was fourteen, I visited my brother Bill took me to a hospital where they removed most of the scar tissue-and I was a changed person. ![]() I couldn’t look at people directly because I thought I was ugly. I used to pray every night that I would wake up and somehow it would be gone. Although she was never able to regain the sight in one eye, Walker’s disfigurement was considerably lessened: The story of Alice Walker’s childhood scar provides the most basic metaphor of her novels: the idea that radical change is possible even under the worst conditions. ![]()
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