Alice Walker's Relationship With Her Father Analysis

Walker’s relationship with her father opens into a summer day. Everyone is getting ready to go the fair yet only one person out of eight can go. Walker, being the prettiest is chosen. Many times after that Walker is ‘chosen’ by her father because of her looks and actions. That all changes however after the ‘accident’ occurs. Walker is convinced that that day was “the last time my father, with his sweet home remedy of cool lily leaves, chose me…” (Walker 43-45) Walker’s relationship with her father helps her overcome the accident because as she continues to complain and hate her damaged eye, her relationship with her father takes up most of her attention. During these rough times, her father does not help her at all. Walker feels abandoned and forgotten by her parents. Whether that it be out of grief or just utter harshness, Walker is forced to learn to deal …show more content…
They have just finished watching the ‘blue marble’ show. Ironically, Blue Marble means earth. Examining her face, Rebecca’s eyes lock onto Walker’s right eye. As the eye is a symbol of pain for her, she tenses up and is ready for harsh criticism. Harsh criticism created by her parents, her brothers and kids at school. Instead, Rebecca intently says “Mommy, there’s a world in your eye”(Walker 52-53) So Rebecca is essentially comparing the beauty and physical appearance of the earth to her mother's own eye. she compares it to the beauty of the earth.Walker is then hit with a new perspective, a new approach to something she has always found so negative. This line really resonates with Walker and helps her overcome the pain and remorse. This is an example of how one of the three main memories written by Alice Walker helped her overcome the ‘accident’. Also, Walker may have felt even more complete when someone in her own family complimented her eye instead of saying “You did not change”. Add Blue