Imagine playing dodgeball in elementary school. The thrill of evading the rubber balls, with the cool air smacking against your face as you run. Imagine preparing to catch a ball, and receive the pride that accompanies getting the opposing team out. Imagine getting smacked in the jaw by someone's head, and then feeling an excruciating pain for the rest of your life. Lucy Grealy experienced such traumatic events and reflects on them in her memoir, Autobiography of a Face. Within the memoir, she explains how this simple and quick injury has changed her life. Lucy Grealy includes vivid storytelling within Autobiography of a Face to effectively illustrate her life growing up as a child, inform the reader of the hardships she has experienced, and describe her resilience throughout a very tumultuous childhood.
Lucy Grealy expresses her life as a child in a very descriptive and cultivating manner that allows the reader to relate …show more content…
While Grealy's physical health was very pitiful, by staying mentally strong she was capable of surviving her many abominable surgeries and treatments. For example, the author stated, "I became a machine for disassembling fear. Even the worst pains could be rendered harmless if you relaxed into them, didn’t fight" (Grealy 46-47). The quote expresses that as her surgeries became more frequent, and she could understand the severity and risk that came with them to a greater depth. Instead of being afraid of the surgeries, instead, she decided to embrace the fact that they were inevitable, and were a necessity to her health. By expressing this story to the reader, the reader can now acknowledge how she remained resilient, and relate to her specific hardships. Grealy effortlessly informed the reader of the strength that it took to remain resilient throughout her very difficult childhood and young adult
Lucy Grealy expresses her life as a child in a very descriptive and cultivating manner that allows the reader to relate …show more content…
While Grealy's physical health was very pitiful, by staying mentally strong she was capable of surviving her many abominable surgeries and treatments. For example, the author stated, "I became a machine for disassembling fear. Even the worst pains could be rendered harmless if you relaxed into them, didn’t fight" (Grealy 46-47). The quote expresses that as her surgeries became more frequent, and she could understand the severity and risk that came with them to a greater depth. Instead of being afraid of the surgeries, instead, she decided to embrace the fact that they were inevitable, and were a necessity to her health. By expressing this story to the reader, the reader can now acknowledge how she remained resilient, and relate to her specific hardships. Grealy effortlessly informed the reader of the strength that it took to remain resilient throughout her very difficult childhood and young adult