Nancy Mairs and Alice Walker

Nancy Mairs and Alice Walker

Introduction

This essay is a comparison in tone and audience of Nancy Mairs and Alice Walker with respect to their subject matter in “Being a cripple" and "Beauty, when the other dancer is the self". Both of these stories involve subject of disability. However, the tone and audience of both these writers differ from each other in some ways. This essay highlights those differences and shows how the two writers express their views with their choice of words and flow in the story.

Discussion

In the essay being a cripple, Ms. Mairs has presented ...