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    can choose your own identity is because no matter what you do to your appearance‚ your personality stays the same. In the story‚ “Mirror Images”‚ by Lena Coakley‚ she describes that your appearance doesn’t affect your identity. Coakley states that‚ “Alice swinger legs over the side of her bed and looked at Jenny. At one time‚ looking at her was like looking in the mirror and Alice still found her sister’s coppery red hair and masses of freckles

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    Character Sketch – Alice ("Mirror Image") The character of Alice in Lena Coakley’s "Mirror Image" is insecure and uncomfortable. Alice is going through a change; a change brought on by a devastating car crash which left her clinging to her life in an unresurectable body. Alice becomes the first patient to ever receive a brain transplant‚ giving her a completely new appearance. Although Alice is entirely aware of this‚ she is still extremely confused about the new changes‚ which seem to surround

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    this story to the Alice of another story‚ Alice In Wonderland. They both have similar journeys of self discovery. Symbolisms the author uses are: earlier in the story‚ Alice recalls a statement that her father once made was that eyes symbolized a mirror of the soul. But the biggest symbolism is that the whole story demonstrates the inner struggle people have with finding their identity and their place in the world. THEME The theme to this story is that what really defines our identity is not

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    Mirror Image

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    Mirror Image by Lena Coakley is an allegorical tale that depicts the internal quest to find ones true self. The story takes us through the experiences of a teenager named Alice who underwent a brain transplant into a new body. Alice struggled to find her true identity and what it was that made her Alice. The story also shows a striking resemblance to the children’s tale Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Both stories are allegorical in nature and contain a similar theme. They each describe the

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    Mirror Image Analysis

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    The story Mirror Image‚ written by Lena Coakley brings up the argument about‚ who we are and finding ourselves. Are we judged by who we are externally or what our thoughts are internally? Lena Coakley truly captures the idea that who we are as a person is defined by what our values and beliefs are and not what we look like on the outside. The first I time I read this story I found myself very confused as did my peers. After re-reading and having a discussion‚ I learned that Mirror Image is not just

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    Alice in the Mirror Image

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    The Identity Crisis of Alice in the Mirror Image In the story “Mirror Image” by Lena Coakley‚ Alice has been in accident which to survive they were only able to save her by performing a brain transplant. She finds herself in the middle of an identity crisis when the doctor was required to exchange her body for someone else’s body. This body had belonged to a girl named Gail. Due to the change in body‚ she finds herself curious about her new body. Also she is quite sensitive about when is

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    Mirror Image Do you watch reality television? Did you know it impacts our daily lives as well? Most young girls‚ if not all young girls‚ grew up watching cartoons every Saturday morning. Weather it be “Power-puff Girls or good old classic “Dora the Explorer”‚ young girls have always watched cartoons and has influenced how they acted while they are growing up to adolescence. They wanted to be like the cartoon characters‚ and would imitate how those characters would act with their friends. The same

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    Change in Mirror Image

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    change means "to make the form‚ nature‚ content‚ future course‚ etc.‚ of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone." In Lena Coakley’s short story "Mirror Image"‚ the theme of change is revealed through the characters. Change is shown through the change in families and change in personalities. In "Mirror Image" there is a big change in two families. Alice’s family thinks she has changed since her brain transplant and now the family feels different. Long after

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    Short Story Comparative Essay Appearances are often deceptive. Being able to see something through physical appearances differs from viewing it based on insight. The themes from the short stories The Elephant‚ by Slawomir Mrozek‚ and Mirror Image‚ by Lena Coakley‚ provide the basis of an interesting comparison. The authors’ of both stories have created characters that portray the idea that looks can be deceiving. By studying and discussing these characters‚ it can be argued that what looks to be

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    The loss of soul leads the loss of identity in Lena Coakley’s Mirror Image Identity is the basic characteristics that determine a person’s fact of being. The short story “Mirror Image” illiterates this using different conflicts‚ such as physical attributes‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and spiritual factors. Alice‚ who had a brain transplant surgery after a car accident. Her brain is transplanted to another girl’s body named Gail‚ who is 2 years older than her and has totally different experiences from which

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