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At one point or another, everyone has felt shame and self-doubt about physical inferiority. In Autobiography of a Face, 's struggle with cancer appeared minor in comparison to her feelings of repulsiveness because of the deformity it caused. While coming to term ....

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.... enough, some children would even call her 'baldy' as they would run past and knock off her hat. At school, girls would gaze at her disfigurement and boys would laugh shamelessly as they pointed and blurted out insults. All of these experiences added to the sense of shame that consumed her. Our culture's preoccupation with physical beauty is definitely manifested in our youth and adolescents. At an early age, Lucy was exposed to the cultural drive for perfection in exchange for acceptance. Halloween was a treasured night for Lucy as she was growing up. It gave her an opportunity to break out of her shell and let her true personality shin ....