What Is Laugh-In By Lucy Grealy Theme Of Identity

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In this book, author Lucy Grealy writes about her life and how it changed from one incident. She writes about how she got through her cancer and how it affected her physically and more importantly mentally. Grealy said that two themes that this book is about are identity and self. She expresses this in every chapter.
The theme Self, is based on what one believes they are. It is how one views at himself. It is who you truly are, and what you see on the inside. In this chapter she finds herself lost. She is lost in all of the procedures and the beginning of her cancer. She finds a bit of herself within a comedic TV show called Laugh-In. This is A show she loved to watch because she could laugh about the same silly skit. This show also begins her obsession with death and the meaning of life. So watching this show was hers, it was her happy place for a little bit. The reason this goes with the theme Self is because she finds this peace and laughter within herself, not within others …show more content…

It is created by what people think of you, and what they see you as. You don't have control over your identity because people will be judgmental and see you how they wish to see you. This theme is also expressed within every chapter. In this chapter after Lucy gets a surgery and as she recovers from it she gets moved to a new ward with a new type of patient. These patients were described as giggly teenage girls who were skeletally thin. This is an identity that Lucy gave the girls of her new world. She did not classify herself within their group. This was a different way at applying the theme because other chapters involved other people's thoughts towards Lucy but this one dealt with Lucys thoughts on a group of

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