Clarissa, at the age of 5, was a sociopath who had bad nightmares and was antisocial when she arrived at her new foster home. There she was introduced to dancing and from there on, her life drastically changed from a self-effacing girl into an Assinaboin woman with her own identity. In her earlier years, Clarissa had no self-esteem and no self-worthy, but her life was quickly transformed when she began dancing which led to developing her …showed first 75 words of 848 total…

…showed last 75 words of 848 total…reason and a meaning to live. In summary, in Vicki Sears’s short story The Dancer, Clarissa’s meaningless life found a breakthrough when she was introduced to dancing. Being encouraged to dance by Molly Graybull’s eye-catching moves, Clarissa had found self-worthy and more importantly, her10/15/2002 self identity. Dancing gave her a reason, and hopes to live. “It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.” --Oliver Wendell Holmes.