Summary Of Blue Against White By Jeannette Armstrong

In the story “Blue against White” by Jeannette Armstrong, the author is able to convey that over time, throughout the many cherishing moments, each moment serves as a step towards the pathway to acceptance within yourself. Furthermore, each step taken is a moment to reflect and deepen your connection to your true self. Although embracing acceptance is a door wide open to enter, the pathway towards it is the overwhelming challenge.

Society is often a cruel murderer, unseen to the naked eye as it swiftly strips the identity of the unfortunate. Lena, being one of those engulfed by the pit of conformity. Throughout her childhood, Lena held an accentuated uniqueness to her identity, unfortunately due to the laws of society she chose to frown upon

However, walking down this mysterious new path, Lena describes how “She felt totally alone as she walked down a long white hallway, she remembered looking, one by one, at the doors she passed feeling like the only thing behind each one was a patch of sky” (Armstrong 95). Although the new path Lena walked had no pebbles or mud, and yet proved to be easier to walk, it was tainted by the vast emptiness of the skies. Limitless to the endless possibilities it could hold, seemingly guiding her towards a more ideal, calming pathway to acceptance. Unfortunately, it was nothing more than a trickster, guiding her down an infinite pathway leading to a false sense of acceptance. The author uses Lena’s dreams as a way to introduce this new path she took, similarly, the dream is also used to represent the obstacles she must face. Consequently, it shows that taking the easy path does not always mean that you have truly accepted yourself. The pathway to acceptance comes with challenging obstacles, seemingly impossible to cross, but by choosing to walk this path and demonstrating both determination and resilience, only then will the true meaning of accepting your identity be