"The Story of My Body" by Judith Ortiz Cofer dealt with many complex and controversial topics including dating outside your race, color prejudice, segregation, and callous, racial slurs but the best story she wrote of was about getting the chicken pox. "[Her] entire body, including the inside of [her] ears and between [her] toes was covered in pustules" that she picked at and "scrathed off [her] face" leaving scars in her skin. I got the feeling from this story that she wanted to scratch off her face every day she woke up as if she was born with a disease called "Peurto Rican." I also enjoyed how the author used a personal encounter as innocent as getting the chicken pox to illustrate to the reader how it feels to be "different" than everyone around. You realize, "I remember when I had the chicken pox and no one was allowed to hang out with me or wanted to be near me...that's what Judith Ortiz must have felt like her whole childhood..." "The Story of My Body" put a lot of things in perspective and helped with realizations.