The point the narrator is making when she says that Molly and Clarissa are both the same age is an imagery which shows that the old woman represents dance which takes away the bias against age.
Explanation:
In "Dancer" by Vickie Sears, Clarissa is a five year old foster girl from Assiniboin tribe. the narrator is the foster mother of Clarissa. Clarissa had been to different foster care homes, she had a hard life and she was always angry and had no love. Then after seeing Molly Graybull dance, Clarissa was mesmerized and found passion in dancing. Her character starts to improve and she started becoming more social.
Dancing made Clarissa happy and she felt like she has found her roots and inner piece. she was only five years old and Molly was seventy years old but they danced like they were both same age.
