My Barbie Dolls

Theme and tone are some of the most important aspects of understanding a poem. Not only do they tell the reader what the poem is about, it also tells them the author’s attitude and feelings towards the topic. It is crucial to know not only the topic of the poem, but to know what the author is trying to say about that topic as well. Many authors use poetry to express their opinions on certain issues. These issues can be controversial in some cases. The poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy illustrates her view of a woman’s social role in America.

persona dolls are good for preparing children for a child coming into the setting with a disability, illness, colour of skin it helps the children to gain knowledge on these situations before the child comes and helps them to deal with it and treat the child the same as everyone else. You can also use them for problems in the group and they are used for discussions and problem solving. The children quickly bond and identify with the dolls and see them as small friends, they are happy and sad for them, and talk about their problems. My persona doll promotes equality because it shows the children that Jake is still the same as the other children even though he has Cerebral Palsy he can still do everything that they do he just struggles with physical activity and needs his PE lessons adapted to suit his needs. By using Jake the children learn that they shouldn’t treat children with disabilities any differently and they should make sure that they involve them and not to isolate them because it makes them feel

Today’s society raises young women to conform to archaic practices with total disregard towards a child self-progression. In Barbie Doll poem by Marge Piercy it is portrayed a young girl who was attacked by society because of having unruly features on her appearance and body. To make clear, Piercy uses the title “Barbie Doll” in her poem to symbolize the cultural American traditions of making young girls live in a fairy tale world; where everything they see or do is perfect. The girl in this poem played with Barbie toys since she was little, but when she reached her puberty people started to criticize her of having imperfections on her face and body; which made her commit a really wrong decision for herself. In today’s society there are a large number of women having plastic surgery, because they do not feel comfortable or confident with their own appearances. Women are not just beauty queens and home makers; they should retreat from female stereotypes at a young age so they do not confront society pressure.

I fix a tiny strand of hair that is separated from the rest and look at myself in the mirror. Tonight is my night. I twirl in my rosy pink dress like a goof when I hear the doorbell ring. “Mom can you get that.” I shout from behind my bedroom door. I hear my mom say, “Oh my you look so handsome.”

First, my parent’s had to withdraw me from school, along with my sisters, Callie and Alisha. I remember going to school in my regular clothes instead of my usual ugly uniform shirt and skirt. “Why is she allowed to wear normal clothes today?” questioned Bailey, as she pointed at me with her short chubby finger. The room went quiet, and the class stared at me. My teacher, Mrs. Class, told everyone that I was leaving. After I gathered

I raced down the stairs back to the third floor. I was running down the hallway and leaped into my brothers dormroom.

I threw closed the backpack and sprinted, catching up with Megan and the boys in no time. Looking behind me, I saw just how close we were. The Rotters had just reached the car, and were still coming after us.

“We can not stop looking! “ Chase said furiously. I grabbed him and tried to calm him down, but it was no good.

I showed up to school and stuffed my backpack, full of scribbled drawings of dogs and trees, into my cubby. I was about to sit on my specific colored square on the expanse of gridded carpet when the teacher came up to me and told me that my mom would be taking me home early for a doctor’s visit. Knowing that I had only played doctor, it sounded like fun! The man would probably put on a white coat and look at my ears through a tube and maybe even listen to my heart beat through a styrofoam cup, no big deal. The day came and went and my mom had arrived to take me to the doctor’s office. The car ride passed the same as they always did, I smashed my face on the window and watched as the trees, and people, and cars rolled along by. After we arrived, we entered the little square building and sat in the waiting

"there was a man! He took my bag, he ran towards the woods!" I said as I pointed towards the trees. The guy nodded,

1 O’clock on a Saturday night and I had done something no twelve-year old had ever accomplished. I had created a masterpiece of a doll, polished enough to sell next to the Barbies on the

Barbie dolls are trying to improve their race representation by creating more diverse Barbies so that little girls of different ethnicities don’t feel left out. According to Kristina Milnor, “between 1993 and 1997 the American toy company Mattel produced the “Great Eras Collection,” a series of Barbie dolls dressed to represent historical moments ranging from Eighteenth-Dynasty pharaonic Egypt through 1920s America” (215). Mattel released ten different Barbies in the Great Eras Collection in hopes of having a more diverse line, along with Mattel’s trademark Barbie. The ten different Barbies come from different historical periods that have different skin colors and have different clothing to represent racial diversity. In hopes of trying to boost little girls of color self-esteem, Mattel tried to make the line as diverse as possible, but there is a problem. According to Milnor, “here are ten dolls in all, beginning (since they appeared out of chronological order) with Gibson Girl Barbie, proceeding to Flapper Barbie, Egyptian Queen Barbie, Southern Belle Barbie, Medieval Lady Barbie, Elizabethan Queen Barbie, Grecian Goddess Barbie, Victorian Lady Barbie, French Lady Barbie, and finally Chinese Empress Barbie,” which are all considered high class status (215). This is a problem because it does not reflect all little girls. There is race representation in this line but having all the dolls portrayed as high social class does not represent most of the little girls playing with

It was a beautiful summer day.The sweet smell of sunflowers blooming through our backyard was similar to the smell of honey. There were so many different types of birds and insects flying around me that I never even knew existed. With water balloons flying around my sister and I, we heard a holler from my mom, “Let’s go, we need to go to Costco!” at the sound of my mom’s voice mentioning Costco my sister and I dropped our water balloons, cleaned the mess as fast as we could. We ran inside, as fast as a race car driver, gulping down the glass of milk my mom neatly placed on the table. With white mustaches we stood next my mom’s silver toyota camry, ready to go. As my mom finished the last of the dishes, we strapped on our seat belts over the booster seat and went to our favorite store.

ran to my room and got dressed. We all loaded up in the car and went to my cousin's house. I

On the screen, a pixelated explosion occurred followed by an angry grunt coming from both my brothers. “You really couldn’t hold them off?!”