Barbie Doll By Marge Piercy
Society’s Impact
When you claim to be ugly society tells you that you’re beautiful and when you say that you’re beautiful society tells you that you are conceited. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Society tells us what we should be, who we should be, what we should look and act like and what is perfect. Too many woman try to fit this ideal of what we should be based on media and society in an imperfect world. Marge Piercy is criticizing this in her poem “Barbie doll” written in 1999. The poem shows how ridiculous it is the way we try to conform to what society’s ideals are for the perfect woman. Marge Piercy an American poet, novelist, and …show more content…
This isn’t something that can be changed or judged in any way because every human does it but you can see how quickly that changes when she says “Miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy”. This is a small representative of what the future holds for these children. As a girl society expects them to look like a doll. Everything pristine, no excuses. People will say if you gain wait, it’s your fault. If you aren’t successful, it’s your fault. As puberty approaches, a girl will begin to fill into her woman body and still be expected to have the figure of a Barbie. As we age, our features change quicker than we would like. Boosts of physical maturity can cause us to not understand why we can’t look “perfect”. Piercy describes the girls physical appearance “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back”. Her body is beginning to mature to be child barring, as humans, men are genetically engineered to be attracted to girls with curves and some meat on their bones. A girl with a good body is likely to be thought to be a good future mother. Some girls will mature faster than others like Piercy explains “abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.” Although this girls body is only maturing faster than others she feels so out of place that she thinks she has to actually apologize. It seems as if this girl would rather be dead and beautiful then alive and
When you claim to be ugly society tells you that you’re beautiful and when you say that you’re beautiful society tells you that you are conceited. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Society tells us what we should be, who we should be, what we should look and act like and what is perfect. Too many woman try to fit this ideal of what we should be based on media and society in an imperfect world. Marge Piercy is criticizing this in her poem “Barbie doll” written in 1999. The poem shows how ridiculous it is the way we try to conform to what society’s ideals are for the perfect woman. Marge Piercy an American poet, novelist, and …show more content…
This isn’t something that can be changed or judged in any way because every human does it but you can see how quickly that changes when she says “Miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy”. This is a small representative of what the future holds for these children. As a girl society expects them to look like a doll. Everything pristine, no excuses. People will say if you gain wait, it’s your fault. If you aren’t successful, it’s your fault. As puberty approaches, a girl will begin to fill into her woman body and still be expected to have the figure of a Barbie. As we age, our features change quicker than we would like. Boosts of physical maturity can cause us to not understand why we can’t look “perfect”. Piercy describes the girls physical appearance “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back”. Her body is beginning to mature to be child barring, as humans, men are genetically engineered to be attracted to girls with curves and some meat on their bones. A girl with a good body is likely to be thought to be a good future mother. Some girls will mature faster than others like Piercy explains “abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.” Although this girls body is only maturing faster than others she feels so out of place that she thinks she has to actually apologize. It seems as if this girl would rather be dead and beautiful then alive and