Objective: I will give an informative speech about the history of Mattell’s Barbie Doll. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: a. Girls‚ this is a question for you. How many of you have had Barbie dolls growing up? (Have time to answer) b. Well‚ believe it or not‚ our beloved Barbie dolls have a whole lot of history behind them. B. Tie to the audience: a. I think we‚ as girls‚ can all vouch that Barbie dolls were all the rage and so much fun when we were younger‚ and even when our grandmother
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be herd by society. She shares her opinions threw the characters she makes in her writing and poetry. Piercy wrote the poem Barbie Doll‚ and in this poem she states woman do not need to fit into society’s point of view of what a woman should look and act like. Piercy has a fascinating history and high valued awards‚ but what was Piercy’s message to her audience when Barbie Doll was published in 1973. Piercy was born on March 31‚ 1936 in Detroit‚ Michigan into a family that was greatly affected by
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“Barbie Doll” The poem “Barbie Doll” is a powerful poem written by Marge Piercy. The title carries a lot of meaning because a Barbie Doll has been an icon in society. Society has a hold on individual’s lives‚ especially on women. Since 1960‚ it started to be an issue on women to fit in and become what others want them to be. Women‚ who adapt to society’s dictate‚ have to stop being themselves and become somebody else in order to please everyone else. Society tells us how to dress and acting order
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Barbie Doll Revolutionized Toy Industry By Belem Ramos From left‚ Cherity and Amanda Pierce display their Barbie collection. Photo by Sandra Pierce. Flashy clothes‚ the perfect boyfriend‚ a Corvette‚ Ferrari‚ full size apartment with beautiful furniture and a boat. She’s the woman who has everything and every year receives more. Since her introduction in 1959‚ the Barbie doll may be the most influential icon of American culture in the late twentieth century. Barbie’s success may be attributed
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"Barbie Doll": A Woman’s Place in Society Society has a way of placing unrealistic expectations on women. By using television‚ magazines‚ billboards‚ and even toys we see a mold of what women are supposed to look like. In other words the perfect woman should look like a Barbie Doll. In Marge Piercy’s‚ "Barbie Doll‚" we find a girl child growing up through the adolescence stage characterized by appearances and barbarity. Piercy uses lots of imagery to describe the struggles the girl experiences
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Nikki Hrubec Ms. Birdsall English 11 February 15th‚ 2011 Common Theme in Two Poems In the two poems‚ "Cinderella and Barbie Doll‚" both authors use different literary devices to prove a common theme. The common theme throughout both poems is that people will mutilate themselves to obtain what they perceive as happiness. Also‚ the poems show how societies create a standard of living‚ which classifies how certain genders should act. The poem "Cinderella" by Anne Sexton is describing
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Barbie Doll The Common Women Poems‚ III. Nadine‚ resting on her neighbor’s stoop By Marge Piercy This girlchild was born as usual and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. Then in the magic of puberty‚ a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. She was healthy‚ tested intelligent‚ possessed strong arms and back‚ abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone
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One of my favorite poem is “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy. “Barbie Doll” is a irony poem. A Barbie is beautiful when she is a little girl. But when the Barbie grow up‚ her appearance is changing. People start to judge the adult Barbie does not meet a beautiful standards. The adult Barbie apologize to people people‚ then she cut off her ugly nose and plum legs. The Barbie change a nice nose and a spindly legs. The adult Barbie become a perfect Doll. After I read the poem‚ I think why do I follow people’s
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Barbie Doll Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy This girlchild was born as usual and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. Then in the magic of puberty‚ a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. She was healthy‚ tested intelligent‚ possessed strong arms and back‚ abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs. She was advised to play
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Barbie Doll written by Marge Piercy in 1970 is a reflection of how women were supposed to act and look in the 70’s and before the 70’s. Women were always thought to be picture perfect‚ perfect weight‚ perfect height‚ stay in the kitchen and do everything she is told although this is the expectations of the 70’s and before‚ those are not the expectations of women today. Women today do what they want to basically if their religions allow. According to Marge Piercy’s poem‚ women should be perfect from
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