Barbie Doll Figurative Language
“Barbie Doll”
In the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy the struggle many young girl nowadays face is portrayed.
We are introduced to a girl who hates herself due to her physical appearance. She lives her life trying to achieve the perfect look, the one that society will approve of. For girls growing up is always harder, since we are young we are introduced to Barbie world. A world where you must be beautiful to fit in. We are taught that in order to be happy we must have a perfect body, perfect hair, perfect face, and so on. Most of the times girls based their life on achieving a perfect look, they spend a great amount of money on plastic surgeries, and trying to change themselves. Through the use of figurative language Piercy is able
In the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy the struggle many young girl nowadays face is portrayed.
We are introduced to a girl who hates herself due to her physical appearance. She lives her life trying to achieve the perfect look, the one that society will approve of. For girls growing up is always harder, since we are young we are introduced to Barbie world. A world where you must be beautiful to fit in. We are taught that in order to be happy we must have a perfect body, perfect hair, perfect face, and so on. Most of the times girls based their life on achieving a perfect look, they spend a great amount of money on plastic surgeries, and trying to change themselves. Through the use of figurative language Piercy is able