Barbie Doll Poem
Barbie Boy
In “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy has connected with me more then any other poem in the book so far. “Barbie Doll” is connected with me as a male because it is what all people go through, not just women like it states in the poem. But all men and women have a stereotype of being the perfect person. You have to have a tan; you have to have the perfect chiseled abs. If you go and pick up a magazine more then likely you will find a man or women that are considered perfect. The world wants people to change their ways. What they were what they eat, pretty much their whole lifestyle. If you don’t wear the right clothes or if you’re to poor to afford nice clothes then you get laughed at or get beat up because you’re not as cool as the other kids. I remember …show more content…
But back to the story, when I started going to high school I started a diet of just football and by my junior year I was down to 230 and being the popular kid, everyone new me at school, even the ladies, I was built and could have killed everyone in a fight. I think that’s why everyone was being nice to me because I could have beaten them up. But when I was the jock and the skinny kid I just didn’t feel the same I wanted people to like me for just me not some guy that they think will beat them up because I’m the strongest kid in my class. I was still depressed, when my ex girlfriend dumped me I wanted to be perfect, I didn’t care anymore about if people liked me I just wanted to die so that I will become the person that is made to be perfect taking out my organs so I wont die of disease making my face look like I died happy, like I was happy all the time, make my body look the best that it could ever look with the makeup and the black suit and the tie, with the flowers of all those that loved me beside my bed of eternal slumber. The poem reflects not only on females but also on males of the world. Women might have more serious pressures of society, but males aren’t out of the picture of
In “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy has connected with me more then any other poem in the book so far. “Barbie Doll” is connected with me as a male because it is what all people go through, not just women like it states in the poem. But all men and women have a stereotype of being the perfect person. You have to have a tan; you have to have the perfect chiseled abs. If you go and pick up a magazine more then likely you will find a man or women that are considered perfect. The world wants people to change their ways. What they were what they eat, pretty much their whole lifestyle. If you don’t wear the right clothes or if you’re to poor to afford nice clothes then you get laughed at or get beat up because you’re not as cool as the other kids. I remember …show more content…
But back to the story, when I started going to high school I started a diet of just football and by my junior year I was down to 230 and being the popular kid, everyone new me at school, even the ladies, I was built and could have killed everyone in a fight. I think that’s why everyone was being nice to me because I could have beaten them up. But when I was the jock and the skinny kid I just didn’t feel the same I wanted people to like me for just me not some guy that they think will beat them up because I’m the strongest kid in my class. I was still depressed, when my ex girlfriend dumped me I wanted to be perfect, I didn’t care anymore about if people liked me I just wanted to die so that I will become the person that is made to be perfect taking out my organs so I wont die of disease making my face look like I died happy, like I was happy all the time, make my body look the best that it could ever look with the makeup and the black suit and the tie, with the flowers of all those that loved me beside my bed of eternal slumber. The poem reflects not only on females but also on males of the world. Women might have more serious pressures of society, but males aren’t out of the picture of