Analysis Of Marge Piercy's Barbie Doll

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Looking in a mirror only reflect a person outside and do not capture the beauty that lies within. Some people will look at the mirror and see all the things that needs to be change about themselves. Having this idea to be perfect is a never ending fairy tale. In the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, a young girl feels by changing her looks she can be accepted by others. Piercy demonstrate the importance of body image can have on the young and travel through adult hood. Having poor body image can have numerous effect on everyday life. The creation of visual appearance disturb the .Body image………… is childhood toys, uncontrolled purity stage , portrayed by media . Body image is how someone view physical self-weather the body is attractive or …show more content…

It is the best-selling fashion doll in every major global market, with worldwide annual sales of about $1.5 billion .In the poem “Barbie Doll”, she was a typical girl having “dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons”() as many girls did growing up. The doll was inspiration for young girls to be full of fashion with the countless amount of clothing and the joy of have an imaginary perfect life. What have also been discover about the dolls is there thin weightless bodies. The doll”Influence girls' self-concept and body image should begin by considering them as role models from a symbolic interactionist perspective, through which the thin beauty ideal signified by Barbie is gradually internalized through fantasy and play (Dittmar). They see the doll not only as a toy but the way life should be. Some girls live through the pretending and act of being a doll which is the understand of what perfection and beauty. Their bodies are unrealistic, unattainable, and unhealthy. Young girl tend to attachment them self what seem to be the way to go. Body dissatisfaction among young girls can cause them to have negative self-perception, depressed mood, and disordered