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Sandra Cisnero's Barbie-Q

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Barbies and The Poor

As a young child, did you even imagine having just one toy to play with because your family couldn't afford more? Not everyone has had to go through that luckily however many children still do. Many times people take for granted what they have and what they can get at an easy access. But not everyone has that ease in life. For other families who are struggling just to make ends meet providing for the child is the first priority, not toys. Those families don’t have the extra money to be splurging on unnecessary items, like toys. In the short story, “Barbie-Q” by Sandra Cisnero the narrator’s family is poor and she understands that and appreciates the new dolls very much. The narrator is positive about her situation because her optimism, her age and her socio-economic status however the reader should feel negatively about it because the feeling of ungratefulness and that the reader has a feeling of entitlement.

In the short story the narrator is positive about her situation due to her optimism. In the last paragraph when the narrator is telling the reader about the dolls she just got from the flea market she states, “So what if our Barbies smell like smoke when you hold them up to your nose after you wash and wash and wash them. And if the prettiest …show more content…

However the narrator doesn’t care she is just happy and positive to get a new doll. The narrator is positive about her situation because her optimism, her age and her socio-economic status. However readers should feel negatively about the situation because the feeling of ungratefulness and the feeling of entitlement. People need to be grateful for what they have because not everyone has the same advantages. Some people struggle and people need to realize that. Not everything we need is supposed to be given to us, people need to work for a

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