Thursday, April 29, 2010
barbie doll
This story I must say intrigued me because of society today. Every girl has this idolized image of a barbie doll as what they want to be, even though, Barbie, is a plastic doll. Girls eat away at their self- confidence and self-image to be what they see as "ideal." This poem expresses the social pressures of women to conform to certain ways of a society, for the way they look and act, and it has become a serious problem.
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Yes--how does the poem traces these social pressures through a girl's/woman's life, and how does it indict various aspects of our culture? How does the poem's imagery represent the way culture and society promote/reinforce gender stereotypes, and how gender roles are "learned," and not "natural"? As a symbol, the last image is esp. intriguing and multi-layered (think (in the) box...)
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