Barbie Doll Summary

When reading the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy you can already get a good sense of what the poem going to be about by just reading the title. The title of the poem gives off the idea that it is about someone who is expected to appear like a Barbie doll. This means that they are expected to be pretty and perfect in almost every aspect of their lives. That poem is pretty much about how a young girl grew up and was expected to hold up an image, which ultimately made her extremely self-conscious and cost her her life. The poem starts out by saying: “This girlchild was born as usual” (Piercy 1).
This basically explains that the main character of the poem was born just line any other girl, but in the next few lines the poem goes on to share