“Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness”

What is the first thing that comes up into your mind when you read this quote? The majority of rich people in the world always think of this quote in their minds. Money is not the first reason to make every single person happy in this world. Money might buy all the materialistic wants in this world but not happiness. “The Barbie-Q” by Sandra Cisneros clearly emphasizes that it’s not always money that brings happiness into our lives. The story is about a girl who comes from a poor family, and she always plays with her cheap Barbie doll with her friend. The financial condition of her family does not really bother her as long as she has her Barbie with her. The story is mainly about a little girl’s perspective about her life and the pleasant things she gets in the tight economic situation. In the first paragraph of the story, it already shows us clearly about the little girl’s economic background. She says, “But that’s all we can afford”. This indicates that she doesn’t really have the money to buy another Barbie. The first sentence on the second paragraph, “Every time the same story”, also shows us that she is in a really tight economic condition. The writer shows clearly from this sentence that the girl is bored and not satisfied with her Barbie. The girl actually wants to buy another Barbie and set a different story for her Barbie and she has to wait until Christmas to get another Barbie outfit as a Christmas present. From this line, it draws a picture of how miserable the financial condition of her family is.
We probably know that the price of a Barbie outfit is not that expensive but she has to wait until Christmas, which comes only once a year, to get it as a present. She doesn’t really care about the destitution of her family because she grew up in that economic condition and she will always be happy as long as she has her Barbie with her. Moreover, there are sentences where Sandra puts it interestingly like portraying the typical and childish speech by