Wednesday‚ September 26‚ 2007 Textual analysis for "The Forth of July" In the essay “The Fourth of July” Audre Lorde shares a story about a young black girl‚ herself‚ who struggles to find the answers to why her parents did not explain why things are the way they are or why they do not stand up for themselves. In the story the young girl and her family‚ which consists of her older sister and her parents‚ are taking a trip to Washington D.C. They are taking this trip because her sister‚ Phyllis
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Audre Lorde On page 388 of the class’s anthology there is a work by Audre Lorde entitled “Power.” What interests me about this work is how Lorde expressed her poem(s) with a meaningful purpose; she expresses and explores pride‚ love anger‚ fear‚ racial and sexual oppression‚ urban neglect and personal survival. In connection‚ the question that I want to research is‚ where does Audre Lorde get her inspiration to write? Audre Lorde a self-styled black‚ lesbian‚ warrior‚ poet; dedicated her life
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ideal young woman looks‚ acts‚ and behaves like. Whenever a young woman fails to live up to these outrageous ideas they are belittled and told to change what they look like and how they behave. This is exactly what happens to the girl in Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” (236). The pressure that society was putting on the shoulders of this girl became too much one day. She finally decided to give up on being herself and become who the world wanted her to be. The end of the poem seems to be speaking of
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Society’s Whims Are NOT To Be Fulfilled In the poem “Barbie Doll‚” author Marge Piercy utilizes four well-developed stanzas to depict a scornful view of American society. Applicable to all time periods‚ “Barbie Doll” narrates the short-lived life of a young girl despised by society for her appearance. Barbie Doll is like a fairytale‚ full of plasticity‚ fakeness‚ and fantasy. However‚ unlike a fairytale‚ “Barbie Doll” ends with society applauding the funeral of a princess that was torn apart
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Short Composition Analysis of the poem Barbie Doll’ written by Marge Piercy (1973). This girlchild was born as usual And presented dolls that did pee-pee And miniature GE stoves and irons And wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. Then in the magic of puberty‚ a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. She was healthy‚ tested intelligent‚ Possessed strong arms and back‚ Abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick
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Audrey Lorde was a self described "Black lesbian‚ mother‚ warrior‚ poet." Her struggle against oppression on many fronts was expressed with a force and clarity that made her a valued voice for women‚ African Americans‚ and the gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual and transgender community. However‚ in terms of dimensions of oppression that Audrey Lorde has experienced‚ oppression of African American women in terms of inequality seemed to be the most important. Lorde believed that bringing together divergent groups
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The poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy and “Suicide Note” by Janice Mirikitani are both about how two young women could no long take the pressures society placed upon them. Although the two poems have a very different tone‚ language‚ and structure the same underlying theme exists. In both poems the girls struggle to be perfect and to conform to the desires of others. Both women in the poems ultimately commit suicide because they can no longer live with the criticism and lack of acceptance that
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Perez ENC 1102 Research Paper Marge Piercy ever herd this name before? Well if you have‚ did you know she was the founder of Leap track Press? Marge Piercy is very well known as an American poet‚ novelist and social activist. Many of he founded work has been graded as best-selling. Piercy has a goal to have her feminist voice be herd by society. She shares her opinions threw the characters she makes in her writing and poetry. Piercy wrote the poem Barbie Doll‚ and in this poem she states woman
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should look and act like and what is perfect. Too many woman try to fit this ideal of what we should be based on media and society in an imperfect world. Marge Piercy is criticizing this in her poem “Barbie doll”. The poem shows how ridiculous it is the way we try to conform to what society’s ideals are for the perfect woman. “And presented dolls that did pee-pee/ miniature GE stoves and irons/ and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy” (2-4). These are all traditional toys for girls but also things
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make one think of weddings and sex and the loss of virginity. However‚ in Marge Piercy’s poem‚ “Barbie Doll‚” consummation has the unexpected meaning of perfection. The idea of perfection in the poem is key to its overall implications. The definition of consummation in the Oxford English Dictionary that best fits the tone of the poem describes it as reaching the height of perfection. With the use of hyperbole and mockery‚ Piercy tells the story of almost every teenage girl. The battle of confidence
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