Barbie Purpose statement: The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience about Barbie. INTRODUCTION: I. Did you know in every second of everyday‚ two Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world? A. Barbie was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler. B. She was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. II. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for fifty years. A. She has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits
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Contents: • Introduction • Objective - Barbie evolution - Product development & Strategies - Success of Barbie - Barbie in the future • Key Issue o Changes in Barbie along with the American society o Barbie image against by feminist o Criticism against Barbie image by feminist • SWOT of Barbie • Option Analysis • Recommended option • Risk contingency • Conclusions • Bibliography Success story of Barbie The making of Barbie starts when a couple Ruth and Elliot Handler realize
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Literary Criticisms on John Updike’s “A&P” First and Last Name Class & Section 11/21/13 http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_10_img0695.jpg Introduction: John Updike is considered to be one of the greatest modern American writers. He was able to use his All-American upbringing as inspiration for a lot of his writing‚ making it relatable to many people. Updike was born in Reading‚ Pennsylvania on March 18‚ 1932. He moved around in the area during his childhood‚ and the rural Pennsylvania
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The Open Boat by Stephen Crane is a story describing four men that are trapped together in a small boat or dingy. The men aboard the boat are a captain‚ a correspondent‚ an oiler‚ and a cook. The men were aboard a larger boat that crashed off the coast of Florida and are now searching for the safety of a light house they remember. After making a homemade sail and some brisk paddling they finally get near the coast. They spot some people and begin to signal for help but the people only respond
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Informative Speech: Barbie With more than 150 careers on her resume she has worked as a Nurse‚ lifeguard‚ dance teacher and even astronaut. Her popularity has spread throughout the world for decades. She is beautiful‚ talented and every little girl has yearned to have her. Who is this woman you may ask? Her name is Barbie. I will be speaking about the History‚ popularity‚ and controversies of the Barbie doll. The Barbie doll was invented by a woman named Ruth Handler in 1959. Ruth had a daughter
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freedom and restraint.” These are the themes that are represented and worked with throughout Kate Chopin’s works. Through research on Kate Chopin‚ the 20th century writer of “The Storm‚” one can find literary criticism that is relevant to understanding the meaning of her work. Literary criticism topics such as setting‚ feminism‚ resistance to patriarchal authority‚ sexual fulfillment in relation to Chopin and her writing changes and enriches the reading of “The Storm.” “The Storm” by Kate Chopin
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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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life are being explored and the second part where the comic scene between Muni and an American takes place. There are two literary theories applied in this short story‚ the gender theory focusing on feminism and also the social theory which focuses on the social status and conflicts in two different languages and values between two societies. Feminism theory in gender criticism focuses on sexual difference and sexual politics. Women need to consider what it meant to be a woman‚ to consider how much
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Competition in A Separate Peace In John Knowles’s novel A Separate Peace‚ Knowles describes a life-changing sequence of events‚ as seen by Gene Forrester‚ which takes place at Devon Boarding School. Gene constantly finds himself struggling to find the truth about his relationship with Finny. Peter Wolfe states that the novel‚ “cries to be read in the context of original sin‚” and Novels for Students references that‚ “the real struggle is fought in the hearts of the characters‚ not on the
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INTRODUCTION Young Goodman Brown is one of the best short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne written in 17th century. It dwells on the depravity of mankind even on those who are born in a state of grace. Also his grandfather John Hathorne is one of those slayers in Salem Witch Trials. He changes his surname as he is ashamed of what his ancestors have done and wants to hide this relation. Hawthorne addresses the puritan and calvinist belief by showing the characteristics of the damned people of his time
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