In “To Be of Use‚” Marge Piercy uses figurative language to create imagery that helps convey that the speaker wants to be useful and take initiative like the people they love but never does. The figurative language make people who take initiative seem inhuman. In one line‚ Piercy uses simile when she writes‚ “the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls.” By using this simile‚ Piercy piques the readers’ imagination‚ renewing their interest in the forgotten things people do. This
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The Poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy is about a girl who struggles with her body image. The speaker in the poem acts as an observer; watching the girl encounter different experiences as it related to her body image. Today’s generation is much similar to the life of the girl in this poem. Girls are forced to keep up with rising standards that are overwhelming and destructive. This poem uses form‚ imagery‚ and word choice to express how society chooses not to accept girls who do not represent the
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from the symbolic interactionist perspective and how society is harmed by social inequality bias. There are two distinct social inequalities in the episode‚ “Luca$” that deal with skinny verses obese and outlaw verses law. The skinny characters of Marge‚ Lisa‚ Maggie and the outlaw characters of Snake and Bart were seen as educated‚ strong‚ cunning‚ and idolized. The obese characters such as Homer and Luca$ and the law characters portrayed by the Springfield Police are looked as inept‚ lazy‚ undependable
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sitcom The Simpsons has delivered countless laughs to the families of Americans. The show delves into the lives of a dysfunctional middle-class family in a bizarre community called Springfield. The Simpson family consists of a father‚ Homer‚ a mother‚ Marge‚ and three children‚ Bart‚ Lisa‚ and Maggie. The lives of this family take very unusual paths‚ however their personalities and actions deeply resemble that of a typical American family. With an obese alcoholic father‚ an anxious stay-at home mother
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Career Interview Report Your Name Mrs. Healy ENG4E Due Date TABLE OF CONTENTS Bing Crosby Interview…………………………………………………………………..3 Donald Trump Interview………………………………………………………………..4 Marge Simpson Interview………………………………………………………………5 Joanne Milford Interview………………………………………………………………..6 Sheila Simms Interview…………………………………………………………………7 Summary…………………………………………………………………………………8 Bing
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watched them too often or anything). <br> <br>First of all I’ll have to break the characters in two groups‚ because you cannot compare old people with children. So the first group will be composed of Lisa and Bart (the children) and the second one of Marge and Homer (the parents). <br> <br>Just by taking a glance at the show you see that it portrays the typical image of the "traditional American family" of the last decade: mom stays home to cook‚ clean and take care of the kids‚ while the husband provides
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English 112 10/12/11 Pain Is Beauty‚ Beauty Is Pain The poem‚ “Barbie Doll‚” by Marge Piercy‚ implicitly criticizes the way that women are mixed into stereotypical roles from the time they are young. This poem makes it clear this standard of perfection is impossible to achieve--at least not while one is alive--and starts with something relatively careless at a young age‚ a Barbie doll. The Barbie doll‚ one of the best-selling “toys” of all time‚ has become an icon of U.S. culture for the
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Society’s Expectations on Women The poem‚ “Barbie Doll”‚ by Marge Piercy‚ is about a normal “girlchild” who gets criticized by society for not looking like a perfect doll. She changes herself to fit society’s expectations just to fit in‚ but only in the end does society see her as “pretty”. Piercy’s purpose of the poem is to show how society has appalling expectations of how women show look and act. Imagery‚ irony‚ and tone are terms that show how vile society’s expectations are. Imagery helps the
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better. As Homer congratulates her for her smart technique‚ he unknowing takes a bite of the taffy because his id told him he was hungry. The superego is the part of the mind that acts as a conscience‚ telling us what we should and should not do. Marge Simpsons’ actions seem to be influenced by her superego. An example of her superego controlling her actions is when she has to
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television‚ parody and intertextuality.. New York: Routledge‚ 2006. Print. Henry‚ Matthew. "“Don ’t Ask me‚ I ’m Just a Girl”: Feminism‚ Female Identity‚ and The Simpsons." The Journal of Popular Culture‚ 40. 2 (2007): 272--303. Print. Jessamyn Neuhaus. "Marge Simpson‚ Blue-Haired Housewife: Defining Domesticity on The Simpsons." The Journal of Popular Culture 43.4 (2010): 761-781. Print. Mattsson‚ Anna-Karin. "Gender in The Simpsons." Bachelor Thesis 1.287 (2009): 1-21. Lulea University of Technology. Web
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