What toy has everything anyone could ever ask for? (Pause for 2 seconds) If you are thinking of Barbie‚ then you are correct. Barbie was my favorite toy as a child and it still is for many little girls today. Today‚ I am going to talk about how Barbie was designed‚ how she has changed over the years‚ and how Barbie affects American culture. Here is Barbie’s story. In 1930‚ a young girl fell in love with a boy. The girl had high hopes of going off to college to become a success woman with a
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with Barbie‚ but play she did‚ and it was with great reluctance that she packed up her Barbie dolls in the doll trunk for the last time at 14. Back in Barbie’s early heyday‚ her story wasn’t unusual--girls often played with Barbie until their early teens. But today‚ girls are retiring their Barbie to the "outgrown toy" pile at earlier and earlier ages. As I remember‚ Newsweek reported that little girls are outgrowing Barbie as early as 8‚ and that Mattel has been so worried about this that they
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Mattel SWOT analysis Strengths Strong brand portfolio. For the past 69 years Mattel has developed some well-known core brands such as‚ Barbie‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Thomas & Friends and Fisher-Price to become the largest toy company in the world (Hartline‚ M. & Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ pp. 458). According to the company one Barbie is sold every 3 seconds and at least 12 dolls are owned by girls between the age of 3 and six. Because of the high acceptance of the brand‚ Mattel has been able to maintain
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essay about your play development. “The inherent purpose of any toy has always been to entertain or occupy a child. But toys are also frequently used in other ways‚ such as educating children or teaching them about important rituals. No matter their purpose‚ toys are an important influence on the emotional‚ mental‚ and physical development of children.”(Microsoft Encarta 2009) Toys may vary from dolls‚ cars‚ puzzles‚ construction toys‚ board games and play sets down to simple materials such as clay
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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS MICRO - Michael Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 1) Threat of New Entrants: The toy industry is highly competitive. Further‚ the existence of established competitors combined with the need for huge capital investment‚ economies of scale and strong distribution network; keep the threat of new entrants into the traditional games industry is relatively low. 2) Threat of Substitutes: The highest pressure faced by Lego comes from substitutes. A substitute is anything which competes
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"What are those?" I asked my mom‚ walking through Toys "R" Us and pointing at a large box. "Those are Legos‚ you can put them together and build things‚" she responded. I stared at them‚ repeating the name in my head. Legos. It was a funny name. They looked like colorful bricks with holes in them. "Can we get them?" I asked. Sure enough‚ we were carrying a box of them to the checkout section. Crazy as it seemed‚ the small blocks mesmerized me as a kid. The different colors‚ sizes‚ shapes‚ all
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Imagine going into a toy store and looking at how the toys are organized. Most places label the aisles “girls” and “boys”. Another way the division is visible‚ is by color; pink is what tends to pop out first‚ and this is the aisle where the dolls are. These methods are just the beginning of how dolls are sorted by gender. Next comes the clothes and the different roles that the dolls play. Gender bias with dolls plays a significant role in the world of a child by affecting their learning‚ behavior
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short story‚ “Accident‚” describes the scene of an accident between the narrator and a car full of three teenagers. Eggers chose to tell his story in the second person persepection so the reader can fully understand the emotions. The narrator seems lonely to purposely hit the teenager’s car. The narrator states‚ “You pulled in to an intersection‚ obstructing them‚ and their car hit yours. They have every right to be upset‚ or livid‚ or even violence-contemplating.” I like this short story because
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Subject: 1 Year Old Boy Location: Toy room Concept: play‚ Language‚ sense of self‚ empathy It was playtime for the one year old boy. There were all sorts of toys. The playroom was very small. There was a huge toy chest full to the top with toys. On the wall there was a body length mirror. This was the little boys favorite place to play. He would also play with some of the other toys like blocks‚ cars‚ stuffed animals and other things. No matter what he grabbed he always brought it in front
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structures that build a strong story. The five elements of a story are character‚ figure of speech‚ form‚ theme‚ and symbolism. Insight is ability to see clearly or intuitively in the elements of a story and the story itself. Both “The Tiger‚” by Erick Gentry‚ and “A Lesson in Discipline‚” by Teresa Foley‚ are short stories which contain these elements which each influence the insight that the reader develops. The insights I have gained insights I have attained from these two stories are that I must not assume
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