Why trade natural skin for plastic? Marge Piercy addresses this issue‚ though indirectly‚ in her poem "Barbie Doll". Piercy presents an innocent young girl‚ but conveys that she has fat legs and a big nose. Piercy explains that the child was a normal kid‚ not bad looking‚ not in bad shape‚ but simply does not meet the expectation of not having fat legs and a big nose. She is encouraged strongly to do this‚ and encouraged strongly to do that‚ but she can not fix herself up; The pressure is too
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Barbie Doll The Common Women Poems‚ III. Nadine‚ resting on her neighbor’s stoop By Marge Piercy 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
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One of my favorite poem is “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy. “Barbie Doll” is a irony poem. A Barbie is beautiful when she is a little girl. But when the Barbie grow up‚ her appearance is changing. People start to judge the adult Barbie does not meet a beautiful standards. The adult Barbie apologize to people people‚ then she cut off her ugly nose and plum legs. The Barbie change a nice nose and a spindly legs. The adult Barbie become a perfect Doll. After I read the poem‚ I think why do I follow people’s
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The Big Short is an amazing movie that not only teaches viewers lessons on economics‚ but shows how smart and affluent people‚ in terms of economics‚ make a fortune by exploiting the housing market. Michael Burry is a hedge fund manager who discovers that the housing market is extremely unstable. The instability is due to the high risk subprime loans that banks are giving out to people that want homes. However‚ because of the tremendous amount of loans given out‚ big banks mix in really bad loans
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Marge Saiser’s “The Story Part of It” conveys a message: the unspoken is more prevalent than the written. Instead of writing long stanzas on to try to bring up the same emotions‚ Saiser was selective in her word choice to allude to the impact of emotion‚ brought forth abstract concepts through imagery‚ and signaled the end of a man with an analogy. The combination of these three things reflects the theme of the poem‚ to have a powerful meaning it must be captured in few words. The phrase “the
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Then the events that make “The Girl in the Lavender Dress” different from “Resurreccion Mary” is that “The Girl in the Lavender Dress” being witnessed and told by the author’s grandma and her husband Herbert. And then‚ having “Resurrection Mary” being told and witnessed by only one person‚ Jerry Palus. After that‚ they also different because they both occur in different time periods‚ “The Girl in the Lavender Dress - 1942 to 43” being written after “Resurrection Mary - 1800s”. Furthermore into story-wise
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Anthony Vitiello 9.10.2011 English Prof. Meaning The essay written is about the excerpt "What’s Your name‚ Girl?" and on how Marguerite Angelou shows the importance of names. There are many way on how our names serve us. One of the most visible ways a name serves us is that it gives us personality. In the story read‚ there was emphasis on African American names and the true meaning behind the passage. To start off with the essay‚ the main point has to be stated. In the case of this small
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and watch The Big Bang Theory on television. Those thirty minute airings had my whole living room roaring. We loved how awkward Sheldon was and how Leonard was always chasing pretty Penny. It was not until recently that I have noticed how misogyny is portrayed throughout the show. As I watch the episodes back I still laugh: however‚ I cannot help but to realize how the women‚ in particular Penny and Amy‚ are carried throughout each episode. For those who are not familiar‚ The Big Bang Theory is
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“Do you know why you’re here?” For someone like me‚ after what I did‚ it seems like a waste of words. But that’s how people are I suppose; we are always talking just to hear ourselves. If people would take the time to think about their words before vomiting them onto one another‚ maybe we all would be better people. People would have an entirely different form of speech. We would all know the difference between what should be thought and what should be said. We wouldn’t have words that hit like bullets
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In the story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid the mother does most of the talking who gives her daughter a long list of instructions and warnings. The daughter responds twice but they happen to go unnoticed by the mother. There is no introduction of the characters‚ no action‚ and no description of setting. The mother’s voice simply begins speaking‚ "Wash the white clothes on Monday‚" and continues through to the end. The mother dispenses much practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep
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