I really liked this poem right when I read it. It criticizes the way women are supposed to be portrayed. Women are stereotyped as growing up playing dolls, ironing and playing house " And presented dolls that did pee-pee and mini GE stoves and irons", playing with lipstick " and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy". I think that Piercy is trying to imply that corporate america is brainwashing kids by having skinny barbies and dolls that cause them to believe they have to look like that. Barbies, tv, dolls and all the other typical things girls do and play with break a womens self-confidence down. The title in itself has contrevorsy because the word "barbie (doll)" is used towards fake women now a days, plastic women, etc. The barbie is attractive but overly skinny and unrealistic for a women to look that way. In the poem, the girl is made fun of by a classmate and said she "has a big nose and fat legs" and this is when the breakdown begins in a girl. If she wasn't raised with the pretty skinny dolls, tv, magazines, she wouldn't think anything of this.She is to think that appearance is everything. I thought this poem was very sad because she ended up klling herself, and everyone at the funeral thinks she looks so beautiful. Its very ironic, and i love this poem because it is 100% true.
I'm NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU? - EMILY DICKINSON
This poem was silly to me in the begining, and I didnt quite understand the subliminal meaning until I read the summary the poem in the text book. It seems like this poem is a symbol for popularity as children since it means the world to kids,. At the begining of the poem it is read by one person talking to someone else. Then someone else joins along and the person says " then tehre's a pair of us!" So they are both saying they are nobodys' THey can both share eeachothers company and feelings of being a nobody. It is funny though, because you can be a nobody by yourself, but withsomeone else you ARE A SOMEBODY, but only in eachothers eyes. Then in the second stanza, they are both stronger and more comfortable with the fact that they agree on being nobodys. It is the acceptance she feels by one person that makes her feel better then trying to fit in a crowd and "being someobdy" she says " how dreary - to be- somebody!" She compares being somebody so " public like a frog" which is a comparision that i dont understand. But overall since they are both "nobodies" they can stay strong together as someone in their own ways.
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