Insecurity In Marge Piercy's Barbie Doll

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Barbie Doll, written by Marge Piercy, shows how a young girl changes her physical appearance to be happier with herself; ultimately, becoming someone that the world approves of. The young girl, who is intelligent, healthy and strong gets to the stage of puberty and her classmates judge her on her outward appearance: “great big nose and fat legs” (Piercy, 6). The Poem goes on to show how the young girl cuts off her nose and legs and becomes introduced to what the world describes, as beauty. The world is then happy with her outward appearance therefore, she is also happy. Barbie Doll relates to the term insecurity as it shows how people change the way we look just to fit the image in which the world approves of. Furthermore, the poem conveys
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