Analyzing Jane Hamill's Article 'A Grown-Up Barbie'

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In the article “A Grown-Up Barbie” by Jane Hamill, explains that she feels as if she was an actual grown up barbie. She feels this way because as a child she made her barbie outfits, made her a fashion designer, flew to paris, or new york, and all these other things. And now as an adult she is actually doing all of these things. One day she realized “am i just a grown up barbie ?” she lived in paris and new york, just like her barbie. She became a fashion designer and designed clothes, just like her barbie.

I feel like if her story was pretty cool. I thought it was kind of funny because she’s JUST like her barbie doll from when she was a kid. She kind of in a way is like a grown up barbie in a way. Well her barbie. She also made clothes for

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