In Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll”, she provides her commentary on stereotypical gender role and the pressure for female from society. The society has high expectations on how the “girlchild” should look like and act like that a woman should look pretty and cute and try her best to reach the expectation and social standard. The girl, in the poem, her reaction towards these social comments are quite strong which makes her doubt even hate herself so that she cuts off her nose and her legs. “Barbie Doll”, the title of the poem, symbolized the ideal but unrealistic body images that the society expects women to conform, which even bring negative effect to women’s self-perception of themselves. Even though the girl is intelligent and healthy, she receives the criticism that her figure does not satisfy society’s ideal woman image;
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“Rite of Passage” in this poem indicates the change from childhood to manhood on a birthday party of a first grade boy. The tension among boys appears while the kids asking their age “How old are you? Six. I 'm seven. So? / They eye each other,” (8-9) that the boys all have an idea of being older means being better. In nowadays society, it is true that the elders usually get priority and the younger ones go after them. Each of boys craves to be the one who holds the most dominance and control over the others. When they are talking about that they are old enough to kill a two year old, they do not literally mean that they would kill one but prove their muscular ability and strength. After reading the poem several times, I also realized that the boys imitate each other and try to conform to the group. They believe that men should have strong manliness and should have the capability to control so that they go with the flow and consent to
“Rite of Passage” in this poem indicates the change from childhood to manhood on a birthday party of a first grade boy. The tension among boys appears while the kids asking their age “How old are you? Six. I 'm seven. So? / They eye each other,” (8-9) that the boys all have an idea of being older means being better. In nowadays society, it is true that the elders usually get priority and the younger ones go after them. Each of boys craves to be the one who holds the most dominance and control over the others. When they are talking about that they are old enough to kill a two year old, they do not literally mean that they would kill one but prove their muscular ability and strength. After reading the poem several times, I also realized that the boys imitate each other and try to conform to the group. They believe that men should have strong manliness and should have the capability to control so that they go with the flow and consent to