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While researching popular toys, games and entertainment in the 1930’s I found that Monopoly is one of the most popular games during this time. Marry Hoyer Dolls weir the dolls of the century. Entertainment was a big time thing because of the Radio from Space and the Frankenstein Monster which was one the most popular films from the 1930’s. These historical events are still interpreted in today’s time. In the 1930’s the Parker Brothers was the first to permit the use of Monopoly. The Parker…

This comparative commentary will discuss texts 1 and 2: ‘Gals and Dolls: The Moral Value of ‘Bad’ Toys’ and ‘Dolls Like Me’. Text 1 is an except from the essay ‘Gals and Dolls: The Moral Value of ‘Bad’ Toys’ written by Marni Jackson in 1991. Text B also discusses the theme of dolls as toys for kids. Text 2 is an advertisement from a toy retailer. The advertisement was published on www.dollslikeme.com in 2010. Both texts discuss dolls as toys for young children. This comparative will analyze the…

“Barbie Doll” with perfect body, hair, etc. This poem is about a girl who struggles with having a perfect body figure just like everybody else surrounding her, but unfortunately can not fulfill that. The little…

colors such as blue, black, and red while as the girls were more of pinks and bright colors. Once I had started to look at these isles I noticed a lot of the toys are in fact gendered. I noticed that the girls isle has babies, lots and lots of baby dolls which should suggest that little girls are suppose to grow up to be mothers and take care of their babies. There were also lots of kitchen sets/dining ware that could be used to “make meals” like the easy bake oven for example. Making it seem…

All Barbie Dolls should be banned Ruth Handler came up with a clever business idea to create a doll called ‘Barbie’ which was first manufactured by the American toy-company ‘Mattel, Inc.’ and launched in March 1959. For over fifty years, the Barbie Doll has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market. Criticisms of Barbie are often centred on concerns that children consider Barbie a role model and will attempt to emulate her. That is why so many people, including me, share the same…

10/14/2015 BarbieQ’s Analysis The Barbie-Q story has two characters that are obsessed with their Barbie doll. Each of their Barbie is described to have their own flaw because they bought it from the toy store on the Halsted Street that burned down. The main issue implied in this story is the materialism and perfection in woman. The story begins with a few line describing the Barbie doll owned the characters, narrated by a little girl. The character describes the outfit of the Barbie to her…

on society. Barbie deserves to be in the charter round of inductees for the Pop Culture Icon Museum because let’s face it, who else can compete with Barbie? The Bratz Dolls, Polly Pockets, and the American Girl Dolls have all tried but they proved unsuccessful and fizzled out within a couple of years. It is now 2016 and Barbie dolls are still being bought left and right. She has proved that she can withstand the evolving culture. Being an icon and being famous are two…

Chakiya Jennings English 102 Toni Judnitch 4/17/15 Mirror, Mirror Mirror, mirror on the wall, why can’t I be a Barbie doll? Back in the 50’s women of a larger weight who had curves were more appreciated, but as time went on women started to get smaller and wanted to have bodies that were impossible to obtain what was known as the “Barbie figure”. Trying to obtain this look is a job in its self, Women are becoming more obsessed with having the perfect body. Since the media has put…

article Barbie Media by Mattel. Barbie has even run for president and won. When researching about Barbie I found many distasteful statistics. The article “Dying to be like Barbie” hit me hard because, although it makes a lot of great points, a Barbie doll shouldn’t…

In the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, the girl could not stand up for her own beauty and body standards. She wanted to change her herself because others saw she should change. For example, when she is being described, “She was healthy, tested intelligent, / possessed strong arms and back” (7-8). She had a fit body and was smart, but people thought a girl shouldn’t have the muscular body a man should have. Though she was healthy and smart, everybody believes that beauty is more important.…