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Barbie is My Favorite Doll When I was a little girl, I thought nothing in the world could delight me more than a Barbie doll. She has often stayed with me in spirit and acted like a model for me to follow, when I have grown in my childhood. Indeed, Barbie doll is like a life-like figure, who stimulated my imagination, encouraged me to move on when I felt sad, enlightened me when I was in the dark. Interesting, Barbie doll was also my faithful friend, always lending its ear to listening to my…

was very enlightening due to the history of these two companies and how each of them posed a threat to one another. Also, threatening the complete future existence of Bratz©. To sum it up, a former employee of Mattel created an innovative line of dolls on his own with no association to Mattel to promote its own existence. Mattel tried to say that they owned the idea the former employee created because he was still employed…

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…