This poem is kind of depressing. To me, it is about a girl who grows up trying to please everybody, but doesn't really succeed because she is not good looking. So she kills herself because she is sick of everyone making fun of her. And once people see her in her casket, they think she is pretty because of her fake nose and beautiful make up.
The title, "Barbie Doll", has to do with the end of the poem when she is laying in the casket and everyone thinks she is beautiful. Before she died, she tried so hard to be perfect like a barbie doll, but that didn't happen.
The poem does have an effect on me: it is very sad but very true at the same time. That is sometimes how people treat others which can lead them to hate themselves. It is sad that the people couldn't look past her looks and see that she is beautiful in every other way.
2 comments:
I agree. People can be really harsh sometimes, especailly when it deals with how someone looks. A lot of women feel presured to look or act a certain way, but in reality they just need to be themselves and not worry about what everyone else may thinks.
Yes, I do agree with you how this is a very depressing poem. It is so sad. Some people can be very judgemental and do not look at what is on the inside and that is morally wrong.
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