Barbie Dolls And Self Image Essay, Research Paper

There is a noticeable comparison between

the poem “The Mirror” By Sylvia Plath & the article “Barbie” that appeared

in the Newsday Tuesday November 18, 1997. The comparison is about how people

look, and how society could reflect how you may feel about your looks.

In the poem “The Mirror” it tells about

a lady who dislikes the way she looks. She thinks of herself as being ugly.

In the article it tells how Mattel (the makers of Barbie) want to change

the looks & features of Barbie.

The reason for wanting to change the looks

is because the makers of Barbie made Barbie to pretty. Compared to normal

people. Now being pretty is not a bad thing. But for little girls growing

up they may feel like they want to look like Barbie. Barbie is very skinny

and has a great face. So little girls may stop eating or doing other things,

so they could look like Barbie. But it wont happen, Barbie is a doll. People

are real not Barbie dolls.

In the poem it shows how the lady wants

to be pretty. So the lady takes short cuts to make her self look better

to her self. Such as being in a candle lit rooms. But when the lady is

in a regular lit room she becomes ugly to her self again.

The reason Mattel is changing the appearance

of Barbie is because little girls impact on the way society looks upon

them. And this could hurt somones self esteem, and could damage the way

someone looks upon ones self. In the poem the girl tries to make her self

prettier, by creating artificial pretty ness. But in the end the mirror

never lies. The poem & the article compare about how the way people

look ad feel, and how society has a role on their lives.