The Search of Beauty for Integration Into our society

Part I: You will examine the effect so that the poem “Barbie Doll” sends a message about something important in our society. Like why people go crazy about beauty? Why are they looking at the first physical appearance than the other qualities? Why beauty is so important to our society? For example, you might say that a story like “Hills Like White Elephants” encourages a reader rethink the choice to have an abortion, and as backup explain how the symbolism in the setting of that story helped emphasize various aspects of that choice, and that the type of narration (objective) being so cold and emotionless encouraged a certain message about the choice to have an abortion. Part II: You will also examine other sources of information on the same subject and summarize the most influential information they contain. For each of the other sources of information on this subject, before you summarize the information you found valuable from it, you must devote a paragraph or two to a discussion of the source’s authority, purpose and objectivity. For more on these, look here: evaluate the kind of authority each additional source claims, note any potential or real bias the source may have, explain the purpose of the source and the audience for which it was intended. Evaluating a source by its authority http://libanswers.snhu.edu/faq/104711 Evaluating a source by its purpose and objectivity http://libanswers.snhu.edu/faq/104714 Barbie Doll This girlchild was born as usual and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back, abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs. She was advised to play coy, exhorted to come on hearty, exercise, diet, smile and wheedle. Her good nature wore out like a fan belt. So she cut off her nose and her legs and offered them up. In the casket displayed on satin she lay with the undertaker’s cosmetics painted on, a turned-up putty nose, dressed in a pink and white nightie. Doesn’t she look pretty? everyone said. Consummation at last. To every woman a happy ending. Marge Piercy