Barbie Q

Cisneros

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A child's world usually revolves around having fun and playing with toys. Before a child enters

school, toys can be anything from a pot and a spoon to something bought at the toy store. After a

child enters school, toys become the defining idea of who "fit's in" and who is left as an outsider. The

better your toys, especially the ones you bring to show and tell, the better your chances of fitting in.

Barbies are often a popular toys for girls. In "Barbie-Q," Sandra Cisneros's theme involving a young,

poor girl demonstrates that poor children will accept slightly damaged popular toys in an attempt to be

Through characterization the young girl introduced becomes a heroine and demonstrates the

excitement from feeling, briefly, as if she fits in. Although the flea market on Maxwell Street is within a

poor neighborhood, the young girl becomes very excited with just the sight of the Mattel boxes. She

states, "On the outside you and me skipping and humming but inside we are doing loopity-loops and

pirouetting." The excitement from buying "Caree

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motivated action, action that offers the audience a reason for how the characters behave, Sandra

Cisneros creates a realistic character. The want children have for toys occurs in every household across the nation. " The excitement from buying "Career Gal" and "Sweet Dreams"

illustrates the concept of poor children accepting damaged toys. The description of the sock dress, in which

the girl makes an effort to make the sock dress glamorous, shows the girl’s idolization of things that

she considers glamorous such as dresses. Mother wanted, more than

anything, a Barbie so that she would have dolls like her friends. Mother wanted, more than anything, a Barbie so that she would have dolls like her friends. She declares, "so long as you don't lift her dress, right? -- who's to know" (219). Due to my mother's up bringing, I can relate to the girl somewhat.

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. Most middle to upper class children will wait until the money is available to the family; lower

class children are more likely to accept the used toy. She states, "a dress invented from an old sock when we

cut holes here and here and here, the cuff rolled over for the glamorous, fancy-free, off-the-shoulder

look"(218).

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Approximate Word count = 1231
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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