"Barbie Doll"

In the peom "Barbie Doll" the author Marge Piercy used good word choice to make the reader believe whatever they wanted to believe happened to the girl. In the beginning of the poem the girlchild as Piercy called her was subjected to all things that a little girl is suppose to play with or what society believes they should play with like dolls and make-up. This girlchild was smart, but it really didn't matter because the words decribe her as being a girl with strong arms and legs and a big nose and fat legs. These words decribed would make the reader believe that this girlchild didn't look like the barbie dolls that she played with but that she was a little bigger then normal size girl. This poem makes alot of readers go back to their childhood and think about all the times that they were teased for not looking like a barbie doll persay. Childhood and teenage years are hard on alot of young years these days, because there is a push to look a certain way or you won't be accepted. Piercy wanted to show readers the extreme of what could happen to someone that is not accepting of their body and wanted the readers to know that this does happen and people do kill themselves or even harm themselves because they feel so lonely inside. Some readers might have not believed that the girlchild really chopped off her legs and nose but that is what is so great about Piercy's word choice it can make the reader believe either way. Piercy does make clear is that this girlchild did die at the end and she left the reader to wonder was it because she cut her nose and legs off?