Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” shows how society has portrayed the image for women. In this poem, a young girl’s life flashes before her eyes as she tries to live up to the society standards. The title of the poem itself shows the societies expectations from women. The tone of this poem is depressing, sad and sarcastic. “Barbie doll” is the poem that shows the journey of women in the cruel society and how she gives up her life for the society. First few lines of the poem, Piercy has mentioned the “girlchild” was born and it seemed completely normal and usual. She was like a typical girl child showing off her dolls, other toys and lipsticks. In fifth line, the tone changed dramatically from calm to harsh. When Piercy mention the girl child hit “puberty” and everything changes, it suggests that “girlchild” is growing up and she is going to experience the pain that comes with change. That are often challenging for girls because it is difficult for them to acknowledge their bodies for what they are in the adult world. “You have a great big nose and fat legs”(6). Not only her body is acting up, but her classmate also starts picking on her, that hesitant her self-confidence on not being the same girl. The tone of the poem changes at this moment and the girl starts questioning her physical appearance. This here concludes the theme of the poem as here; the society is not accepting girl child who do not exhibit the societal standardize women is external appearance. Since children reflect what they hear and see, so we know that these cruel words “big nose and fat legs” have to come from somewhere from the society. In second stanza, the tone of the poem changes as Piercy is speaking about the young girl’s optimistic potentials as a human being. By stentorian tone, Piercy portrays “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back, abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity”(7-9). These are the strong qualities she had and the society needs to be proud of. When Piercy was describing the character of the young girl, I assumed that the poem was going in a different way because the tone started sounding more positive. Nevertheless, the tone changed again, when the author brought the earlier topic “She went to and fro apologizing” (10). T