2. We went over what we did last day:
- discussed “Who are you?”
- read “Barbie Doll”
- HW was to answer questions
“Barbie Doll”
speaker = narrator (in this case limited omniscient); audience: society
setting/situation: the woman’s life from birth to death, modern day, probably North America (toys are clues)
theme = main message, written as a statement: Society makes people insecure; women are pressured to fit others’ ideas about what they should be like.
Structural pattern: poem written in free verse (no rhyme/rhythm)
images: wee lipsticks the colour of cherry candy (appeal to sense of smell, taste, sight) – remind us of childhood because of the candy – childhood=innocence; dolls that did pee-pee – peeing is natural, reminds us of our common natures
figurative language – hyperbole (exaggeration): “cut off her nose and legs” shows disdain speaker has for plastic surgery; “fat nose on thick legs” emphasizes how women tend to have body image disorders that become the main focus of their lives
symbols: pink and white nightie: sleep – the final sleep (death); pink is girlie; all the toys mentioned in the first stanza represent childhood and innocence
3. Add the following terms to your glossary:
- imagery
- setting
- speaker
- suspense
- symbol
- theme
HW: Write in the definitions using an on-line guide to literary terms.
4. Discussion of suspense and irony in “The Collection” from last day
5. Read “Hobnail,” making note of:
- characters
- setting
- suspense
- irony
- symbol
Next day: viewing “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
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