I have long known that people are infatuated with Barbie, but I could have cared less. My mom is somewhat a collector of Barbie dolls. There are several still in their boxes in a chest upstairs that nobody every goes in. I have always wondered why my mom kept them. Realizing that those dolls could be worth a lot of money one day, I no longer have a problem with them just sitting in the chest. I did not know that doll collecting is the second most popular collecting hobby in America. I figured at least coins would have been higher than dolls.
One of the most important parts of this essay was the story Judy shared about her son and how her Barbies and the Barbie family helped her move on from this tragic loss. It is sad that her “friends” left her because they did not know what to say, yet people that she probably had never met before did so much for her. This story really grips you and makes you want to keep reading the essay as well as ties you in emotionally.
As a writer this essay will help because it shows that you can really write about anything. Not only write about anything, but also with some investigation you can see why people do what they do. I had no clue that there was such a larger group of people dedicated to the Barbie. The personal stories for why each individual chose to be apart of the Barbie family are really interesting. There is also more than what meets the eye.
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