The passage about Barbie really is an eye opener. It shows how a person or a society can easily be influenced even by something that is not real and has impossible standards. the girls mom went from wanting and desiring an actual BABY doll. Something she could mother and take care of and when she got a Barbie she did not like or want it. The "play toy" was a grown lady and not fit for a child, not fit for it's purpose which was to be taken care of. You can even see today that the whole role of dolls has changed, they play house and have boyfriends and have kids of their own, they do grown up things now. Although it was not what she was used to eventually when Cher became popular she began to not only like the dolls but be obsessed with them and as her daughter grew up showed her and taught her how to love them and want them. Cher gave a new image to things and changed the way people saw things, acted, and obviously even what they played with. But just as most people while she tries to become Barbie she realized that it was impossible, her perfect skin, her make-up and body structure was impossible to achieve. Therefore she started to want to change Barbie knowing deep down inside she really wanted to change herself. Later on when someone called a Barbie she was fulfilled and was happy at the comment. This just shows how people and a lot of people can be very superficial and when an image is overly broadcast it easily influences everyone. Someone can want to change their whole image and being to strive to be something that they can not. Even models do not really look how they appear in magazines and on television, photographers use computers to alter every aspect of that person. Not knowing that people see them and strive to be just like them and they can not. Doing this it can ultimately hurt them. They go on no good diets and really do self destructive things. Its dangerous trying to be someone else, and as hard as it may be to just accept yourself people should really just try harder to and their life might be a little easier.