Barbie-Q
...ur Barbie is roommates with my Barbie, and my Barbie’s boyfriend comes over and your Barbie steals him, okay” (576). I believe the narrator’s point of view is a stream of consciousness because the presentation of the narrator’s thoughts are in a lifelike fashion. I think the author of the story made a wise decision to use this type of selective omniscience. It brings a sense of realism to the reader and they are able to vividly visualize the girls saying, “please, please, please, please, please, please, please, until they say okay” (576). It also helps the readers to relate the story to their own lives and possibly remind them how they behaved when they wanted their parents to buy them a certain toy. Some readers may wonder about some of the aspects of the plot and the setting, like who is the protagonist and the antagonist, and where and when does the story take place. I believe the protagonists in the story are the little girls because even though they do not have a lot of money they are happy with what they have. They do not mind having to buy their dolls at a flea market and that they are slightly deformed. On the other hand, it is possible that the antagonist is poverty. Poverty is preventing the girls from getting nice, new dolls. Poverty is the cause for them not being able to afford more than one outfit for their Barbie dolls and it forces them to shop at the flea market and purchase malformed dolls. However, the girls rise above all of this. Although the author does not give a set time or locale for the story I will speculate and say that the time set of the story is around the 1980’s. It is possible that the story is set in the 1980’s because the types of Barbie dolls that are named in the story like Skipper, Midge, Tutti and Tod, and Scooter and Ricky, did not come out on the market until the 80‘s. The tone of the story is optimistic and happy. The girls are not sad because they cannot afford better toys. They are happy with the toys their parents are capable of buying. When the girls come across the dolls in the flea market the narrator states, “On the outside you and me skipping and humming but inside we are doing loopi...